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Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895], at

HYMN XI

A charm to be used at child-birth

1Vashat to thee. O Pūshan At this birth let Aryaman the Sage
  perform as Hotar-priest, p. a12
 As one who bears in season let this dame be ready to bring forth
  her child.
2Four are the regions of the sky, and four the regions of the
  earth:
 The Gods have brought the babe; let them prepare the woman
  for the birth.
3Puerpera (infatem) detegat: nos uterum aperimus. Lexa teipsam,
  puerpera. Tu, parturiens! emitte eum non carni, non adipi,
  non medullae adhāerntem.
4Descendat viscosa placenta, cani, comedenda placenta; decidat
  placenta.
5Diffindo tuum urinae ductum, diffindo vaginam, diffindo inguina.
  Matrem natumque divido, puerum a placenta divido: decidat
  placenta.
6Sicut ventus, sicut mens, sicut alites volant, sic, decem mensium
  puer, cum placenta descende: descendat placenta.