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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.18.54

సాంవత్సరం పుంసవనం వ్రతమేతదవిప్లుతమ్ । ధారయిష్యసి చేత్తుభ్యం శక్రహా భవితా సుత: ॥ ౫౪ ॥
sāṁvatsaraṁ puṁsavanaṁ
[saamvatsaram pumsavanam]
vratam etad aviplutam
[vratam etad aviplutam]
dhārayiṣyasi cet tubhyaṁ
[dhaarayishyasi chet tubhyam]
śakra-hā bhavitā sutaḥ
[shakra-haa bhavitaa sutah]
sāṁvatsaram — for one year puṁsavanam — called puṁsavana vratam — vow etat — this aviplutam — without violation dhārayiṣyasi — you will perform cet — if tubhyam — for you śakra-hā — the killer of Indra bhavitā — will be sutaḥ — a son.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
sāṁvatsaraṁ puṁsavanaṁ
sāṁvatsaram
for one year
puṁsavanam
called puṁsavana
vratam etad aviplutam
vratam
vow
etat
this
aviplutam
without violation
dhārayiṣyasi cet tubhyaṁ
dhārayiṣyasi
you will perform
cet
if
tubhyam
for you
śakra-hā bhavitā sutaḥ
śakra-hā
the killer of Indra
bhavitā
will be
sutaḥ
a son.
Kaśyapa Muni continued: If you perform this ceremony called puṁsavana, adhering to the vow with faith for at least one year, you will give birth to a son destined to kill Indra. But if there is any discrepancy in the discharge of this vow, the son will be a friend to Indra.
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
If you perform this ceremony called puṁsavana without violations, you will give birth to a son who is śakra-hā (either the killer of Indra, or follower of Indra). Puṁsavanam means “giving a son.”
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