The Upanishads - Mandhata Global

two Vedas and that he should attain a full term of life,
then they should have rice cooked in curds and eat it
with clarified butter. Thus they should be able to beget
such a son.
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If a man wishes that a son with a dark complexion and
red eyes should be born to him, that he should study
three Vedas and that he should attain a full term of life,
then they should have rice cooked in water and eat it
with clarified butter. Thus they should be able to beget
such a son.
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If a man wishes that a daughter should be born to him
who will be a scholar and attain a full term of life, then
they should have rice cooked with sesamum and eat it
with clarified butter. Thus they should be able to beget
such a daughter.
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If a man wishes that a son should be born to him who
will be a famous scholar, frequenting assemblies and
speaking delightful words, a student of all the Vedas and
an enjoyer of the full term of life, he should have rice
cooked with the meat of a young bull or of one more
advanced in years and he and his wife should eat it with
clarified butter. Then they should be able to beget such a
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