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1tha, bind in the toils of death that cannot be loosened those enemies of mine whom I hate and who hate me ! 6. As thou climbest up the trees, O a^vattha, and renderest them subordinate, thus do thou split in two the head of my enemy, and overcome him ! 7. They (the enemies) shall float down like a ship cut loose from its moorings ! There is no returning again for those that have been driven out by the ' displaced 8. I drive them out with my mind, drive them out with my thought, and also with my incantation. We drive them out with a branch of the asvattha- tree. VI, 75. Oblation for the suppression of enemies (nairbadhya^ havi^). 1. Forth from his home do I drive that person yonder, who as a rival contends with us : through the oblation devoted to suppression Indra has broken him to pieces. 2. Indra, the slayer of Wz'tra, shall drive him to the remotest distance, from which in all successive years he shall not again return ! 3. He shall go to the three distances, he shall go beyond the five peoples ; he shall go beyond the three ethers, whence he shall not again in all successive years return, while the sun is upon the heavens ! III. IMPRECATIONS AGAINST DEMONS, ETC. 93 VI, 37. Curse against one that practises hostile charms. 1. The thousand-eyed curse having yoked his chariot has come hither, seeking out him that curses me, as a wolf the house of him that owns sheep. 2. Avoid us, O curse, as a burning fire (avoids) a lake ! Strike here him that curses us, as the lightning of heaven the tree ! 3. He that shall curse us when we do not curse, and he that shall curse us when we do curse, him do I hurl to death as a bone to a dog upon the ground. VII, 13. Charm to deprive enemies of their strength. 1. As the rising sun takes away the lustre of the stars, thus do I take away the strength of both the women and the men that hate me. 2. As many enemies as ye are, looking out against me, as I come on — of those that hate me do I take away the strength, as the sun takes away the strength of persons asleep (while it rises). IV. CHARMS PERTAINING TO WOMEN (STRIKARMAAT). II, 36. Charm to obtain a husband. 1. May, O Agni, a suitor after our own heart come to us, may he come to this maiden with our fortune ! May she, agreeable to suitors, charming at festivals, promptly obtain happiness through a husband ! 2. Agreeable to Soma, agreeable to Brahma, arranged by Aryaman, with the unfailing certainty of god Dhatar, do I bestow upon thee good fortune, the acquisition of a husband. 3.
2eeable to suitors, charming at festivals, promptly obtain happiness through a husband ! 2. Agreeable to Soma, agreeable to Brahma, arranged by Aryaman, with the unfailing certainty of god Dhatar, do I bestow upon thee good fortune, the acquisition of a husband. 3. This woman shall obtain a husband, since king Soma makes her lovely ! May she, begetting sons, become a queen ; may she, going to her husband, shine in loveliness ! 4. As this comfortable cave, O Maghavan (Indra), furnishing a safe abode, hath become pleasing to ani- mals, thus may this woman be a favourite of fortune (Bhaga), beloved, not at odds with her husband ! 5. Do thou ascend the full, inexhaustible ship of Bhaga (fortune) ; upon this bring hither the suitor who shall be agreeable (to thee) ! 6. Bring hither by thy shouts, O lord of wealth, the suitor, bend his mind towards her; turn thou the right side of every agreeable suitor towards (her) ! 7. This gold and bdellium, this balsam, and IV. CHARMS PERTAINING TO WOMEN. 95 Bhaga (fortune), too ; these have prepared thee for husbands, that thou mayest obtain the one that is agreeable. 8. Hither to thee Savitar shall lead the husband that is agreeable ! Do thou, O herb, bestow (him) upon her ! VI, 60. Charm for obtaining a husband. 1. This Aryaman (wrooer) with loosened crest of hair comes hither in front (of the procession), seeking a husband for this spinster, and a wife for this wifeless man. 2. This maid, O Aryaman, has wearied of going to the wedding-feasts of other women. Now shall, without fail, O Aryaman, other women go to her wedding-feast ! 3. Dhatar (the creator) supports (dadhara) this earth, Dhatar supports the heavens, and the sun. May Dhatar furnish this spinster with a husband after her own heart! VI, 82. Charm for obtaining a wife. 1. I call the name of him that comes here, that hath come here, and is arriving ; I crave (the name) of Indra, Vrztra's slayer, the Vasava of hundred- fold strength. 2. The road by which the A^vins carried away as a bride Sury&, Savitar s daughter, 'by that road/ Bhaga (fortune) told me, 'thou shalt bring here a wife ' ! 3. With thy wealth-procuring, great, golden hook, O Indra, husband of Sdiki, procure a wife for me that desireth a wife ! 96 HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. VI, 78. Blessing for a married couple. 1. Through this oblation, that causes prosperity, may this man flourish anew ; may he excel the wife that they have brought to him with his sap ! 2.
3for me that desireth a wife ! 96 HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. VI, 78. Blessing for a married couple. 1. Through this oblation, that causes prosperity, may this man flourish anew ; may he excel the wife that they have brought to him with his sap ! 2. May he excel in strength, excel in royalty ! May this couple be inexhaustible in wealth that bestows thousandfold lustre ! 3. Tvash/ar begot (for thee) a wife, Tvash/ar for her begot thee as a husband. May Tvash/ar bestow upon you two a thousand lives, may he bestow upon you long life! VII, 36. Love-charm spoken by a bridal couple. The eyes of us two shine like honey, our foreheads gleam like ointment. Place me within thy heart ; may one mind be in common to us both ! VII, 37. Charm pronounced by the bride over the bridegroom. I envelope thee in my garment that was produced by Manu (the first man), that thou shalt be mine alone, shalt not even discourse of other women ! VI, 81. A bracelet as an amulet to ensure conception. 1. A holder art thou, holdest both hands, drivest off the Rakshas. An acquirer of offspring and wealth this bracelet hath become ! 2. O bracelet, open up the womb, that the embryo be put (into it) ! Do thou, O limit (-setting bracelet), IV. CHARMS PERTAINING TO WOMEN. 97 furnish a son, bring him here (£ gamaya), thou that comest here (dgame) ! 3. The bracelet that Aditi wore, when she desired a son, Tvash/ar shall fasten upon this woman, intend- ing that she shall beget a son. Ill, 23. Charm for obtaining a son (pu^savanam). 1. That which has caused thee to miscarry do we drive away from thee, that very thing do we deposit outside of thee, away in a far place. 2. Into thy womb shall enter a male germ, as an arrow into a quiver! May a man be born there, a son ten months old ! 3. A male son do thou produce, and after him a male shall be born ! Thou shalt be the mother of sons, of those who are born, and those whom thou shalt bear ! 4. By the effective seed which bulls put forth do thou obtain a son ; be a fruitful milch-cow ! 5. Pra^apati's (the lord of creatures) work do I perform for thee : may the germ enter into thy womb ! Obtain thou, woman, a son who shall bring prosperity to thee, and bring thou prosperity to him! 6. The plants whose father was the sky, whose mother the earth, whose root the (heavenly) ocean — may those divine herbs aid thee in obtaining a son ! VI, 11. Charm for obtaining a son (pu/^savanam). 1. The a^vattha (ficus religiosa) has mounted the ^ami (mimosa suma) : then a male child was pro- duced.
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
1tha, bind in the toils of death that cannot be loosened those enemies of mine whom I hate and who hate me ! 6. As thou climbest up the trees, O a^vattha, and renderest them subordinate, thus do thou split in two the head of my enemy, and overcome him ! 7. They (the enemies) shall float down like a ship cut loose from its moorings ! There is no returning again for those that have been driven out by the ' displaced 8. I drive them out with my mind, drive them out with my thought, and also with my incantation. We drive them out with a branch of the asvattha- tree. VI, 75. Oblation for the suppression of enemies (nairbadhya^ havi^). 1. Forth from his home do I drive that person yonder, who as a rival contends with us : through the oblation devoted to suppression Indra has broken him to pieces. 2. Indra, the slayer of Wz'tra, shall drive him to the remotest distance, from which in all successive years he shall not again return ! 3. He shall go to the three distances, he shall go beyond the five peoples ; he shall go beyond the three ethers, whence he shall not again in all successive years return, while the sun is upon the heavens ! III. IMPRECATIONS AGAINST DEMONS, ETC. 93 VI, 37. Curse against one that practises hostile charms. 1. The thousand-eyed curse having yoked his chariot has come hither, seeking out him that curses me, as a wolf the house of him that owns sheep. 2. Avoid us, O curse, as a burning fire (avoids) a lake ! Strike here him that curses us, as the lightning of heaven the tree ! 3. He that shall curse us when we do not curse, and he that shall curse us when we do curse, him do I hurl to death as a bone to a dog upon the ground. VII, 13. Charm to deprive enemies of their strength. 1. As the rising sun takes away the lustre of the stars, thus do I take away the strength of both the women and the men that hate me. 2. As many enemies as ye are, looking out against me, as I come on — of those that hate me do I take away the strength, as the sun takes away the strength of persons asleep (while it rises). IV. CHARMS PERTAINING TO WOMEN (STRIKARMAAT). II, 36. Charm to obtain a husband. 1. May, O Agni, a suitor after our own heart come to us, may he come to this maiden with our fortune ! May she, agreeable to suitors, charming at festivals, promptly obtain happiness through a husband ! 2. Agreeable to Soma, agreeable to Brahma, arranged by Aryaman, with the unfailing certainty of god Dhatar, do I bestow upon thee good fortune, the acquisition of a husband. 3.
2eeable to suitors, charming at festivals, promptly obtain happiness through a husband ! 2. Agreeable to Soma, agreeable to Brahma, arranged by Aryaman, with the unfailing certainty of god Dhatar, do I bestow upon thee good fortune, the acquisition of a husband. 3. This woman shall obtain a husband, since king Soma makes her lovely ! May she, begetting sons, become a queen ; may she, going to her husband, shine in loveliness ! 4. As this comfortable cave, O Maghavan (Indra), furnishing a safe abode, hath become pleasing to ani- mals, thus may this woman be a favourite of fortune (Bhaga), beloved, not at odds with her husband ! 5. Do thou ascend the full, inexhaustible ship of Bhaga (fortune) ; upon this bring hither the suitor who shall be agreeable (to thee) ! 6. Bring hither by thy shouts, O lord of wealth, the suitor, bend his mind towards her; turn thou the right side of every agreeable suitor towards (her) ! 7. This gold and bdellium, this balsam, and IV. CHARMS PERTAINING TO WOMEN. 95 Bhaga (fortune), too ; these have prepared thee for husbands, that thou mayest obtain the one that is agreeable. 8. Hither to thee Savitar shall lead the husband that is agreeable ! Do thou, O herb, bestow (him) upon her ! VI, 60. Charm for obtaining a husband. 1. This Aryaman (wrooer) with loosened crest of hair comes hither in front (of the procession), seeking a husband for this spinster, and a wife for this wifeless man. 2. This maid, O Aryaman, has wearied of going to the wedding-feasts of other women. Now shall, without fail, O Aryaman, other women go to her wedding-feast ! 3. Dhatar (the creator) supports (dadhara) this earth, Dhatar supports the heavens, and the sun. May Dhatar furnish this spinster with a husband after her own heart! VI, 82. Charm for obtaining a wife. 1. I call the name of him that comes here, that hath come here, and is arriving ; I crave (the name) of Indra, Vrztra's slayer, the Vasava of hundred- fold strength. 2. The road by which the A^vins carried away as a bride Sury&, Savitar s daughter, 'by that road/ Bhaga (fortune) told me, 'thou shalt bring here a wife ' ! 3. With thy wealth-procuring, great, golden hook, O Indra, husband of Sdiki, procure a wife for me that desireth a wife ! 96 HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. VI, 78. Blessing for a married couple. 1. Through this oblation, that causes prosperity, may this man flourish anew ; may he excel the wife that they have brought to him with his sap ! 2.
3for me that desireth a wife ! 96 HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. VI, 78. Blessing for a married couple. 1. Through this oblation, that causes prosperity, may this man flourish anew ; may he excel the wife that they have brought to him with his sap ! 2. May he excel in strength, excel in royalty ! May this couple be inexhaustible in wealth that bestows thousandfold lustre ! 3. Tvash/ar begot (for thee) a wife, Tvash/ar for her begot thee as a husband. May Tvash/ar bestow upon you two a thousand lives, may he bestow upon you long life! VII, 36. Love-charm spoken by a bridal couple. The eyes of us two shine like honey, our foreheads gleam like ointment. Place me within thy heart ; may one mind be in common to us both ! VII, 37. Charm pronounced by the bride over the bridegroom. I envelope thee in my garment that was produced by Manu (the first man), that thou shalt be mine alone, shalt not even discourse of other women ! VI, 81. A bracelet as an amulet to ensure conception. 1. A holder art thou, holdest both hands, drivest off the Rakshas. An acquirer of offspring and wealth this bracelet hath become ! 2. O bracelet, open up the womb, that the embryo be put (into it) ! Do thou, O limit (-setting bracelet), IV. CHARMS PERTAINING TO WOMEN. 97 furnish a son, bring him here (£ gamaya), thou that comest here (dgame) ! 3. The bracelet that Aditi wore, when she desired a son, Tvash/ar shall fasten upon this woman, intend- ing that she shall beget a son. Ill, 23. Charm for obtaining a son (pu^savanam). 1. That which has caused thee to miscarry do we drive away from thee, that very thing do we deposit outside of thee, away in a far place. 2. Into thy womb shall enter a male germ, as an arrow into a quiver! May a man be born there, a son ten months old ! 3. A male son do thou produce, and after him a male shall be born ! Thou shalt be the mother of sons, of those who are born, and those whom thou shalt bear ! 4. By the effective seed which bulls put forth do thou obtain a son ; be a fruitful milch-cow ! 5. Pra^apati's (the lord of creatures) work do I perform for thee : may the germ enter into thy womb ! Obtain thou, woman, a son who shall bring prosperity to thee, and bring thou prosperity to him! 6. The plants whose father was the sky, whose mother the earth, whose root the (heavenly) ocean — may those divine herbs aid thee in obtaining a son ! VI, 11. Charm for obtaining a son (pu/^savanam). 1. The a^vattha (ficus religiosa) has mounted the ^ami (mimosa suma) : then a male child was pro- duced.
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
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