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1other 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. That, forsooth, is the way to obtain a son ; that do we bring to (our) wives. M H 98 HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. 2. In the male, forsooth, seed doth grow, that is poured into the female. That, forsooth, is the way to obtain a son ; that has been told by Pra^apati. 3. Pra^apati, Anumati, and Sinivali have fashioned him. May he (Pra^apati) elsewhere afford the birth of a female, but here he shall bestow a man ! VII, 35. An incantation to make a woman sterile. 1. The other enemies conquer with might; beat back, O Gatavedas, those that are not yet born! Enrich this kingdom unto happiness, may all the gods acclaim this man ! 2. Of these hundred entrails of thine, as well as of the thousand canals, of all these have I closed the openings with a stone. 3. The upper part of the womb do I place below, there shall come to thee neither offspring nor birth ! I render thee sterile and devoid of offspring ; a stone do I make into a cover for thee. VI, 17. Charm to prevent miscarriage. 1. As this great earth conceives the germs of the beings, thus shall thy embryo be held fast, to produce a child after pregnancy ! 2. As this great earth holds these trees, thus shall thy embryo be held fast, to produce a child after pregnancy ! 3. As this great earth holds the mountains and the peaks, thus shall thy embryo be held fast, to produce a child after pregnancy ! 4. As this great earth holds the animals scattered IV. CHARMS PERTAINING TO WOMEN. 99 far, thus shall thy embryo be held fast, to produce a child after pregnancy ! I, 11. Charm for easy parturition. 1. Aryaman as active hotar-priest shall utter for thee the vasha/-call at this (soma-) pressing, O Ptishan! May (this) woman, (herself) begotten in the proper way, be delivered, may her joints relax, that she shall bring forth ! 2. Four directions has the heaven, and also four the earth : (from these) the gods created the embryo. May they open her, that she shall bring forth ! 3. May Sushan open : her womb do we cause to gape. Do thou, O Stisha/za, loosen the womb, do thou, O Bishkala, let go (the embryo) ! 4. Attached not at all to the flesh, nor to the fat, not at all to the marrow, may the splotched, moist, placenta come down to be eaten by a dog ! May the placenta fall down ! 5.
2, O Stisha/za, loosen the womb, do thou, O Bishkala, let go (the embryo) ! 4. Attached not at all to the flesh, nor to the fat, not at all to the marrow, may the splotched, moist, placenta come down to be eaten by a dog ! May the placenta fall down ! 5. I split open thy vagina, thy womb, thy canals ; I separate the mother and the son, the child along with the placenta. May the placenta fall down ! 6. As flies the wind, as flies the mind, as fly the winged birds, so do thou, O embryo, ten months old, fall along writh the placenta ! May the placenta fall down ! I, 34. Charm with licorice, to secure the love of a woman. 1. This plant is born of honey, with honey do we dig for thee. Of honey thou art begotten, do thou make us full of honey ! 2. At the tip of my tongue may I have honey, at my tongue's root the sweetness of honey ! In my h 2 IOO HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. power alone shalt thou then be, thou shalt come up to my wish ! 3. Sweet as honey is my entrance, sweet as honey my departure. With my voice do I speak sweet as honey, may I become like honey ! 4. I am sweeter than honey, fuller of sweetness than licorice, Mayest thou, without fail, long for me alone, (as a bee) for a branch full of honey ! 5. I have surrounded thee with a clinging sugar- cane, to remove aversion, so that thou shalt not be averse to me ! II, 30. Charm to secure the love of a woman. 1. As the wind tears this grass from the surface of the earth, thus do I tear thy soul, so that thou, woman, shalt love, shalt not be averse to me ! 2. If ye, O two A^vins, shall unite and bring together the loving pair — united are the fortunes of both of you (lovers), united the thoughts, united the purposes ! 3. When birds desire to chirp, lustily desire to chirp, may my call go there, as an arrow-point upon the shaft ! 4. What is within shall be without, what is with- out shall be within! Take captive, O herb, the soul of the maidens endowed with every charm ! 5. Longing for a husband this woman hath come, I have come longing for a wife. As a loudly neigh- ing horse I have attained to my good fortune ! VI, 8. Charm to secure the love of a woman. 1. As the creeper embraces the tree on all sides, thus do thou embrace me, so that thou, woman, IV. CHARMS PERTAINING TO WOMEN. 10 1 shalt love me, so that thou shalt not be averse to me ! 2.
3, 8. Charm to secure the love of a woman. 1. As the creeper embraces the tree on all sides, thus do thou embrace me, so that thou, woman, IV. CHARMS PERTAINING TO WOMEN. 10 1 shalt love me, so that thou shalt not be averse to me ! 2. As the eagle when he flies forth presses his wings against the earth, thus do I fasten down thy mind, so that thou, woman, shalt love me, so that thou shalt not be averse to me. 3. As the sun day by day goes about this heaven and earth, thus do I go about thy mind, so that thou, woman, shalt love me, so that thou shalt not be averse to me. VI, 9. Charm to secure the love of a woman. 1. Hanker thou after my body, my feet, hanker after my eyes, my thighs ! The eyes of thee, as thou lustest after me, and thy hair shall be parched with love ! 2. I make thee cling to my arm, cling to my heart, so that thou shalt be in my power, shalt come up to my wish ! 3. The cows, the mothers of the ghee, who lick their young, in whose heart love is planted, shall make yonder woman bestow love upon me ! VI, 102. Charm to secure the love of a woman. 1. As this draught animal, O ye Asvins, comes on, and proceeds, thus may thy soul come on, and proceed to me ! 2. I draw to myself thy mind, as the leading stallion the female side-horse. As the stalk of grass torn by the wind, thus shall thy mind fasten itself upon me ! 3. A coaxing mixture of salve, of sweet wood, of kush/^a, and of spikenard, do I deftly pick out with the hands of Bhaga (good fortune). [02 HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. Ill, 25. Charm to arouse the passionate love of a woman. 1. May (love), the disquieter, disquiet thee; do not hold out upon thy bed! With the terrible arrow of Kama (love) do I pierce thee in the heart. 2. The arrow, winged with longing, barbed with love, whose shaft is undeviating desire, with that, well-aimed, Kama shall pierce thee in the heart ! 3. With that well-aimed arrow of Kama which parches the spleen, whose plume flies forward, which burns up, do I pierce thee in the heart. 4. Consumed by burning ardour, with parched mouth, do thou (woman) come to me, pliant, (thy) pride laid aside, mine alone, speaking sweetly and to me devoted ! 5. I drive thee with a goad from thy mother and thy father, so that thou shalt be in my power, shalt come up to my wish. 6. All her thoughts do ye, O Mitra and Varu/za, drive out of her ! Then, having deprived her of her will, put her into my power alone ! VI, 139. Charm to arouse the passionate love of a woman. 1.
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.
1other 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. That, forsooth, is the way to obtain a son ; that do we bring to (our) wives. M H 98 HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. 2. In the male, forsooth, seed doth grow, that is poured into the female. That, forsooth, is the way to obtain a son ; that has been told by Pra^apati. 3. Pra^apati, Anumati, and Sinivali have fashioned him. May he (Pra^apati) elsewhere afford the birth of a female, but here he shall bestow a man ! VII, 35. An incantation to make a woman sterile. 1. The other enemies conquer with might; beat back, O Gatavedas, those that are not yet born! Enrich this kingdom unto happiness, may all the gods acclaim this man ! 2. Of these hundred entrails of thine, as well as of the thousand canals, of all these have I closed the openings with a stone. 3. The upper part of the womb do I place below, there shall come to thee neither offspring nor birth ! I render thee sterile and devoid of offspring ; a stone do I make into a cover for thee. VI, 17. Charm to prevent miscarriage. 1. As this great earth conceives the germs of the beings, thus shall thy embryo be held fast, to produce a child after pregnancy ! 2. As this great earth holds these trees, thus shall thy embryo be held fast, to produce a child after pregnancy ! 3. As this great earth holds the mountains and the peaks, thus shall thy embryo be held fast, to produce a child after pregnancy ! 4. As this great earth holds the animals scattered IV. CHARMS PERTAINING TO WOMEN. 99 far, thus shall thy embryo be held fast, to produce a child after pregnancy ! I, 11. Charm for easy parturition. 1. Aryaman as active hotar-priest shall utter for thee the vasha/-call at this (soma-) pressing, O Ptishan! May (this) woman, (herself) begotten in the proper way, be delivered, may her joints relax, that she shall bring forth ! 2. Four directions has the heaven, and also four the earth : (from these) the gods created the embryo. May they open her, that she shall bring forth ! 3. May Sushan open : her womb do we cause to gape. Do thou, O Stisha/za, loosen the womb, do thou, O Bishkala, let go (the embryo) ! 4. Attached not at all to the flesh, nor to the fat, not at all to the marrow, may the splotched, moist, placenta come down to be eaten by a dog ! May the placenta fall down ! 5.
2, O Stisha/za, loosen the womb, do thou, O Bishkala, let go (the embryo) ! 4. Attached not at all to the flesh, nor to the fat, not at all to the marrow, may the splotched, moist, placenta come down to be eaten by a dog ! May the placenta fall down ! 5. I split open thy vagina, thy womb, thy canals ; I separate the mother and the son, the child along with the placenta. May the placenta fall down ! 6. As flies the wind, as flies the mind, as fly the winged birds, so do thou, O embryo, ten months old, fall along writh the placenta ! May the placenta fall down ! I, 34. Charm with licorice, to secure the love of a woman. 1. This plant is born of honey, with honey do we dig for thee. Of honey thou art begotten, do thou make us full of honey ! 2. At the tip of my tongue may I have honey, at my tongue's root the sweetness of honey ! In my h 2 IOO HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. power alone shalt thou then be, thou shalt come up to my wish ! 3. Sweet as honey is my entrance, sweet as honey my departure. With my voice do I speak sweet as honey, may I become like honey ! 4. I am sweeter than honey, fuller of sweetness than licorice, Mayest thou, without fail, long for me alone, (as a bee) for a branch full of honey ! 5. I have surrounded thee with a clinging sugar- cane, to remove aversion, so that thou shalt not be averse to me ! II, 30. Charm to secure the love of a woman. 1. As the wind tears this grass from the surface of the earth, thus do I tear thy soul, so that thou, woman, shalt love, shalt not be averse to me ! 2. If ye, O two A^vins, shall unite and bring together the loving pair — united are the fortunes of both of you (lovers), united the thoughts, united the purposes ! 3. When birds desire to chirp, lustily desire to chirp, may my call go there, as an arrow-point upon the shaft ! 4. What is within shall be without, what is with- out shall be within! Take captive, O herb, the soul of the maidens endowed with every charm ! 5. Longing for a husband this woman hath come, I have come longing for a wife. As a loudly neigh- ing horse I have attained to my good fortune ! VI, 8. Charm to secure the love of a woman. 1. As the creeper embraces the tree on all sides, thus do thou embrace me, so that thou, woman, IV. CHARMS PERTAINING TO WOMEN. 10 1 shalt love me, so that thou shalt not be averse to me ! 2.
3, 8. Charm to secure the love of a woman. 1. As the creeper embraces the tree on all sides, thus do thou embrace me, so that thou, woman, IV. CHARMS PERTAINING TO WOMEN. 10 1 shalt love me, so that thou shalt not be averse to me ! 2. As the eagle when he flies forth presses his wings against the earth, thus do I fasten down thy mind, so that thou, woman, shalt love me, so that thou shalt not be averse to me. 3. As the sun day by day goes about this heaven and earth, thus do I go about thy mind, so that thou, woman, shalt love me, so that thou shalt not be averse to me. VI, 9. Charm to secure the love of a woman. 1. Hanker thou after my body, my feet, hanker after my eyes, my thighs ! The eyes of thee, as thou lustest after me, and thy hair shall be parched with love ! 2. I make thee cling to my arm, cling to my heart, so that thou shalt be in my power, shalt come up to my wish ! 3. The cows, the mothers of the ghee, who lick their young, in whose heart love is planted, shall make yonder woman bestow love upon me ! VI, 102. Charm to secure the love of a woman. 1. As this draught animal, O ye Asvins, comes on, and proceeds, thus may thy soul come on, and proceed to me ! 2. I draw to myself thy mind, as the leading stallion the female side-horse. As the stalk of grass torn by the wind, thus shall thy mind fasten itself upon me ! 3. A coaxing mixture of salve, of sweet wood, of kush/^a, and of spikenard, do I deftly pick out with the hands of Bhaga (good fortune). [02 HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. Ill, 25. Charm to arouse the passionate love of a woman. 1. May (love), the disquieter, disquiet thee; do not hold out upon thy bed! With the terrible arrow of Kama (love) do I pierce thee in the heart. 2. The arrow, winged with longing, barbed with love, whose shaft is undeviating desire, with that, well-aimed, Kama shall pierce thee in the heart ! 3. With that well-aimed arrow of Kama which parches the spleen, whose plume flies forward, which burns up, do I pierce thee in the heart. 4. Consumed by burning ardour, with parched mouth, do thou (woman) come to me, pliant, (thy) pride laid aside, mine alone, speaking sweetly and to me devoted ! 5. I drive thee with a goad from thy mother and thy father, so that thou shalt be in my power, shalt come up to my wish. 6. All her thoughts do ye, O Mitra and Varu/za, drive out of her ! Then, having deprived her of her will, put her into my power alone ! VI, 139. Charm to arouse the passionate love of a woman. 1.
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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