Love
Atharva Veda 6.130: A woman's love-charm
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1895–96) · From The Hymns of the Atharva-Veda (1895–96)
This is the Apsarases' love-spell, the conquering, resistless ones'.
Send the spell forth, ye Deities! Let him consume with love of me.
I pray, may he remember me, think of me, loving and beloved.
Send forth the spell, ye Deities! Let him consume with love of me.
That he may think of me, that I may never, never think of him,.
Send forth the spell, ye Deities! Let him consume with love of me.
Madden him, Maruts, madden him. Madden him, madden him, O Air.
Madden him, Agni, madden him. Let him consume with love of me.
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Veda, The Rishis of the Atharva. “Atharva Veda 6.130: A woman's love-charm.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/atharvaveda-rishis/292/.
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Veda, The Rishis of the Atharva. “Atharva Veda 6.130: A woman's love-charm.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/atharvaveda-rishis/292/.
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