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Atharva Veda 6.138: A woman's imprecation on her unfaithful lover

by The Rishis of the Atharva Veda c. 1200–900 BCE (traditional; uncertain)

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1895–96) · From The Hymns of the Atharva-Veda (1895–96)

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O Plant, thy fame is spread abroad as best of all the herbs that grow.
Unman for me to-day this man that he may wear the horn of hair.

Make him a eunuch with a horn, set thou the crest upon his-head.
Let Indra with two pressing-stones deprive him of his manly strength.

I have unmanned thee, eunuch! yea, impotent! made thee-impotent, and robbed thee, weakling! of thy strength.
Upon his head we set the horn, we set the branching ornament.

Duas tuas venas, a Diis factas, in quibus stat vigor virilis, paxillo ligneo in testiculis ob istam mulierem tibi findo.

Ut mulieres mattam (tegetem) facturae arundinem lapide findunt, sic fascinum tuum cum testiculis ob istam mulierem findo.

MLA

Veda, The Rishis of the Atharva. “Atharva Veda 6.138: A woman's imprecation on her unfaithful lover.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/atharvaveda-rishis/300/.

Chicago

Veda, The Rishis of the Atharva. “Atharva Veda 6.138: A woman's imprecation on her unfaithful lover.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/atharvaveda-rishis/300/.

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