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VI, 130.
HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA.
1. This yearning love comes from the Apsaras, the victorious, imbued with victory. Ye gods, send forth the yearning love: may yonder man burn after me!
Charm to arouse the passionate love of a man.
2. My wish is, he shall long for me, devoted he shall long for me! Ye gods, send forth the yearning love may yonder man burn after me!
VI,
3. That yonder man shall long for me, (but) I for him nevermore, ye gods, send forth the yearning love may yonder man burn after me!
4. Do ye, O Maruts, intoxicate him (with love); do thou, O mid-air, intoxicate him; do thou, O Agni, intoxicate him! May yonder man burn after me!
131. Charm to arouse the passionate love of a man.
1. From thy head unto thy feet do I implant (love's) longing into thee. Ye gods, send forth the yearning love may yonder man burn after me!
2. Favour this (plan), Anumati; fit it together, Âkûti! Ye gods, send forth the yearning love : may yonder man burn after me!
3. If thou dost run three leagues away, (or even) five leagues, the distance coursed by a horseman, from there thou shalt again return, shalt be the father of our sons!
VI, 132.
Charm to arouse the passionate love of a man.
1. Love's consuming longing, together with yearn
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