{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av01014.htm","path":"hin/av/av01014.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av01014.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1As from the tree a wreath, have I assumed her fortune and her\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0fame:\n \u00a0\u00a0Among her kinsfolk long may she dwell, like a mountain broadly-\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0based.\n 2King Yama, let this maiden be surrendered as a wife to thee:\n \u00a0\u00a0Bound let her be meanwhile within, her mother's, brother's,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0father's house.\n 3Queen of thy race is she, O King: to thee do we deliver her.\n \u00a0\u00a0Long with her kinsfolk may she sit, until her hair be white with\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0age.\n 4With Asita's and Kasyapa's and Gaya's incantation, thus\n \u00a0\u00a0As sisters pack within a chest, I bind and tie thy fortune up.","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 1: Hymn 14: A woman's incantation agai...","type":"page"}