{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av02030.htm","path":"hin/av/av02030.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av02030.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1As the wind shake this Tuft of Grass hither and thither on the\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0ground. p. a57\n \u00a0\u00a0So do I stir and shake thy mind, that thou mayst be in love\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0with me, my darling, never to depart.\n 2Ye, Asvins, lead together, ye unite and bring the loving pair.\n \u00a0\u00a0Now have the fortunes of you twain, now have your vows and\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0spirits met.\n 3When eagles, calling out aloud, are screaming in the joy of\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0health,\n \u00a0\u00a0Then to my calling let her come, as to the arrow's neck the\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0shaft.\n 4Let what is inward turn outside, let what is outward be within:\n \u00a0\u00a0Seize and possess, O Plant, the mind of maidens rich in every\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0charm.\n 5Seeking a husband she hath come! and I came longing for a\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0wife:\n \u00a0\u00a0Even as a loudly-neighing steed may fate and fortune have I\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0met.","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 2: Hymn 30: A man's love-charm","type":"page"}