{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av03025.htm","path":"hin/av/av03025.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av03025.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1Let the Impeller goad thee on. Rest not in peace upon thy bed.\n \u00a0\u00a0Terrible is the shaft of Love: therewith I pierce thee to the\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0heart.\n 2That arrow winged with longing thought, its stem Desire, its\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0neck, Resolve,\n \u00a0\u00a0Let K\u0101ma, having truly aimed, shoot forth and pierce thee in\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0the heart.\n 3The shaft of K\u0101ma, pointed well, that withers and consumes the\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0spleen.\n \u00a0\u00a0With hasty feathers, all aglow, therewith I pierce thee to the\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0heart.\n 4Pierced through with fiercely-burning heat, steal to me with thy\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0parching lips,\n \u00a0\u00a0Gentle and humble, all mine own, devoted, with sweet words of\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0love.\n 5Away Lfrom mother and from sire I drive thee hither with a\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0whip,\n \u00a0\u00a0That thou mayst be at my command and yield to every wish of\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0mine. p. a97\n 6Mitra and Varuna, expel all thought and purpose from her\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0heart.\n \u00a0\u00a0Deprive her of her own free will and make her subject unto me.","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 3: Hymn 25: A man's love-charm","type":"page"}