{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av06008.htm","path":"hin/av/av06008.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av06008.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1Like as the creeper throws, her arms on every side around the\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0tree,\n \u00a0\u00a0So hold thou me in thine embrace that thou mayst be in love\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0with me, my darling, never to depart.\n 2As, when he mounts, the eagle strikes his pinions downward on\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0the earth,\n \u00a0\u00a0So do I strike thy spirit down that thou mayst be in love with\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0me, my darling, never to depart.\n 3As in his rapid course the Sun encompasses the heaven and:\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0earth,\n \u00a0\u00a0So do I compass round thy mind that thou mayst be in love with.\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0me, my darling, never to depart.","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 6: Hymn 8: A man's love-charm","type":"page"}