{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av06060.htm","path":"hin/av/av06060.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av06060.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1With forelock loosened o'er his brow here comes the wooer of\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0the bride, p. a228\n \u00a0\u00a0Seeking a husband for this maid, a wife for this unmarried man.\n 2Wooer! this girl hath toiled in vain, going to others' marriages.\n \u00a0\u00a0Now to her wedding, verily, wooer! another maid shall come.\n 3Dh\u0101tar upholds the spacious earth, upholds the sky, upholds the\n \u00a0\u00a0Sun.\n \u00a0\u00a0Dh\u0101tar bestow upon this maid a husband suited to her wish!","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 6: Hymn 60: The wooing of a bride","type":"page"}