{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av07038.htm","path":"hin/av/av07038.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av07038.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1I dig this Healing Herb that makes my lover look on me and\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0weep;\n \u00a0\u00a0That bids the parting friend return and kindly greets him as he\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0comes.\n 2This Herb wherewith the Asuri drew Indra downward from the\n \u00a0\u00a0Gods,\n \u00a0\u00a0With this same Herb I draw thee close that I may be most dear\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0to thee.\n 3Thou art the peer of Soma, yea, thou art the equal of the Sun, p. a285\n \u00a0\u00a0The peer of all the Gods art thou: therefore we call thee hither\u2014\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0ward.\n 4I am the speaker here, not thou: speak thou where the assembly\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0meets.\n \u00a0\u00a0Thou shalt be mine and only mine, and never mention other\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0dames.\n 5If thou art far away beyond the rivers, far away from men,\n \u00a0\u00a0This Herb shall seem to bind thee fast and bring thee back my\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0prisoner.","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 7: Hymn 38: A maiden's love-charm","type":"page"}