{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av132.htm","path":"hin/av/av132.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av132.htm","text":"1. The (foul) mark, the lal\u00e2m\u00ee (with spot on the forehead), the Ar\u00e2ti (grudging demon), do we drive out. Then the (signs) that are auspicious (shall remain) with us; (yet) to beget offspring do we bring the Ar\u00e2ti!\n 2. May Savitar drive out uncouthness from her feet, may Varuna, Mitra, and Aryaman (drive it) out from her hands; may Anumati kindly drive it out for us! For happiness the gods have created this woman.\n 3. The fierceness that is in thyself, in thy body, or in thy look, all that do we strike away with our charm. May god Savitar prosper thee!\n 4. The goat-footed, the bull-toothed, her who scares the cattle, the snorting one, the vil\u00eedh\u00ee (the driveling one), the lal\u00e2m\u00ee (with spot on the forehead), these do we drive from us.","title":"Atharva Veda: IV. Charms Pertaining to Women (Strikarat\u00e2ni): I, 18. Charm to remove evil bodily characteristics from a woman","type":"page"}