Atharva Veda · 176 of 724

HYMN VIII

A man’s love-charm 1. Like as the creeper throws, her arms on every side around the    tree,   So hold thou me in thine embrace that thou mayst be in love    with me, my darling, never to depart. 2. As, when he mounts, the eagle strikes his pinions downward on    the earth,   So do I strike thy spirit down that thou mayst be in love with    me, my darling, never to depart. 3. As in his rapid course the Sun encompasses the heaven and:    earth,   So do I compass round thy mind that thou mayst be in love with.    me, my darling, never to depart.