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Atharva Veda 1.14

Imprecation of spinsterhood on a woman

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Imprecation of spinsterhood on a woman

Her portion (bhága), splendor have I taken to myself, as from off a tree a garland; like a mountain with great base, let her sit long with the Fathers.

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Let this girl, O king, be shaken down to thee [as] bride, O Yama; be she bound in her mother's house, also in her brother's, also in her father's.

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She is thy housekeeper, O king; we commit her to thee; she shall sit long with the Fathers, until the covering in of her head.

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With the incantation (bráman) of Asita, of Kaçyapa, and of Gaya, I shut up (api-nah) thy portion (vulva?), as sisters do what is within a box (-kóça).

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W. D. Whitney's literal translation (1905), Books I–XIX. Words in ⌊half-brackets⌋ are his own notes and cross-references to his edition; a few verses he gives only in outline.

William Dwight Whitney (tr.), Atharva-Veda Saṁhitā, revised and edited by Charles Rockwell Lanman, Harvard Oriental Series 7–8 (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University, 1905). Public domain. Transcribed and proofread from the scans by English Wikisource volunteers; translation only (critical notes omitted). · Source ↗

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