Atharva Veda
To compel a woman's love
nyastikā rurohitha subhagaṃkaraṇī mama śataṃ tava pratānās trayastriṃśan nitānāḥ tayā sahasraparṇyā hṛdayaṃ śoṣayāmi te
To compel a woman's love
Nyastikā́ hast thou grown up, my good-fortune maker; a hundred [are] thy forth-stretchers, three and thirty thy down-stretchers. With this thousand-leafed [herb] I make dry thy heart.
śuṣyatu mayi te hṛdayam atho śuṣyatv āsyam atho ni śuṣya māṃ kāmenātho śuṣkāsyā cara
Let thy heart dry up on me, then let [thy] mouth dry up; then dry thou up by loving me; then go thou about dry-mouthed.
saṃvananī samuṣyalā babhru kalyāṇi saṃ nuda amūṃ ca māṃ ca saṃ nuda samānaṃ hṛdayaṃ kṛdhi
A conciliator, a love-awakener (?), do thou, O brown, beauteous one, push together; push together both yon woman and me; make [our] heart the same.
yathodakam apapuṣo 'paśuṣyaty āsyam evā ni śuṣya māṃ kāmenātho śuṣkāsyā cara
As the mouth of one who has not drunk water dries away, so dry thou up by loving me, then go thou about dry-mouthed.
yathā nakulo vicchidya saṃdadhāty ahiṃ punaḥ evā kāmasya vicchinnaṃ saṃ dhehi vīryāvati
As a mongoos, having cut apart, puts together again a snake, so, O powerful [herb], put together the divided of love.