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Atharva Veda 6.8

To win a woman's love

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English · William Dwight Whitney

To win a woman's love

As the creeper (líbujā) has completely embraced the tree, so do thou embrace me—that thou mayest be one loving me, that thou mayest be one not going away from me.

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English · William Dwight Whitney

As the eagle, flying forth, beats down his wings upon the earth, so do I beat down thy mind—that thou etc. etc.

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English · William Dwight Whitney

As the sun goeth at once about heaven-and-earth here, so do I go about thy mind—that thou etc. etc.

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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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