Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 6 — Chapter 8

AV 6 8.1

यथा वृक्षं लिबुजा समन्तं परिषस्वजे । एवा परि ष्वजस्व मां यथा मां कामिन्य् असो यथा मन् नापगा असः

yathā vṛkṣaṃ libujā samantaṃ pariṣasvaje | evā pari ṣvajasva māṃ yathā māṃ kāminy aso yathā man nāpagā asaḥ

As the creeping plant has embraced the tree all around, so embrace me, so that you may be a woman loving me, so that you may not go away from me.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 6 8.2

यथा सुपर्णः प्रपतन् पक्षौ निहन्ति भूम्याम् । एवा नि हन्मि ते मनो यथा मां कामिन्य् असो यथा मन् नापगा असः

yathā suparṇaḥ prapatan pakṣau nihanti bhūmyām | evā ni hanmi te mano yathā māṃ kāminy aso yathā man nāpagā asaḥ

As the eagle, flying forth, beats down its wings upon the earth, so do I beat down your mind, so that you may be a woman loving me, so that you may not go away from me.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 6 8.3

यथेमे द्यावापृथिवी सद्यः पर्येति सूर्यः । एवा पर्य् एमि ते मनो यथा मां कामिन्य् असो यथा मन् नापगा असः

yatheme dyāvāpṛthivī sadyaḥ paryeti sūryaḥ | evā pary emi te mano yathā māṃ kāminy aso yathā man nāpagā asaḥ

As the sun goes around these two, heaven and earth, on the same day, so do I go around your mind, so that you may be a woman loving me, so that you may not go away from me.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition