The Religion of the Veda: The Ancient Religion of India (from Rig-Veda to Upanishads) c6.s1.57

c6.s1.57

*A Woman's Incantation against her Rival.*

1. I have taken unto myself her fortune and her glory, as a wreath off a tree. As a broad-based mountain may she sit a long time with her parents !
2. This woman shall be subjected to thee as thy bride, O King Yama (Pluto) : till then let her be fixed to the house of her mother, or her brother, or her father !
3. This woman shall be the keeper of thy house, O King Yama : her do we deliver over to thee ! May she long sit with her parents, until her hair drops from her head !
4. With the incantation of Asita, of Kaçyapa, and of Gaya do I cover up thy fortune, as women cover things within a chest.
(*Atharva-Veda*, i. 14.)¹