Atharva Veda · 228 of 724

HYMN LX

The wooing of a bride 1. With forelock loosened o’er his brow here comes the wooer of    the bride,   Seeking a husband for this maid, a wife for this unmarried man. 2. Wooer! this girl hath toiled in vain, going to others’ marriages.   Now to her wedding, verily, wooer! another maid shall come. 3. Dhātar upholds the spacious earth, upholds the sky, upholds the   Sun.   Dhātar bestow upon this maid a husband suited to her wish!