Atharva Veda · 67 of 724

HYMN XXXVI

A charm to secure a husband for a marriageable girl 1. To please us may the suitor come, O Agni, seeking this maid and    bringing us good fortune.   Approved by wooers, lovely in assemblies, may she be soon    made happy with a husband. 2. As bliss beloved by Soma, dear to Prayer, and stored by Arya-    man,   With the God Dhātar’s truthfulness I work the bridal oracle. 3. O Agni, may this woman find a husband. Then verily King Soma    makes her happy.   May she bear sons, chief lady of the household, blessed and    bearing rule beside her consort. 4. As this lair, Maghavan! that is fair to look on was dear to wild    things as a pleasant dwelling,   So may this woman here be Bhaga’s darling. Loved by her lord    and prizing his affection. 5. Mount up, embark on Bhaga’s ship, the full, the inexhaustible,   Thereon bring hitherward to us the lover whom thou fain    wouldst wed. 6. Call out to him, O Lord of Wealth! Make thou the lover well-    inclined.   Set each on thy right hand who is a lover worthy of her choice. 7. Here is the Bdellium and the gold, the Auksha and the bliss are    here:   These bring thee to the husbands, so to find the man whom thou.    wouldst have. 8. May Savitar lead and bring to thee the husband whom thy heart    desires.   O Plant, be this thy gift to her!