Library·Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka)·3·3.18
इमां खनाम्य् ओषधिं वीरुधां बलवत्तमाम् । यया सपत्नीं बाधते यया संविन्दते पतिम् ॥१॥
imāṃ khanāmy oṣadhiṃ vīrudhāṃ balavattamām | yayā sapatnīṃ bādhate yayā saṃvindate patim ||1||
I dig this herb, of plants the strongest, with which one drives off (bādh) her rival; with which one wins completely (sam-vid) her husband.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
उत्तानपर्णे सुभगे देवजूते सहस्वति । सपत्नीं मे परा णुद पतिं मे केवलं कृधि ॥२॥
uttānaparṇe subhage devajūte sahasvati | sapatnīṃ me parā ṇuda patiṃ me kevalaṃ kṛdhi ||2||
O thou of outstretched leaves, fortunate, god-quickened, powerful, do thou thrust away my rival, make my husband wholly mine.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
नहि ते नाम जग्राह नो अस्मिन् रमसे पतौ । पराम् एव परावतं सपत्नीं गमयामसि ॥३॥
nahi te nāma jagrāha no asmin ramase patau | parām eva parāvataṃ sapatnīṃ gamayāmasi ||3||
Since he has not named (grah) thy name, thou also stayest (ram) not with him as husband; unto distant distance make we my rival go.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
उत्तराहम् उत्तर उत्तरेद् उत्तराभ्यः । अधः सपत्नी या ममाधरा साधराभ्यः ॥४॥
uttarāham uttara uttared uttarābhyaḥ | adhaḥ sapatnī yā mamādharā sādharābhyaḥ ||4||
Superior [am] I, O superior one; superior, indeed, to them (f.) that are superior; below [is] she that is my rival; lower [is] she than they (f.) that are lower.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
अहम् अस्मि सहमानाथो त्वम् असि सासहिः । उभे सहस्वती भूत्वा सपत्नीं मे सहावहै ॥५॥
aham asmi sahamānātho tvam asi sāsahiḥ | ubhe sahasvatī bhūtvā sapatnīṃ me sahāvahai ||5||
I am overpowering; likewise art thou very powerful; we both, becoming full of power, will overpower my rival.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
अभि ते ऽधां सहमानाम् उप ते ऽधां सहीयसीम् । माम् अनु प्र ते मनो वत्सं गौर् इव धावतु पथा वार् इव धावतु ॥६॥
abhi te 'dhāṃ sahamānām upa te 'dhāṃ sahīyasīm | mām anu pra te mano vatsaṃ gaur iva dhāvatu pathā vār iva dhāvatu ||6||
I have put on (abhí) for thee the overpowering one (f.); I have put to (úpa) for thee the very powerful one; after me let thy mind run forth as a cow after her calf, run as water on its track.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)