Library·Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka)·3·3.25
उत्तुदस् त्वोत् तुदतु मा धृथाः शयने स्वे । इषुः कामस्य या भीमा तया विध्यामि त्वा हृदि ॥१॥
uttudas tvot tudatu mā dhṛthāḥ śayane sve | iṣuḥ kāmasya yā bhīmā tayā vidhyāmi tvā hṛdi ||1||
Let the up-thruster thrust (tud) thee up; do not abide (dhṛ) in thine own lair; the arrow of love (kā́ma) that is terrible, therewith I pierce thee in the heart.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
आधीपर्णां कामशल्याम् इषुं संकल्पकुल्मलाम् । तां सुसंनतां कृत्वा कामो विध्यतु त्वा हृदि ॥२॥
ādhīparṇāṃ kāmaśalyām iṣuṃ saṃkalpakulmalām | tāṃ susaṃnatāṃ kṛtvā kāmo vidhyatu tvā hṛdi ||2||
The arrow feathered with longing (ādhī́), tipped with love, necked with resolve (? saṁkalpá-)—having made that well-straightened, let love pierce thee in the heart.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
या प्लीहानं शोषयति कामस्येषुः सुसंनता । प्राचीनपक्षा व्योषा तया विध्यामि त्वा हृदि ॥३॥
yā plīhānaṃ śoṣayati kāmasyeṣuḥ susaṃnatā | prācīnapakṣā vyoṣā tayā vidhyāmi tvā hṛdi ||3||
The well-straightened arrow of love which dries the spleen, forward-winged, consuming (vyòṣa)—therewith I pierce thee in the heart.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
शुचा विद्धा व्योषया शुष्कास्याभि सर्प मा । मृदुर् निमन्युः केवली प्रियवादिन्य् अनुव्रता ॥४॥
śucā viddhā vyoṣayā śuṣkāsyābhi sarpa mā | mṛdur nimanyuḥ kevalī priyavādiny anuvratā ||4||
Pierced with consuming pain (çúc), dry-mouthed, do thou come creeping to me, gentle, with fury allayed, entirely [mine], pleasant-spoken, submissive.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
आजामि त्वाजन्या परि मातुर् अथो पितुः । यथा मम क्रताव् असो मम चित्तम् उपायसि ॥५॥
ājāmi tvājanyā pari mātur atho pituḥ | yathā mama kratāv aso mama cittam upāyasi ||5||
I goad thee hither with a goad (ā́janī), away from mother, likewise from father, that thou mayest be in my power (krátu), mayest come unto my intent.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
व्य् अस्यै मित्रावरुणौ हृदश् चित्तान्य् अस्यतम् । अथैनाम् अक्रतुं कृत्वा ममैव कृणुतं वशे ॥६॥
vy asyai mitrāvaruṇau hṛdaś cittāny asyatam | athainām akratuṃ kṛtvā mamaiva kṛṇutaṃ vaśe ||6||
Do ye, O Mitra-and-Varuṇa, cast out the intents from her heart; then, making her powerless, make her [to be] in my own control.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)