As round this heaven and earth the sun
Goes day by day, encircling them,
So do I go around thy mind,
That, woman, thou shalt love me well,
And shalt not turn away from me (vi. 8, 3).
’Tis winged with longing, barbed with love,
Its shaft is formed of fixed desire:
With this his arrow levelled well
Shall Kāma pierce thee to the heart (iii. 25, 2).
Among the auspicious charms of the Atharva there are many prayers for long life and health, for exemption from disease and death:—