Atharva-Veda Samhita/Book VII/Hymn 36 (37)

36 (37). Husband and wife to one another.

[Atharvan.—mantroktāhṣidevatyam. ānuṣṭubham.]

Of this verse are found in Pāipp. only the first words, a lacuna following. Kāuç. (79. 2) prescribes its use in the marriage ceremonies of the fourth day, as the two spouses anoint one another's eyes.

Translated: Weber, Ind. Stud. v. 248; Grill, 55, 179; Henry, 13, 67; Griffith, i. 343; Bloomfield, 96, 546.—Cf. also Bergaigne, JA. 8. iii. 200, note (1884).

1. The eyes of us two [be] of honey-aspect; our face [be] ointment; put (kṛ) thou me within thy heart; may our mind verily be together.

The comm. begins with aksāu, and Ppp. also reads the same. The pada-text divides sahā́ ’sati into sahā́: ásati, which is plainly wrong (should be asati).