
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often treated as anonymous/atharvanic for such kāmya hymns)
Devata: Smara (Kāma) empowered through Apsarases; Gods as dispatchers
Chandas: Mixed/Anuṣṭubh-like cadence (edition-dependent; many AV love-spells are treated as anuṣṭubh)
Mantra 1
स्मरः। र॒थ॒जितां॑ राथजिते॒यीना॑मप्स॒रसा॑म॒यं स्म॒रः । देवाः॒ प्र हि॑णुत स्म॒रम॒सौ मामनु॑ शोचतु
Smara. This is the Smara of the Apsarases, of the Rathajitās, of the Rathajiteyīs. O Gods, drive forth Smara: let yonder one pine after me and burn with longing.
Mantra 2
अ॒सौ मे॑ स्मरता॒दिति॑ प्रि॒यो मे॑ स्मरता॒दिति॑ । देवाः॒ प्र हि॑णुत स्म॒रम॒सौ मामनु॑ शोचतु
‘Let yonder one remember me,’ thus; ‘let my dear one remember me,’ thus. O Gods, drive forth Smara: let yonder one pine after me.
Mantra 3
यथा॒ मम॒ स्मरा॑द॒सौ नामुष्या॒हं क॒दा च॒न। देवाः॒ प्र हि॑णुत स्म॒रम॒सौ मामनु॑ शोचतु
So may yonder one remember me—and never that other—at any time at all. O Gods, drive forth Smara: let yonder one burn after me.
Mantra 4
उन्मा॑दयत मरुत॒ उद॑न्तरिक्ष मादय । अग्न॒ उन्मा॑दया॒ त्वम॒सौ मामनु॑ शोचतु
Madden him, O Maruts; intoxicate the mid-air. O Agni, do thou madden him: let yonder one burn after me.
It is used to intensify attraction and compel a specific person to pine after the performer, with an emphasis on exclusive remembrance and longing.
Apsarases embody enchantment and irresistible allure; the hymn treats Smara as their empowered force, making desire a summoned and directed potency.
In the received text of this sukta, no specific substances are prescribed; it functions primarily as a spoken/recited ‘sending’ of Smara, though later practice may add customary purifications.
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