Sukta 25

Mantra 1

कामस्य इषुः। उत्तुदस्त्वोत् तुदतु मा धृथाः शयने स्वे। इषुः कामस्य या भीमा तया विध्यामि त्वा हृदि

Kāma’s arrow: let the goad prick thee—prick thee; hold not firm upon thine own bed. With Kāma’s arrow, the dreadful one, therewith I pierce thee in the heart.

Mantra 2

आधीपर्णां कामशल्यामिषुं संकल्पकुल्मलाम्। तां सुसंनतां कृत्वा कामो विध्यतु त्वा हृदि

The love-barbed arrow, leaf-feathered, budded with firm intent—having wrought it well-bent—let Kāma pierce thee in the heart.

Mantra 3

या प्लीहानं शोषयति कामस्येषुः सुसंनता । प्राचीनपक्षा व्योऽषा तया विध्यामि त्वा हृदि

That well-bent arrow of Kāma which drieth up the spleen—forward-winged, the pungent vyoṣā—therewith I pierce thee in the heart.

Mantra 4

शुचा विद्धा व्योऽषया शुष्कास्याभि सर्प मा । मृदुर्निमन्युः केवली प्रियवादिन्यनुव्रता

Pierced with burning pain by pungent vyoṣā, dry-mouthed—creep thou unto me: gentle, thy wrath laid down, mine wholly, sweet-speaking, obedient to my will.

Mantra 5

आजामि त्वाजन्या परि मातुरथो पितुः । यथा मम क्रतावसो मम चित्तमुपायसि

Hither I call thee, O intimate, away from thy folk—away from mother and from father—so that, O helper of my resolve, thou mayest come unto my mind, yea, unto my intent.

Mantra 6

व्यऽस्यै मित्रावरुणौ हृदश्चित्तान्यस्यतम्। अथैनामक्रतुं कृत्वा ममैव कृणुतं वशे

Asunder, O Mitra-Varuṇa, cast ye from her heart her thoughts; then, having made her void of purpose, set her—mine only—under my control.