Sukta 36
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (as per Anukramaṇī for 7.36)
Devata: Añjana (personified charm-substance); Manas (mind) as target
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)
这首仅一颂的咒辞将“añjana”（眼膏、黑色眼线）神格化为一种通过双眼与面容光辉起作用的心灵—情欲之力，用以促成彼此吸引。行者涂抹这黑色膏剂并诵念真言，意在使自己在对方心中被“染黑”——即在所爱之人的心念中留下不可磨灭的存在，使两人的心意同向、和合而行。
Mantras
Frequently Asked Questions
Añjana is collyrium (eye-ointment). Here it is personified as a charm-substance whose dark pigment and cosmetic radiance are used to attract and to bind the beloved’s attention and feeling.
Both. It is erotic/attractive in method (working through eyes and allure) and conciliatory in goal, because it explicitly seeks saṃmanasya—concord and shared intention of the two minds.
Recite the verse over the collyrium and apply it to both eyes with the intention of mutual harmony. The mantra’s core request is to be ‘within the heart’ of the other so that the two minds settle into concord.
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