Sukta 37
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (as per Anukramaṇī for 7.37)
Devata: Vāsaḥ (Garment) as charm-medium; Kāma/Manas implicitly
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)
这首仅一颂的阿闼婆系咒歌以衣服（vāsaḥ）为承载意念的媒介，通过接触之术将男子的注意与爱恋专系于说话者。以自己的布帛覆置或使其贴近男子，意在牵引其心（manas）与欲（kāma）离开竞争的女子——即便是社会上“有名望”的人——并借由接触魔法确立唯一的依恋。
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Frequently Asked Questions
The hymn invokes Vāsaḥ, the garment/cloth, treating it as an active charm-medium that can carry the speaker’s intention through touch and wearing.
To make a man devoted to the speaker alone (kevala), and to prevent other women—even prominent or “famed” ones—from attracting him.
No. The central “substance” is the practitioner’s own garment; the rite works through recitation plus direct contact (placing/draping or briefly having him wear it).
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