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IV. CHARMS PERTAINING TO WOMEN.
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into thy heart, from it the jealousy do I remove, as air from a water-skin.
VII, 45. Charm to allay jealousy. 1. From folk belonging to all kinds of people, from the Sindhu (Indus) thou hast been brought hither: from a distance, I ween, has been fetched the very remedy for jealousy.
2. As if a fire is burning him, as if the forest-fire burns in various directions, this jealousy of his do thou quench, as a fire (is quenched) with water!
I, 14. A woman's incantation against her rival.
1. I have taken unto myself her fortune and her glory, as a wreath off a tree. Like a mountain with broad foundation may she sit a long time with her parents!
2. This woman shall be subjected to thee as thy wife, O king Yama; (till then) let her be fixed to the house of her mother, or her brother, or her father!
3. This woman shall be the keeper of thy house, O king (Yama), and her do we make over to thee! May she long sit with her relatives, until (her hair) drops from her head !
4. With the incantation of Asita, of Kasyapa, and of Gaya do I cover up thy fortune, as women cover (something) within a chest.
III, 18. Charm of a woman against a rival or
co-wife. 1. I dig up this plant, of herbs the most potent, by whose power rival women are overcome, and husbands are obtained.
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