Book 2: Hymn 36: A charm to secure a husband for a marriageable girl

1To please us may the suitor come, O Agni, seeking this maid and bringing us good fortune. Approved by wooers, lovely in assemblies, may she be soon made happy with a husband. 2As bliss beloved by Soma, dear to Prayer, and stored by Arya- man, With the God Dhātar's truthfulness I work the bridal oracle. 3O Agni, may this woman find a husband. Then verily King Soma makes her happy. May she bear sons, chief lady of the household, blessed and bearing rule beside her consort. 4As this lair, Maghavan! that is fair to look on was dear to wild things as a pleasant dwelling, So may this woman here be Bhaga's darling. Loved by her lord and prizing his affection. p. a64 5Mount up, embark on Bhaga's ship, the full, the inexhaustible, Thereon bring hitherward to us the lover whom thou fain wouldst wed. 6Call out to him, O Lord of Wealth! Make thou the lover well- inclined. Set each on thy right hand who is a lover worthy of her choice. 7Here is the Bdellium and the gold, the Auksha and the bliss are here: These bring thee to the husbands, so to find the man whom thou. wouldst have. 8May Savitar lead and bring to thee the husband whom thy heart desires. O Plant, be this thy gift to her! p. a65 Next: Hymn 1: A prayer or charm for the defeat and destruction of enemies in battle