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                                    VI.
                 CHARMS TO SECURE HARMONY, INFLUENCE IN THE
                   ASSEMBLY, AND THE LIKE (SĀMMANASYĀNI, ETC.).
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III, 30. Charm to secure harmony.

1. Unity of heart, and unity of mind, freedom from hatred, do I procure for
you. Do ye take delight in one another, as a cow in her (new-) born calf!

2. The son shall be devoted to his father, be of the same mind with his
mother; the wife shall speak honied, sweet, words to her husband!

3. The brother shall not hate the brother, and the sister not the sister!
Harmonious, devoted to the same purpose, speak ye words in kindly spirit!

4. That charm which causes the gods not to disagree, and not to hate one
another, that do we prepare in your house, as a means of agreement for your
folk.

5. Following your leader, of (the same) mind, do ye not hold yourselves apart!
Do ye come here, co-operating, going along the same wagon-pole, speaking
agreeably to one another! I render you of the same aim, of the same mind.

6. Identical shall be your drink, in common shall be your share of food! I
yoke you together in the same traces: do ye worship Agni, joining together, as
spokes around about the hub!

7. I render you of the same aim, of the same mind, all paying deference to one
(person) through my harmonising charm. Like the gods that are guarding the
ambrosia, may he (the leader) be well-disposed towards you, night and day!

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VI, 73. Charm to allay discord.

1. Hither shall come Varuṇa, Soma, Agni; Bṛhaspati with the Vasus shall come
hither! Come together, O ye kinsmen all, of one mind, to the glory of this
mighty guardian!

2. The fire that is within your souls, the scheme that hath entered your
minds, do I frustrate with my oblation, with my ghee: delight in me shall ye
take, O kinsmen!

3. Remain right here, go not away from us; (the roads) at a distance Pūṣan
shall make impassable for you! Viṣṭoṣpati shall urgently call you back:
delight in me shall ye take, O kinsmen!

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VI, 74. Charm to allay discord.

1. May your bodies be united, may your minds and your purposes (be united)!
Brahmaṇaspati here has brought you together, Bhaga has brought you together.

2. Harmony of mind (I procure) for you, and also harmony of heart. Moreover
with the aid of Bhaga's exertions do I cause you to agree.

3. As the Ādityas are united with the Vasus, as the fierce (Rudras), free from
grudge, with the Maruts, thus, O three-named (Agni), without grudge, do thou
render these people here of the same mind!

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VII, 52. Charm against strife and bloodshed.

1. May we be in harmony with our kinfolk, in harmony with strangers; do ye, O
Aśvins, establish here agreement among us!

2. May we agree in mind and thought, may we not struggle with one another, in
a spirit displeasing to the gods! May not the din of frequent battle-carnage
arise, may the arrow not fly when the day of Indra has arrived!

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VI, 64. Charm to allay discord.

1. Do ye agree, unite yourselves, may your minds be in harmony, just as the
gods of old in harmony sat down to their share!

2. Same be their counsel, same their assembly, same their aim, in common their
thought! The 'same' oblation do I sacrifice for you: do ye enter upon the same
plan!

3. Same be your intention, same your hearts! Same be your mind, so that it may
be perfectly in common to you!

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VI, 42. Charm to appease anger.

1. As the bowstring from the bow, thus do I take off thy anger from thy heart,
so that, having become of the same mind, we shall associate like friends!

2. Like friends we shall associate — I take off thy anger. Under a stone that
is heavy do we cast thy anger.

3. I step upon thy anger with my heel and my fore-foot, so that, bereft of
will, thou shalt not speak, shalt come up to my wish!

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VI, 43. Charm to appease anger.

1. This darbha-grass removes the anger of both kinsman and of stranger. And
this remover of wrath, 'appeaser of wrath' it is called.

2. This darbha-grass of many roots, that reaches down into the ocean, having
risen from the earth, 'appeaser of wrath' it is called.

3. Away we take the offensiveness that is in thy jaw, away (the offensiveness)
in thy mouth, so that, bereft of will, thou shalt not speak, shalt come up to
my wish!

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II, 27. Charm against opponents in debate, undertaken with the pāṭā-plant.

1. May the enemy not win the debate! Thou art mighty and overpowering.
Overcome the debate of those that debate against us, render them devoid of
force, O plant!

2. An eagle found thee out, a boar dug thee out with his snout. Overcome the
debate of those that debate against us, render them devoid of force, O plant!

3. Indra placed thee upon his arm in order to overthrow the Asuras. Overcome
the debate of those that debate against us, render them devoid of force, O
plant!

4. Indra did eat the pāṭā-plant, in order to overthrow the Asuras. Overcome
the debate of those that debate against us, render them devoid of force, O
plant!

5. By means of thee I shall conquer the enemy, as Indra (conquered) the
Sālāvṛkas. Overcome the debate of those that debate against us, render them
devoid of force, O plant!

6. O Rudra, whose remedy is the urine, with black crest of hair, performer of
(strong) deeds, overcome thou the debate of those that debate against us,
render them devoid of force, O plant!

7. Overcome thou the debate of him that is hostile to us, O Indra! Encourage
us with thy might! Render me superior in debate!

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VII, 12. Charm to procure influence in the assembly.

1. May assembly and meeting, the two daughters of Prajāpati, concurrently aid
me! May he with whom I shall meet co-operate with me, may I, O ye Fathers,
speak agreeably to those assembled!

2. We know thy name, O assembly: 'mirth,' verily, is thy name; may all those
that sit assembled in thee utter speech in harmony with me!

3. Of them that are sitting together I take to myself the power and the
understanding: in this entire gathering render, O Indra, me successful!

4. If your mind has wandered to a distance, or has been enchained here or
there, then do we turn it hither: may your mind take delight in me!

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VI, 94. Charm to bring about submission to one's will.

1. Your minds, your purposes, your plans, do we cause to bend. Ye persons
yonder, that are devoted to other purposes, we cause you to comply!

2. With my mind do I seize your minds: do ye with your thoughts follow my
thought! I place your hearts in my control: come ye, directing your way after
my course!

3. I have called upon heaven and earth, I have called upon the goddess
Sarasvatī, I have called upon both Indra and Agni: may we succeed in this, O
Sarasvatī!
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