May the curse return to the curser ...

We smite even the ribs of the foe with the evil (_mantra_) eye.
A love-charm in the same book (II.

30) will remind the classical student of Theocritus' second idyl: 'As the wind twirls around grass upon the ground, so I twirl thy mind about, that thou mayst become loving, that thou mayst not depart from me,' etc.

In the following verses the Horsemen gods are invoked to unite the lovers.
Characteristic among bucolic passages is the cow-song in II.

26, the whole intent of which is to ensure a safe return to the cows on their wanderings: 'Hither may they come, the cattle that have wandered far away,' etc.
The view that there are different conditions of Manes is clearly taught in XVIII.2.