Atharvaveda 9.4

The bright bull of a thousand, rich in milk, bearing all forms in his bellies, desiring to accomplish (? çikṣ) what is excellent for his giver, the sacrificer—he, the ruddy one of Brihaspati, hath stretched ⌊ā-tan⌋ the line (tántu).

He who in the beginning became the counterpart (pratimā́) of the waters, prevailing (prabhū́) for everything, like the divine earth, father of young (vatsá), lord of the inviolable [kine]—let him set (kṛ) us in thousandfold prosperity.

A male (púmāṅs), [yet] pregnant, big (sthávira), rich in milk, the bull bears a trunk (kábandha) of good (vásu); him, sacrificed to Indra, let Agni Jātavedas carry by the roads traveled by the gods.

Father of calves, lord of the inviolable [kine], also father of great gulfs (gárgara); calf, afterbirth, fresh milk, beestings, curd, ghee—that [is] his seed.

The gods' portion [was] that load, the sap of waters, of plants, of ghee; the mighty one (çakrá) chose a drink of soma; a great stone became what [was his] body.

Thou bearest a vessel filled with soma, shaper (tvástṛ) of forms, generator of cattle; propitious to thee be these pudenda (? prajanū́) that are here; to us, O ax, confirm those that are yonder.

Sacrificial butter he bears; ghee [is] his seed; thousandfold prosperity—that they call the sacrifice; the bull, clothing himself in Indra's form—let him, O gods, come propitious to us, being given.

Indra's force, Varuṇa's two arms, the Açvins' two shoulders, of the Maruts this hump; they who are wise, poets, who are skilful (manīṣín), call him Brihaspati brought together.

Rich in milk, thou stretchest unto the people (víç) of the gods; thee they call Indra, thee Sarasvant; he gives a thousand [kine] with one face who makes offering (ā-hu) of a bull to a Brahman.

Brihaspati, Savitar bestowed on thee vigor (váyas); from Tvashṭar, from Vāyu was brought forth thy soul (ātmán); with mind in the atmosphere I make offering (hu) of thee; let heaven-and-earth both be thy barhís.

He who goes speaking out greatly among the kine, like Indra among the gods—of that bull let the worshiper (brahmán) praise together the members excellently.

His sides were Anumati's; his flanks (? anūvṛ́j) were Bhaga's; of his knees (aṣṭhīvánt) Mitra said: those are wholly mine.

His rump was the Ādityas'; his two thighs were Brihaspati's; his tail [was] the heavenly wind's; therewith he shakes the herbs.

His intestines (gúdā) were Sinīvālī's; they called his skin Sūryā's; they called his feet (pl.) the upstander's (utthātṛ́), when they prepared (kalpay-) the bull.

His breast (kroḍá) was Jāmiçaṅsa's; his vessel [was] maintained as Soma's, when all the gods, coming together, distributed (vi-kalpay-) the bull.

Those dew-claws (kúṣṭhikā) [were] Saramā's; they assigned the hoofs to the tortoises (kūrmá); the content of his bowels they maintained for the worms, the çavartás.

With his horns he pushes the demon; with his eye he slays ruin; with his ears he hears what is excellent—he who is the inviolable lord of kine.

With a hundred-fold sacrifice he sacrifices; the fires burn him not; all the gods quicken him, who makes offering of a bull to a Brahman.

Having given a bull to Brahmans, one makes his mind wider; he beholds (ava-paç) prosperity of the inviolable [kine] in his own stall.

Let there be kine, let there be progeny, also let there be own strength; let the gods approve all that for the giver of a bull.

Let this burly (pípāna) one, a very Indra, bestow conspicuous wealth; let this one [bestow] a well-milking cow, constantly with calf; let him yield (duh) inspired will beyond the sky.

Of reddish form, clouded (? nabhasá), vigor-giving, vehemence of Indra, all-formed, he hath come to us, assigning to us life-time and progeny; and with abundances of wealth let him attach himself to (abhi-sac) us.

Here in this stall, O closeness (upapárcana), be thou close unto us; unto [us] what seed the bull has; unto [us], O Indra, thy heroism.

This young male we set toward you here; with him go ye (fem.) playing according to your wills; abandon us not with birth, ye wellportioned ones; and with abundances of wealth attach yourselves to us.