Rigveda 13.4

13.4

gavānniyānanniyamena yāntyatreti niyānaṃ sthānaṃ goṣṭhākhyaṃ | yacchabdayogāttacchabdo 'dhyāhāryaḥ | huva iti ca kriyāpadaṃ | sarvato 'nuṣaktavyaṃ | tadapi huve āhvayāmi | āhvānamabhimukhakaraṇaṃ | tena cātra tatpūrvikā prārthanā lakṣyate | gosahitaṃ prārthaya ityarthaḥ | ni ayanaṃ yadapi gavāñcaritraṃ gatānānniyamena gṛhaprāptilakṣaṇaṃ tadapi prārthaye | yadapi gavāṃ saṃjñānaṃ samyag jñāyate 'neneti saṃjñānaṃ | śabalādicihnamrāma vā | tadapi prārthaye | yadapi gavāṃ parāyaṇaṃ parāgamanañcaritraṃ vanaṃ pratigamanaṃ tadapi prārthaye | yadapi gavāmāvarttanaṃ vane caritumitaścetaśca pravarttanaṃ tadapi prārthaye | yadapi gavāṃścaritvā gṛhān prati nivarttanaṃ tadapi prārthaye | yo 'pi | gopāḥ gopālakaḥ | tamapi | huve prārthaye | sarvaguṇopetā gāḥ prārthaya ityarthaḥ ||