Rigveda 13.8

13.8

ākāro vartayetyanenākhyātena saṃbandhayitavyaḥ | he madīya karmātmābhimukhamā vartaya gāḥ | stutyā yāgena ca prasādyopanāmayetyarthaḥ | yūyamapi he gāvaḥ ! prasādyamānāḥ nivartanaṃ nivartadhvaṃ | prasādyopanamatetyarthaḥ | kiṃ ca | upagamya paścāt gopāstrlaṃbhanakarmakṣayāt apa gacchantīrgāḥ punarapi stutyā yāgena ca prasādya nivartaya | anivartamānāśca | yūyamapi he gāvaḥ ! nivartanaṃ nivartadhvaṃ punarapi prasādyopanamatetyarthaḥ | kuto nivartayāmi nivartāmahe ceti pṛṣṭa ucyate | bhūmyāḥ pṛthivyāssaṃbandhi nyāyāḥ | catasraḥ pradiśaḥ prakṛṣṭā diśaḥ prācyādyāḥ tābhyo digbhyaḥ | enā gāḥ sarvadikāḥ nivartaya nivartayadhvaṃ yūyamiti sāmarthyādadhyāhāryaṃ | abdevatāpakṣe'pi sūktārtho yathā ghaṭate tathā yojanā kartavyā ||
uttaraṃ sūktaṃ bhadranna iti daśākṣaramekapādyuktaṃ śāntyarthe mano daivataṃ śāntikarma | devaḥ prājāpatyo vā vimado dadarśa | anena sūktena śāntyarthaṃ yat karma kriyate japaheadlakṣaṇaṃ homaheadlakṣaṇaṃ vā taducyate ||