Rigveda 23.4

23.4

nityaḥ kalpāvasthāstat prajāpatiḥ | cakanyāt kāmayatāṃ | kiṃ | sāmarthyād dṛṣṭādṛṣṭaphalaṃ tasmai dātuṃ | svapatiḥ svasāṃ prajānāṃ svāmī | damūnāḥ damamanā vā dāntamanā vā | kasmai | yasmai yajamānāya mahyaṃ | devaḥ savitā | jajāna janitavān | dṛṣṭādṛṣṭaphalaṃ ca dātuṃñchadayan kāmayatāmityetadāśāsmahe vayam ||
mā māṃ kavaṣaṃ | prayuyujre devayāgakarmaṇi prayuktavantaḥ viśvedevāḥ | kīdṛśāḥ | prayujaḥ jagati sthityarthaṃ yāgakarmaṇi dhanadānena prayoktāraḥ | teṣāṃ yajamānānāntaiśca devayāgakarmaṇi prayuktaḥsan ahaṃ vahāmi ‘smottare laṅ ceti, sma śabdayogāt ? bhūte laṅ ūḍhavānasmi prāpitavānasmi | stutīrhavīṃṣi ca | pūṣaṇamādityaṃ prati | ka sthito vahāmi sma | ucyate | antareṇa madhyena | kasya | sāmarthyāt agnīnāndevānāṃ dyāvāpṛthivyorvā | devayāgakarmaṇi prayujya ca | viśve devāsaḥ sarve devāḥ | adha atha | māṃ yajamānaṃ kavaṣākhyaṃ | arakṣan rakṣitavantaḥ | kutaḥ | duśśāsuḥ duśśāsanāt | śatroḥ asurarākṣasādikāt | rakṣitṝṇāñca teṣāndevānāṃ ghoṣaḥ jahi jahītyādi śabdaḥ | āgatsarvasya lokasya karṇapathamāgataḥ | sarveṇa śrūyata iti | etadāsīt abhūdvacanaṃ | evamatīte | kāle | me | teprasādā āsuḥ || idānīṃ deveṣvaprasanneṣu |
indrādidevābhyanujñayā kuruśravaṇaṃ | kurava ṛtvijaucyante karmaṇāṃ kartṛtvāt | teṣāṃ stutīnāṃ śrotāraṃ satatayājinametannāmānaṃ vetyarthaḥ | āvṛṇi maryādayā vṛṇomi prārthaye | devayāgārthandhanaṃ rājānaṃtrāsaddasyavaṃ trasadasyoḥ putraṃ maṃhiṣṭhaṃ atiśayena mahitandātārandhanānāṃ | keṣāmarthāya | vāghatāṃ | vāghata ṛtvija ucyante | yasyetyādityai| nirdiśya mānāvāghātaḥ| teṣāmarthāya ṛṣirahaṃ kaṣaṣaḥ ||