The Religion of the Veda: The Ancient Religion of India (from Rig-Veda to Upanishads) c6.s1.54

c6.s1.54

1. Up to the sun shall go thy heart-ache and thy jaundice: in the colour of the red bull do we envelop thee!
2. We envelop thee in red tints, unto long life. May this person go unscathed, and be free of yellow colour!
3. The cows whose divinity is Rohinī, they who, moreover, are themselves red [*rohiṇīs*]—in their every form and every strength we do envelop thee.
4. Into the parrots, into the *ropaṇākās* (thrush) do we put thy jaundice; into the *hāridravas* (yellow wagtail) do we put thy yellowness.