Atharva Veda · Chapter 5.1

ṛdhaṅmantro yoniṃ ya ābabhūvāmṛtāsurvardhamānaḥ sujanmā /
adabdhāsurbhrājamāno'heva trito dhartā dādhāra trīṇi

ā yo dharmāṇi prathamaḥ sasāda tato vapūṃṣi kṛṇuṣe purūṇi /
dhāsyuryoniṃ prathama ā viveśā yo vācamanuditāṃ ciketa

yaste śokāya tanvaṃ rireca kṣaraddhiraṇyaṃ śucayo'nu svāḥ /
atrā dadhete amṛtāni nāmāsme vastrāṇi viśa erayantām

pra yadete prataraṃ pūrvyaṃ guḥ sadaḥsada ātiṣṭhanto ajuryam /
kaviḥ śuṣasya mātarā rihāṇe jāmyai dhuryaṃ patimerayethām

tadū ṣu te mahatpṛthujman namaḥ kaviḥ kāvyenā kṛṇomi /
yatsamyañcāvabhiyantāvabhi kṣāmatrā mahī rodhacakre vāvṛdhete

sapta maryādāḥ kavayastatakṣustāsāmidekāmabhyaṃhuro gāt/
āyorha skambha upamasya nīḍe pathāṃ visarge dharuṇeṣu tasthau

utāmṛtāsurvrata emi kṛnvann asurātmā tanvastatsumadguḥ /
uta vā śakro ratnaṃ dadhātyūrjayā vā yatsacate havirdāḥ

uta putraḥ pitaraṃ kṣatramīḍe jyeṣṭhaṃ maryādamahvayantsvastaye /
darśan nu tā varuṇa yāste viṣṭhā āvarvratataḥ kṛṇavo vapūṃṣi

ardhamardhena payasā pṛṇakṣyardhena śuṣma vardhase amura /
aviṃ vṛdhāma śagmiyaṃ sakhāyaṃ varuṇaṃ putramadityā iṣiram /
kaviśastānyasmai vapūṃṣyavocāma rodasī satyavācā