Atharva Veda · Chapter 6.133

ya imāṃ devo mekhalāmābabandha yaḥ saṃnanāha ya u no yuyoja /
yasya devasya praśiṣā carāmaḥ sa pāramicchātsa u no vi muñcāt

āhutāsyabhihuta ṛṣīṇāmasyāyudham /
pūrvā vratasya prāśnatī vīraghnī bhava mekhale

mṛtyorahaṃ brahmacārī yadasmi niryācan bhūtātpuruṣaṃ yamāya /
tamahaṃ brahmaṇā tapasā śrameṇānayainaṃ mekhalayā sināmi

śraddhāyā duhitā tapaso'dhi jātā svasā ṛṣīṇāṃ bhūtakṛtāṃ babhūva /
sā no mekhale matimā dhehi medhāmatho no dhehi tapa indriyaṃ ca

yāṃ tvā pūrve bhūtakṛta ṛṣayaḥ paribedhire /
sā tvaṃ pari ṣvajasva māṃ dīrghāyutvāya mekhale