Janasruti said to him: Raikva, here are a thousand cows, a necklace, a chariot with mules, this wife and this village where you shall dwell. Revered Sir, teach me.
Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad IV, II – Dialogue of Raikva and Janasruti (I), 4
Pursue the demons with your whirling flames. Clasp them closely, O bright-shining Lord. Firebrands are darting like birds from all quarters, shot by your tongue. You are bound by no fetter!
Rig Veda IV, 4, 2
Swiftly send out your scouts to explore! Be for our people a guardian never failing. Let not the one who, from far or from near, is bent on our ruin venture to cross you!
Rig Veda IV, 4, 3
Rise, Lord, drive them far away from us! Show us, O Lord, your powers divine. Make slack the bows of the Evil One’s henchmen. Shatter them, whether they be kinsmen or strangers!
Rig Veda IV, 4, 5
In your good graces, O God ever young, is the man who has marked out his path of devotion. Shine, O Lord! Fling wide for him the doors to prosperity, riches and unequaled splendor!
Rig Veda IV, 4, 6
