Book 6: Hymn 141: A blessing on cattle

HYMN CXLI

A blessing on cattle

1Vayu collected these: to find their sustenance be Tvashtar's
care:
May Indra bless and comfort them, and Rudra look that they
increase.
2Take thou the iron axe and make a pair by marks upon their
ears.
This sign the Asvins have impressed: let these increase and
multiply.
3Even as Gods and Asuras, even as mortal men have done,
Do ye, that these may multiply in thousands, Asvins! make the
mark.