Rig Veda 10.87.16: Mandala 10, Sukta 87, Mantra 16
Sukta 10.87
यः पौरुषेयेण क्रविषा समङ्क्ते यो अश्व्येन पशुना यातुधानः । यो अघ्न्याया भरति क्षीरमग्ने तेषां शीर्षाणि हरसापि वृश्च ॥
yáḥ paúruṣeyeṇa kráviṣā samáṅkte yó aśvyéna paśúnā yātudhā́naḥ | yó aghnyā́yā bhárati kṣīrám agne téṣāṃ śīrṣā́ṇi hárasā́pi vṛśca ||
Whoever the yātudhāna is that anoints himself with human flesh, or with the horse-beast; and whoever brings the milk of the un-slain Cow—O Agni, with thy vehement force cut off their heads.
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