Rig Veda 1.161.4: Mandala 1, Sukta 161, Mantra 4
Sukta 1.161
चकृवांस ऋभवस्तदपृच्छत क्वेदभूद्यः स्य दूतो न आजगन् । यदावाख्यच्चमसाञ्चतुरः कृतानादित्त्वष्टा ग्नास्वन्तर्न्यानजे ॥
cakṛvā́ṃsa ṛ́bhavas tád apṛcchata kvéd abhūd yáḥ syá dūtó na ā́jagan | yadā́vākhyac camasā́ṃś catúraḥ kṛtā́nād íd tvaṣṭā́ gnā́sv antár nyā́naje ||
Having accomplished it, the Rbhus asked: ‘Where indeed is he who was to be our messenger and came to us?’ When he showed the four cups made, then Tvaṣṭṛ withdrew and hid himself within the women (the forms of nature).
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