Rig Veda 1.161.3: Mandala 1, Sukta 161, Mantra 3
Sukta 1.161
अग्निं दूतं प्रति यदब्रवीतनाश्वः कर्त्वो रथ उतेह कर्त्वः । धेनुः कर्त्वा युवशा कर्त्वा द्वा तानि भ्रातरनु वः कृत्व्येमसि ॥
agníṃ dūtáṃ práti yád abravītana áśvaḥ kártvā rátha utéhá kártvāḥ | dhenúḥ kártvā yuvaśā́ kártvā dvā́ tā́ni bhrātar ánu vaḥ kṛtvī́ ā́ imasi ||
When you spoke in response to Agni the messenger: ‘A horse is to be made, a chariot too is to be made here; a cow is to be made, and the two youth (powers) are to be made.’ Those works, O brothers, we pursue after you, having fashioned (our will) toward them we enter upon them.
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