Atharva Veda · 309 of 724

HYMN CXLI

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