Atharva Veda 19.22

Homage to parts of the Atharva-Veda

With the first five anuvākás of the Ān̄girasas, hail!

To the sixth, hail!

To the seventh-and-eighth, hail!

To the black claws, hail!

To the green ones, hail!

To the petty ones, hail!

To them of the paryāyas, hail!

To the first conchs, hail!

To the second conchs, hail!

To the third conchs, hail!

To the next to the last ones, hail!

To the last ones, hail!

To the further ones, hail!

To the seers, hail!

To the peaked ones (? çikhín), hail!

To the gaṇás, hail!

To the great gaṇás, hail!

To all the gaṇá-knowing (??) An̄girases, hail!

To the two thousands severally, hail!

To the bráhman (?), hail!

Heroisms [were] gathered with the bráhman as chief; the bráhman as chief in the beginning stretched the sky; the Brahman was born as first of creatures; therefore (téna) who is fit to contend with the Brahman?