Atharva Veda 6.133

ya imāṃ devo mekhalām ābabandha yaḥ saṃnanāha ya u no yuyoja yasya devasya praśiṣā carāmaḥ sa pāram icchāt sa u no vi muñcāt

To a girdle: for long life etc

The god that bound on this girdle, that fastened [it] together (sam-nah), and that joined (yuj) [it] for us, the god by whose instruction we move—may he seek the further shore, and may he release us.

āhutāsy abhihuta ṛṣīṇām asy āyudham pūrvā vratasya prāśnatī vīraghnī bhava mekhale

Offered to art thou, offered unto; thou art the weapon of the seers (ṛṣi); partaking (pra-aç) first of the vow (vratá), be thou a hero-slayer, O girdle.

mṛtyor ahaṃ brahmacārī yad asmi niryācan bhūtāt puruṣaṃ yamāya tam ahaṃ brahmaṇā tapasā śrameṇānayainaṃ mekhalayā sināmi

Since I am death's student (brahmacārín), soliciting from existence (? bhūtá) a man (púruṣa) for Yama, him do I, by incantation (bráhman), by fervor, by toil, tie with this girdle.

śraddhāyā duhitā tapaso 'dhi jātā svasa ṛṣīṇāṃ bhūtakṛtāṃ babhūva sā no mekhale matim ā dhehi medhām atho no dhehi tapa indriyaṃ ca

Daughter of faith, born out of fervor, sister of the being-making seers was she; do thou, O girdle, assign to us thought (matí), wisdom; also assign to us fervor and Indra's power.

yāṃ tvā pūrve bhūtakṛta ṛṣayaḥ paribedhire sā tvaṃ pari ṣvajasva māṃ dīrghāyutvāya mekhale

Thou whom the ancient being-making seers bound about, do thou embrace me, in order to length of life, O girdle.