Atharva Veda
Against birds of ill omen etc
ṛcā kapotaṃ nudata praṇodam iṣaṃ madantaḥ pari gāṃ nayāmaḥ saṃlobhayanto duritā padāni hitvā na ūrjaṃ pra padāt pathiṣṭhaḥ
Against birds of ill omen etc
With the praise-verse (ṛ́ç) drive ye the dove forth (praṇódam); reveling in food (íṣ) we lead a cow about, breaking up tracks hard to go in; leaving us (our ?) sustenance shall it fly forth, swift-flying.
parīme 'gnim arṣata parīme gām aneṣata deveṣv akrata śravaḥ ka imāṁ ā dadharṣati
These have taken fire about; these have led the cow about; they have gained themselves fame (çrávas) among the gods—who shall venture to attack them?
yaḥ prathamaḥ pravatam āsasāda bahubhyaḥ panthām anupaspaśānaḥ yo 'syeśe dvipado yaś catuṣpadas tasmai yamāya namo astu mṛtyave
He who first attained (ā-sad) the slope [of heaven], spying out the road for many, who is master of these bipeds, who of the quadrupeds—to that Yama, to death, be homage.