Atharva Veda
To Agni etc
nahi te agne tanvaḥ krūram ānaṃśa martyaḥ kapir babhasti tejanaṃ svaṃ jarāyu gaur iva
To Agni etc
Surely no mortal, O Agni, hath attained the cruelty of thy self (tanū́). The ape gnaws (bhas) the shaft (téjana), as a cow her own after-birth.
meṣa iva vai saṃ ca vi corv acyase yad uttaradrāv uparaś ca khādataḥ śīrṣṇā śiro 'psasāpso ardayann aṃśūn babhasti haritebhir āsabhiḥ
Like a ram, thou art bent both together and wide apart, when in the upper wood [the upper] and the lower stone devour; exciting (ard) head with head, breast (ápsas) with breast, he gnaws the soma-stalks (aṅçu) with green mouths.
suparṇā vācam akratopa dyavy ākhare kṛṣṇā iṣirā anartiṣuḥ ni yan niyanti uparasya niṣkṛtiṃ purū reto dadhire sūryaśritaḥ
The eagles have uttered (kṛ) their voice close in the sky; in the lair (ākhará) the black lively ones have danced; when they come down to the removal of the lower [stone], they have assumed much seed, they that resort to the sun.