Rig Veda
ud asau sūryo agād ud ayam māmako bhagaḥ ahaṃ tad vidvalā patim abhy asākṣi viṣāsahiḥ
Yon Sun hath mounted up, and this my happy fate hate mounted high. I knowing this, as conqueror have won my husband for mine own.
ahaṃ ketur aham mūrdhāham ugrā vivācanī mamed anu kratum patiḥ sehānāyā upācaret
I am the banner and the head, a mighty arbitress am I: I am victorious, and my Lord shall be submissive to my will.
mama putrāḥ śatruhaṇo 'tho me duhitā virāṭ utāham asmi saṃjayā patyau me śloka uttamaḥ
My Sons are slayers of the foe, my Daughter is a ruling Queen: I am victorious: o'er my Lord my song of triumph is supreme.
yenendro haviṣā kṛtvy abhavad dyumny uttamaḥ idaṃ tad akri devā asapatnā kilābhuvam
Oblation, that which Indra gave and thus grew glorious and most high,- This have I offered, O ye Gods, and rid me of each rival wife.
asapatnā sapatnaghnī jayanty abhibhūvarī āvṛkṣam anyāsāṃ varco rādho astheyasām iva
Destroyer of the rival wife, Sole Spouse, victorious, conqueror, The others' glory have I seized as 'twere the wealth of weaker Dames.
sam ajaiṣam imā ahaṃ sapatnīr abhibhūvarī yathāham asya vīrasya virājāni janasya ca
I have subdued as conqueror these rivals, these my fellow-wives, That I may hold imperial sway over this Hero and the folk.