A Blessing On Cattle
care:
May Indra bless and comfort them, and Rudra look that they
increase.
2. Take thou the iron axe and make a pair by marks upon their
ears.
This sign the Asvins have impressed: let these increase and
multiply.
3. Even as Gods and Asuras, even as mortal men have done,
Do ye, that these may multiply in thousands, Asvins! make the
mark.