Atharva Veda: VII. Charms to Secure Prosperity in House, Field, Cattle, Business, Gambling, and Kindred Matters: VI, 59. Prayer to the plant arundhatî for protection to cattle

1. Thy foremost protection, O Arundhatî, do thou bestow upon steer and milch-kine, upon (cattle of) the age when weaned from their mother, upon (all) four-footed creatures! 2. May Arundhatî, the herb, bestow protection along with the gods, render full of sap the stable, free from disease our men! 3. The variegated, lovely, life-giving (plant) do I invoke. May she carry away for us, far from the cattle, the missile hurled by Rudra!