Atharvaveda · Sūkta 1.17

1.17.1

अमूर्या यन्ति योषितो हिरा लोहितवाससः ।
अभ्रातर इव जामयस्तिष्ठन्तु हतवर्चसः ॥ १.१७.१ ॥

The unseen women clad in red garments move along, like the veins; like kinswomen without brothers, let them stand, deprived of their radiance.

तिष्ठावरे तिष्ठ पर उत त्वं तिष्ठ मध्यमे ।
कनिष्ठिका च तिष्ठति तिष्ठादिद्धमनिर्मही ॥ १.१७.२ ॥

Stand below, stand above, and you stand in the middle too; the little finger stands, and let the great vein stand still.

शतस्य धमनीनां सहस्रस्य हिराणाम् ।
अस्थुरिन् मध्यमा इमाः साकमन्ता अरंसत ॥ १.१७.३ ॥

Among the hundred veins and the thousand sinews, these middle ones stood still; with their ends joined together, they fitted into place.

परि वः सिकतावती धनूर्बृहत्यक्रमीत् ।
तिष्ठतेलयता सु कम् ॥ १.१७.४ ॥

Around you the great sandy bow (the spine) has passed over; stay here, settle in comfortably.