The twins warded off the fierce fire with cold and gave rich food; Atri, cast down into the cavern, they brought out with all his people (1.116.8), baffling the guiles of the malignant Dasyu (1.117.3). Descending into the cavern he called loudly like a wailing woman and they came with a falcon's speed (5.78.4). They made the heated pit a pleasant resting-place (10.39.9) and freed him like a horse, loosing him like a tight knot (10.143.1-2).
Hymns of the Rigveda, tr. R. T. H. Griffith (1896), hymns read for the Vedic layer § 1.116.8; Hymns of the Rigveda, tr. R. T. H. Griffith (1896), hymns read for the Vedic layer § 1.117.3; Hymns of the Rigveda, tr. R. T. H. Griffith (1896), hymns read for the Vedic layer § 1.118.7; Hymns of the Rigveda, tr. R. T. H. Griffith (1896), hymns read for the Vedic layer § 1.119.6; Hymns of the Rigveda, tr. R. T. H. Griffith (1896), hymns read for the Vedic layer § 5.78.4; Hymns of the Rigveda, tr. R. T. H. Griffith (1896), hymns read for the Vedic layer § 10.39.9; Hymns of the Rigveda, tr. R. T. H. Griffith (1896), hymns read for the Vedic layer § 10.143.1-3
Sources: Hymns of the Rigveda, tr. R. T. H. Griffith (1896), hymns read for the Vedic layer
Chyavana is left behind on earth, decrepit and ghostlike.
The gods sacrifice without the Ashvins, who are held unclean for wandering among men as physicians.
Dadhyanch, son of Atharvan, knows the 'honey', the secret of making the sacrifice whole.
Ghosha has grown old unmarried in her father's house.
Dhaumya sends Upamanyu to tend the cows.
Prajapati gives his daughter Surya Savitri to King Soma; all the gods come as groomsmen.
Madri, childless, asks Pandu to ask Kunti to share her invocation.
Bhujyu is abandoned in the middle of the ocean.