The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Viṣṇusahasranāmastotram

Verse 138

पप्रच्छुः संशयं ते तु नहुषं पापचेतसम् ।य इमे ब्रह्मणा प्रोक्ता मन्त्रा वै प्रोक्षणे गवाम् ॥

In plain words

So they brought their doubt to Nahuṣa, whose mind was already bent toward wrong, and asked: "These mantras — the very ones Brahmā pronounced for the sprinkling of the cows —"

Close to the Sanskrit

But they asked Nahuṣa, whose mind was sinful, their doubt: "These mantras which were indeed declared by Brahmā for the sprinkling of cows —"