In the Rg Veda, the
earliest Hindu sacred text, a servant of the storm-god Indra.
In Rg Veda 10.108, Sarama is sent as an emissary to Indra’s
enemies, the Panis, to inquire where they have hidden the cows they have
stolen, and to threaten them with Indra’s wrath if they do not reveal their
location.