He who thus knows the Brihat Saman as interwoven in the becomes radiant and endowed with a good appetite; he reaches the full length of life, lives brightly, becomes great in children and cattle, great in fame. For him the injunction is: Do not decry the burning sun.
Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad II, XIV – Meditation on the Brihat Saman, 2
The gathering of the mists is the syllable Him; the forming of clouds is the Prastava; the raining is the Udgitha; the flashing and thundering are the Pratihara; the ceasing of the rain is the Nidhana. This is the Vairupa Saman as interwoven in the clouds.
Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad II, XV – Meditation on the Vairupa Saman, 1
He who thus knows the Vairupa Saman as interwoven in the clouds obtains cattle of various forms and of beautiful form; he reaches the full length of life, lives brightly, becomes great in children and cattle, great in fame. For him the injunction is: Do not decry the rain.
Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad II, XV – Meditation on the Vairupa Saman, 2
O Designer of all, who enhance your own vigor through oblation, offer as sacrifice for yourself the Earth and the Sky! Let others around us wander hither and thither! May we find a generous patron to offer his bounty!
Rig Veda X, 81, 6
Let us now invoke for our aid the Lord of Speech, the Designer of all things that are, the inspirer of wisdom! May he, the ever kindly, be well disposed to our summons, and may he, whose work is goodness, grant us his blessing!
Rig Veda X, 81, 7
