Vedic Verses for 11/15/17

To Agni are directed our songs and aspirations, seeking the God and petitioning bounteous favors– to the pleasant to behold, the handsome one, the mighty, the mediator, conveyor of Men’s oblations.

Rig Veda VII, 10, 3

May the non-dual Lord, who, by the power of His maya, covered Himself, like a spider, with threads drawn from primal matter, merge us in Brahman!

Yajur Veda, Svetasvatara Upanishad, Part I, Chapter VI, 10

The non-dual and resplendent Lord is hidden in all beings. All-pervading, the inmost Self of all creatures, the impeller to actions, abiding in all things, He is the Witness, the Animator and the Absolute, free from gunas.

Yajur Veda, Svetasvatara Upanishad, Part I, Chapter VI, 11

There is a non-dual Ruler of the actionless many; He makes the one seed manifold. Eternal happiness belongs to the wise, who perceive Him within themselves-and not to others.

Yajur Veda, Svetasvatara Upanishad, Part I, Chapter VI, 12

He is the Eternal among the eternal, the Conscious among the conscious and though non-dual, fulfils the desires of many. He who has known Him, the luminous Lord, the Great Cause, to be realised by Knowledge (Samkhya) and yoga, is freed from all fetters.

Yajur Veda, Svetasvatara Upanishad, Part I, Chapter VI, 13

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