I take thy hand in mine for happy fortune that thou may reach old age with me, thy husband. This woman, strewing grains, prays thus, ’May I bring bliss to my relations. May my husband live long. Svaha!’
Rig Veda 10.8 5.36. rvg, vol. 2, 544 & Sankhayana Griya Sutra 1.14.1. sb, vol. 29, p. 37
Supported by whose protection heaven and earth, shining brightly and inspired in their spirit, manifest this glory, with whose effulgence does the risen sun shine forth? To whom else, besides that giver of happiness, can we offer all our devotion?
Rig Veda 10.121.6. rvp, 4615
The devout performers of solemn ceremonies, aspiring for chariots, as if, are led to the doors of the chamber of the Lord. Ladles, placed to the East, are plying the fire with melted butter at the fire sacrifice, as the mother cow licks her calf.
Rig Veda 7.2.5. rvp, 2353
Agni, Vayu, Aditya who is the time (Prajapati), prana, food, Brahma, Rudra, Vishnu. From among these, some, meditating, adore one, others another. Please tell us: who among them is adored most, who is He? Then he said to them: These, indeed, are the foremost appeared forms of the highest, immortal, incorporeal Brahman.
Krishna Yajur Veda, Maitra Upanishad 4.5-6. upb, 343
In Him exists neither action nor organ of action; no one is found His equal or superior to Him. His supreme power is revealed in manifold forms; inherent to His nature is the working of His strength and wisdom.
Krishna Yajur Veda, Svetasvatara Upanishad 6.8. ve, 156
