Nachiketa said: That which you see as other than righteousness and unrighteousness, other than all this cause and effect, other than what has been and what is to be-tell me That.
Yajur Veda, Katha Upanishad, Part One, Chapter II, 14
Yama said: The goal which all the Vedas declare, which all austerities aim at and which men desire when they lead the life of continence, I will tell you briefly: it is Om.
Yajur Veda, Katha Upanishad, Part One, Chapter II, 15
This syllable Om is indeed Brahman. This syllable is the Highest. Whosoever knows this syllable obtains all that he desires.
Yajur Veda, Katha Upanishad, Part One, Chapter II, 16
Your fragrance which adheres to human beings, the good cheer and the charm of women and men, that which is found in horses and in warriors, that which is in wild beasts and in the elephant, the radiance that shines about a maiden–O Earth, steep us,too, deeply in that fragrance, and let no enemy ever wish us ill!
Atharva Veda XII, 1, 25
Earth is composed of rock, of stone, of dust; Earth is compactly held, consolidated. I venerate this mighty Earth, the golden-breasted!
Atharva Veda XII, 1, 26
