As the same non-dual air, after it has entered the world, becomes different according to whatever it enters, so also the same non-dual Atman, dwelling in all beings, becomes different according to whatever It enters. And It exists also without.
Yajur Veda, Katha Upanishad, Part Two, Chapter II, 10
Praise to you, Breath of Life, breathing both in and out! To your turning this side and that, to the whole of you, praise!
Atharva Veda XI, 4, 8
Grant us, O Breath, your dear form and the one dearer still that we may live! Give us your healing power!
Atharva Veda XI, 4, 9
Breath of Life clothes all beings with care as a father his son; master of all things, whether they breathe or breathe not.
Atharva Veda XI, 4, 10
Breath of Life is death, is fever, revered by the Gods. In the highest world he sets the man who speaks truth.
Atharva Veda XI, 4, 11
