Praise to you, Breath, when you come and praise when you go! When you stand up and when you sit still, to you praise!
Atharva Veda XI, 4, 7
Prajapati brooded on the worlds. From them, thus brooded upon, there was revealed in his heart the threefold knowledge. He brooded on it and from it, thus brooded upon, there issued forth these syllables: Bhuh, Bhuvah and Svah.
Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad II, XXIII – Praise of Om Unassociated with any Ritual, 2
Prajapati brooded(focused) on the worlds. From them, thus brooded upon, there was revealed in his heart the threefold knowledge. He brooded on it and from it, thus brooded upon, there issued forth these syllables: Bhuh, Bhuvah and Svah.
Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad II, XXIII – Praise of Om Unassociated with any Ritual, 2
He brooded(focused) on them (the three syllables) and from them, thus brooded upon, there issued forth Om. As all leaves are held together by a midrib, so is all speech held together by Om (brahman). Om is all thus, yea, Om is all this.
Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad II, XXIII – Praise of Om Unassociated with any Ritual, 3
Before beginning the morning chant, the sacrificer, sitting behind the Garhapatya Fire and facing the north, sings the Saman addressed to the Vasus: O Fire! Open the door of the earth-world. Let us see thee, that we may rule this earth.
Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad II, XXIV – The Different Planes attained by the Sacrificer, 3-4
