These different colours in the sun are the essences of the essences; for the Vedas are the essences and these colours are, again, their essences. These are the nectars of the nectars; for the Vedas are the nectars (i.e. immortal) and of them these colours in the sun are the nectars.
Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad III, V – The Honey-Doctrine (Continued), 4
On the first of these nectars the Vasus live, with Agni (fire) at their head. Truly, the gods do not eat or drink. They are satisfied by merely looking at the nectar.
Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad III, VI – Meditation on the Vasus, 1
They retire into that red colour and rise up from that colour.
Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad III, VI – Meditation on the Vasus, 2
He who thus knows this nectar becomes one of the Vasus, with Agni (fire) at their head; he is satisfied by merely looking at the nectar. He retires into that red colour and again rises up from that colour.
Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad III, VI – Meditation on the Vasus, 3
As long as the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, so long does he, like the Vasus, enjoy rulership and sovereignty.
Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad III, VI – Meditation on the Vasus, 4
