If anything ails him during that second period, he should recite the following mantra: O ye pranas, ye Rudras, unite this midday libation with the third libation. May I, who am a sacrifice, not disappear in the midst of the pranas, who are the Rudras.Thus he rises from his illness and becomes free of it.
Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad III, XVI – Man as a Sacrifice (I), 4
Who once discovered in the fortieth autumn Shambara lurking in the mountain hideouts, who slew the demon, confident in his prowess, as he lay on the waters: he, Men, is the Lord!
Rig Veda II, 12, 11
The powerful seven-reined bull who freed the seven torrents to flow abundantly, the God whose thunderbolt caused Rauhina to totter as he scaled the heavens: he, Men, is the Lord!
Rig Veda II, 12, 12
Before whom Earth and Heaven both bow down, before whose very breath the mountains tremble, famed drinker of the Soma juice, the wielder of flashing thunderbolt: he, Men, is the Lord!
Rig Veda II, 12, 13
It is also the Brahmanaspati (lord of the Yajur-Veda). Speech is Brahman (Yajur), and the vital breath is its lord (pati). Therefore it is called Brahmanaspati.
Yajur Veda, Brihadaranyaka Upanishad I, III-The Prana: Its Glories and Redeeming Power, 21
