Homage to Death, the end of life! Here rest your breath, both inward and outward! May the life of this man be maintained in the realm of the Sun, in the world of deathlessness!
Atharva Veda VIII, 1, 1
The power of God has raised him up, the heavenly Drink has raised him up, the powers of the Storm, of Heaven and of Fire, have raised him up to well-being.
Atharva Veda VIII, 1, 2
In the beginning, my dear, this universe was Being (Sat) alone, one only without a second. Some say that in the beginning this was non-being (asat) alone, one only without a second; and from that non-being, being was born.
Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad VI, II – Brahman: the Cause of the Universe, 1
Aruni said: But how, indeed, could it be thus, my dear? How could Being be born from non-being? No, my dear, it was Being alone that existed in the beginning, one only without a second.
Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad VI, II – Brahman: the Cause of the Universe, 2
It (Being, or Brahman) thought: ’May I be many; may I grow forth.’ It created fire. That fire thought: ’May I be many; may I grow forth.’ It created water. That is why, whenever a person is hot and perspires, water is produced from fire (heat) alone.
Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad VI, II – Brahman: the Cause of the Universe, 3
