Gracious be Mitra. gracious Varuna, gracious Vishnu and Prajapati, gracious to us be Indra and Brhaspati, gracious to us Aryaman.
Atharva Veda XIX, 9, 6
Gracious be Mitra, gracious Varuna, gracious be Vivasvant and Death, gracious the calamities of earth and atmosphere, gracious the wandering planets.
Atharva Veda XIX, 9, 7
Then his wife said to him: This brahmachirin, practising austerities, has intelligently tended your fires. Give him instruction lest the fires should blame you. The teacher, however, went away on a journey without teaching him.
Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad IV, X – The Story of Upakosala, 2
The brahmachirin out of mental grief began to fast. Then the teacher’s wife said to him: Brahmachirin, why do you not eat? He said: There are in a man like me many desires directed to various objects. I am full of sorrows. I will not eat.
Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad IV, X – The Story of Upakosala, 3
Thereupon the fires said among themselves: This brahmachirin, practising austerities, has intelligently tended us. Come, let us teach him. They said to him: The prana is Brahman, ka (joy) is Brahman, kha (the akasha) is Brahman.
Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad IV, X – The Story of Upakosala, 4
