Gautama said to him: Of what ancestry are you, dear friend? Satyakama said: I do not know, Sir, of what ancestry I am. I asked my mother about it and she replied: ’In my youth I was preoccupied with many household duties and with attending on guests when I conceived you. I do not know of what ancestry you are. I am Jabala by name and you are Satyakama.’ I am therefore, Sir, Satyakama Jabala.
Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad IV, IV – The Story of Satyakama, 4
Gautama said: None but a true brahmin would thus speak out. Fetch the fuel, dear friend; I shall initiate you. You have not departed from truth. He initiated Satyakama. Having separated out four hundred lean and weak cows from his herd, he said: Dear friend, go with these. Driving them away toward the forest, Satyakama said: I shall not return until they become a thousand. He lived a number of years in the forest. When the cows had become a thousand-
Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad IV, IV – The Story of Satyakama, 5
The bull of the herd, addressing him, said: Satyakama! Revered Sir! Satyakama replied. The bull said: Dear friend, we have become a thousand, take us to teacher’s house.
Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad IV, V – Instruction by the Bull, 1
May all the divine Powers together with the Waters join our two hearts in one! May the Messenger, the Creator, and Holy Obedience unite us!
Rig Veda X, 85, 47
Husband and wife in sweet accord give milk oblations to the Gods and press and strain the Soma.
Rig Veda VIII, 31, 5
