Speech is, verily, greater than a name. Speech makes one understand the Rig-Veda, the Yajur-Veda, the Sama-Veda, the Atharva-Veda as the fourth, the epics and the ancient lore as the fifth, the Veda of the Vedas, the rules of sacrifices by which the Manes are gratified, the science of numbers, the science of portents, the science of time, logic, ethics, etymology, Brahma-vidya, the science of elemental spirits, the science of weapons, astronomy, the science of serpents and the fine arts, as well as heaven, earth, air, akasa, water, fire, gods, men, cattle, birds, herbs, trees, animals, together with worms, flies and ants, as also righteousness and unrighteousness, the true and the false, the good and the bad, the pleasant and the unpleasant. Verily, if there were no speech, neither righteousness nor unrighteousness would be known, neither the true nor the false, neither the pleasant nor the unpleasant. Speech, verily, makes us know all this. Meditate upon speech.
Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad VII, II – Speech as Brahman, 1
He who meditates on speech as Brahman can, of his own free will, reach as far as speech reaches-he who meditates on speech as Brahman. Narada said: Venerable Sir, is there anything greater than speech? Of course there is something greater than speech. Please tell that to me, venerable Sir.
Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad VII, II – Speech as Brahman, 2
When you present before the Lord this day, O Dawn of noble birth, the race of men, may Savitri the God, friend of the homestead, bear witness to the Sun that we are innocent.
Rig Veda I, 123, 3
It is I alone, who against you have sinned many times. You have punished me as a father punishes his gambler son. My offense, O Gods, remove far; then remove far your snares. Do not pounce upon me like a bird swooping down on her offspring.
Rig Veda II, 29, 5
God ever youthful, whatever sin unwitting we have committed, as men are prone to do, cleanse us, we pray, in the sight of Mother Aditi. Entirely remove, O Agni, our every sin.
Rig Veda IV, 12, 4
