Limb-splitting, limb-destroying pain, the ache that throbs in every part, all that now afflicts the head, expel we by our prayer.
Atharva Veda IX, 8, 5
The fever that assails man each autumn, whose fearful aspect makes man tremble, expel we by our prayer.
Atharva Veda IX, 8, 6
Satyakama the son of Jabala explained this doctrine of the prana to Gosruti, the son of Vyaghrapada and said: If one should tell this to a dry stump, branches would grow and leaves spring forth.
Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad V, II – The Mantha Rite, 3
Now, if a man wishes to attain greatness, he should perform the initiatory rite on the day of the new moon and then on the night of the full moon he should stir a paste of all the herbs with curds and honey and offer it as a libation in the fire where the melted butter is offered, saying: Svaha to the oldest (jyashtha) and greatest (sreshtha)! Then let him throw the remainder adhering to the ladle into the paste.
Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad V, II – The Mantha Rite, 4
In the same manner he should offer a libation in the fire where the melted butter is offered, saying: Svaha to the most excellent (vasishtha)! Then let him throw the remainder adhering to the ladle into the paste. In the same manner he should offer alibation into the fire where the melted butter is offered, saying: Svaha to firmness (pratishthi)! and then throw the remainder adhering to the ladle into the paste. In the same manner he should offer a libation in the fire where the melted butter isoffered, saying: Svaha to prosperity (sampad)! and then throw the remainder adhering to the ladle into the paste. In the same manner he should offer a libation into the fire where the melted butter is offered, saying: Svaha to the abode (ayatana)! and then throw the remainder adhering to the ladle into the paste.
Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad V, II – The Mantha Rite, 5
