Then he said to Jana the son of Sarkaraksha: Whom do you meditate on as the Self? The akasa only, venerable King, he replied. The Self you meditate on, said the king, is the Vaisvanara Self called Bahula (full). Therefore you are full of offspring and wealth and you eat food and see what is pleasing. Whoever thus meditates on the Vaisvanara Self eats food, sees what is pleasing and has in his family the glory of Brahman. That, however, is only the trunk of the Self. Surely your trunk would have been destroyed if you had not come to me.
Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad V, XV – The Trunk of the Vaisvanara Self, 1-2
Then he said to Budila the son of Asvatarasva: O Vaiyaghrapadya, whom do you meditate on as the Self? Water only, venerable King, he replied. The Self you meditate on, said the king, is the Vaisvanara Self called Rayi (wealth). Therefore you are wealthy and flourishing and you eat food and see what is pleasing. Whoever thus meditates on the Vaisvanara Self eats food, sees what is pleasing and has in his family the glory of Brahman. That, however, is only the bladder of the Self. Surely your bladder would have burst if you had not come to me.
Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad V, XVI – The Bladder of the Vaisvanara Self, 1-2
Then he said to Uddalaka the son of Aruna: O Gautama, whom do you meditate on as the Self? The earth only, venerable King, he replied. The Self you meditate on, said the king, is the Vaisvanara Self called Pratishtha (the support). Therefore you are supported by offspring and cattle and you eat food and see what is pleasing. Whoever thus meditates on the Vaisvanara Self eats food, sees what is pleasing and has in his family the glory of Brahman. That, however, is only the feet of the Self. Surely your feet would have withered away if you had not come to me.
Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad V, XVII – The Feet of the Vaisvanara Self, 1-2
Then he (the king) said to them all: You being endowed with limited knowledge eat your food, knowing that Vaisvanara Self as if He were many. But he who worships the Vaisvanara Self as the measure of the span from earth to heaven and as identical with the self, eats food in all worlds, in all beings and in all selves.
Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad V, XVIII – The Vaisvanara Self as the Whole, 1
He who knows how to stretch the thread and weave in their due time the proper words will speak. He, the Shepherd of Immortality, knows it. Though moving below he sees beyond any other.
Rig Veda VI, 9, 3
