May Savitri and Vayu, Indra and Brhaspati, protect this dwelling, the Maruts besprinkle it with water and with ghee. May King Bhaga enrich its cornfields.
Atharva Veda III, 12, 4
When I said: I take refuge in Svah, what I said was: I take refuge in the Rig-Veda, Yajur-Veda and Sama-Veda. That is what I said, yea, that is what I said.
Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad III, XV – Meditation on the Universe as a Chest, 7
A person, indeed, is a sacrifice. His first twenty-four years constitute the morning libation. The Gayatri metre has twenty-four syllables and the morning libation is offered with Gayatri hymns. The Vasus are connected with that part of the sacrifice.The pranas are the Vasus; for, verily, they make everything abide (visayanti) in this body.
Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad III, XVI – Man as a Sacrifice (I), 1
If anything ails him during that period, he should recite the following mantra: O ye pranas, ye Vasus, unite this morning libation with the midday libation. May I, who am a sacrifice, not disappear in the midst of the pranas, who are the Vasus. Thus he rises from his illness and becomes free of it.
Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad III, XVI – Man as a Sacrifice (I), 2
His next forty-four years constitute the midday libation. The Tristubh metre has forty-four syllables and the midday libation is offered with Tristubh hymns. The Rudras are connected with that part of the sacrifice. The pranas are the Rudras; for, verily, they make everything weep (rodayanti).
Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad III, XVI – Man as a Sacrifice (I), 3
