[Yami:] May I entice my friend toward friendship, far though he has gone beyond the oceans! The sage shall produce a grandchild for his fathers, considering what will happen here on earth.
Rig Veda X, 10, 1
Then Maitreyi said: Just here you have completely bewildered me, venerable Sir. Indeed, I do not at all understand this. He replied: Certainly I am not saying anything bewildering, my dear. Verily, this Self is immutable and indestructible.
Yajur Veda, Brihadaranyaka Upanishad IV, V-Yajnavalkya and Maitreyi (II), 14
This Self is That which has been described as ’Not this, not this.’ It is imperceptible, for It is never perceived; undecaying, for It never decays; unattached, for It never attaches Itself; unfettered, for It never feels pain and never suffers injury.Through what, O Maitreyi, should one know the Knower? Thus you have the instruction given to you. This much, indeed, is the means to Immortality. Having said this, Yajnavalkya renounced home.
Yajur Veda, Brihadaranyaka Upanishad IV, V-Yajnavalkya and Maitreyi (II), 15 (cont)
One cannot descry the opposite bank of her stream nor yet what lies in between. In her bosom reposes all that lives and stirs. Grant, O wide darksome Night, that we may safely attain your farther shore, attain, pray, your farther shore!
Atharva Veda XIX, 47, 2
May no demon, no speaker of evil, hold power against us, no baleful person malign us! This night may no thief hold power against our cattle and no wolf against our sheep!
Atharva Veda XIX, 47, 6
