Vedic Verses for 8/15/19

Then they said to the vital breath in the mouth: Chant the Udgitha for us. So be it, said the vital breath and chanted for them. The demons knew that through this chanter the gods would overcome them. They charged at it, intending to pierce it with evil. But as a clod of earth, hitting a stone, is scattered, even so they were scattered in all directions, crushed, and completely destroyed. Thereupon the gods became established in their true selves and the demons perished. He who knows this becomes his true self, and his spiteful kinsman perishes.

Yajur Veda, Brihadaranyaka Upanishad I, III-The Prana: Its Glories and Redeeming Power, 7

Then the organs said: Where is that which joined us to our true selves? After deliberation they discovered that it was here, within the mouth (asye). Hence the vital breath (prana) is called ayasya and also, because it is the essence (rasa) of the limbs (anga) of the body, angirasa.

Yajur Veda, Brihadaranyaka Upanishad I, III-The Prana: Its Glories and Redeeming Power, 8

That deity is called dur, because death is far (dur) from it. From him who knows this, death is far away.

Yajur Veda, Brihadaranyaka Upanishad I, III-The Prana: Its Glories and Redeeming Power, 9

Let the five directions and races of men bring to our doors prosperity, as after the rains (in a swollen flood) a river carries down driftwood.

Atharva Veda III, 24, 3

As a spring gushes forth in a hundred, a thousand, streams, and yet stays inexhaustible, so in a thousand streams may our corn flow inexhaustibly!

Atharva Veda III, 24, 4

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