Before dawn and sunrise man invokes name after name. This Unborn sprang to birth already with full sovereignty empowered. Than he nothing higher ever existed.
Atharva Veda X, 7, 31
Homage to him of whom the earth is the model, the atmosphere his belly, who created the sky from his head. Homage to this supreme Brahman!
Atharva Veda X, 7, 32
Homage to him whose eye is the sun and the moon which is ever renewed, whose mouth is the Fire. Homage to this supreme Brahman!
Atharva Veda X, 7, 33
He (Ushasti) begged food from the owner of the elephant, who was eating some wretched beans. He (the owner of the elephant) said: I have nothing but what is set before me.
Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad I, X – The Story of Ushasti (I), 2
Ushasti said: Give me these. He gave the beans and said: Here is some water left over from my drinking. Ushasti said: If I drink this, I will then be drinking what has been left by another.
Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad I, X – The Story of Ushasti (I), 3
