Here let her come to meet her owner. Firmly fastened and adorned are you, whose limbs and joints we proceed to loosen!
Atharva Veda IX, 3, 10
One should meditate on the mind as Brahman-this is said with reference to the body. One should meditate on the akasa as Brahman-this is to said with reference to the gods. Thus both-the meditation with reference to the body and the meditation with reference to the gods-are being taught.
Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad III, XVIII – The Mind and the Akasa as Symbols of Brahman, 1
That Brahman has four feet (quarters): speech is one foot, the prana (the nose) is one foot, the eye is one foot, the ear is one foot-this is to said with reference to the body. Now with reference to the gods: Agni (fire) is one foot, Vayu (air) is one foot, Aditya (the sun) is one foot and the quarters (disah) are one foot. This is the twofold meditation with reference to the body and with reference to the gods.
Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad III, XVIII – The Mind and the Akasa as Symbols of Brahman, 2
Speech is, indeed, a fourth foot (quarter) of Brahman of which the mind is a symbol. It shines and warms with the light of fire. He who knows this shines and warms with fame, with renown and with the radiance of Brahman.
Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad III, XVIII – The Mind and the Akasa as Symbols of Brahman, 3
Prana (the nose) is, indeed, a fourth foot of Brahman. It shines and warms with the light of the air. He who knows this shines and warms with fame, with renown and with the radiance of Brahman.
Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad III, XVIII – The Mind and the Akasa as Symbols of Brahman, 4
