With our songs we worship king Soma and Agni. May they assist us! Aditya, Vishnu, Surya and the Brahman-priest Brhaspati.
Atharva Veda III, 20, 4
With your fires, O Agni, you make strong our sacrifice and prayer. Inspire us, O God, to share and grant us wealth to give.
Atharva Veda III, 20, 5
We call here on Indra and Vayu, both of them easy of entreaty! May the assembled people be friendly, disposed to offer us gifts!
Atharva Veda III, 20, 6
He came to Gautama the son of Haridrumata and said: Revered Sir, I wish to live with you as a brahmacharin. May I approach you, as a pupil?
Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad IV, IV – The Story of Satyakama, 3
She said to him: I do not know, my child, of what ancestry you are. In my youth I was preoccupied with many household duties and with attending on guests when I conceived you. I do not know of what ancestry you are. I am Jabala by name and you are Satyakama. So you may speak of yourself as Satyakama Jabala (the son of Jabala).
Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad IV, IV – The Story of Satyakama, 2
