Peace be to earth and to airy spaces! Peace be to heaven, peace to the waters, peace to the plants and peace to the trees! May all the Gods grant to me peace! By this invocation of peace may peace be diffused!
Atharva Veda XIX, 9, 14
By this invocation of peace may peace bring peace! With this peace the dreadful I now appease, with this peace the cruel I now appease. with this peace all evil I now appease, so that peace may prevail, happiness prevail! May everything for us be peacful.
Atharva Veda XIX, 9, 14
Unified am I, quite undivided, unified my soul. Unified my sight, unified my hearing, unified my breathing–both in and out– unified is my continuous breath. Unified, quite undivided am I. the whole of me.
Atharva Veda XIX, 51, 1
Under the impulse of the divine Impeller, with the Powers for arms and the Spirit for hands, I, impelled, grasp hold of you!
Atharva Veda XIX, 51, 2
Then they (i.e. all the fires) said: Upakosala, dear friend, thus we taught you the knowledge of ourselves and the knowledge of the Self. But the teacher will teach you the way. The teacher returned and said to him: Upakosala!
Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad IV, XIV – Dialogue between the Teacher and the Pupil, 1
