Verily, he who moves along (i.e. the air) is the sacrifice; for he, moving along, purifies everything. And because, moving along, he purifies everything, he is the sacrifice. Of that sacrifice, the mind and speech are the two ways.
Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad IV, XVI – The Silence of the Brahma Priest, 1
The Brahma priest purifies one of the two (i.e. the mind) by his mind. The other (i.e. speech) is purified through words by the hotri priest, the adhvaryu priest and the udgatri priest. If the Brahma priest, after the Prataranuvaka hymn has begun and before the recitation of the Paridhaniya hymn, breaks his silence and speaks, he purifies only one of the ways (i.e. speech), but the other (i.e. the mind) is injured. As a man walking on one leg, or a carriage going on one wheel, is injured, likewise thesacrifice is injured. Following the injury to the sacrifice, the sacrificer too is injured. By performing the defective sacrifice he becomes more sinful.
Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad IV, XVI – The Silence of the Brahma Priest, 2-3
But if the Brahma priest, after the Prataranuvaka hymn has begun and before the recitation of the Paridhaniya, does not break his silence and speak, he purifies both the ways and neither of them is injured. As a man walking on two legs or a carriage going on two wheels goes on without obstacle, likewise the sacrifice goes on without obstacle. Following the success of the sacrifice, the sacrificer too fares well. Having performed the sacrifice he becomes better.
Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad IV, XVI – The Silence of the Brahma Priest, 4
The smith with his store of seasoned plants, with his feathers of birds and stones for the tips, enkindles the flame to make arrows and then seeks out a client bulging with gold. Flow, Soma-juice, for the sake of the Lord!
Rig Veda IX, 112, 2
I am a singer, my Dad’s a physician, my Mummy’s task is to grind the corn. Diverse are our callings but we all aim at wealth; we run in its wake like a cowherd trailing cows. Flow, Soma-juice, for the sake of the Lord!
Rig Veda IX, 112, 3
