Yajnavalkya, said he, with how many gods does the Brahma priest seated on the right protect the sacrifice today? With one. Which is that one? The mind. The mind is indeed infinite and infinite are the Visve-devas. An infinite world he (the sacrificer) wins thereby.
Yajur Veda, Brihadaranyaka Upanishad III, I-Yajnavalkya and Asvala, 9
Yajnavalkya, said he, how many kinds of hymns of praise will the udgatri priest chant today in this sacrifice? Three. And which are these three? The introductory, the sacrificial and the eulogistic Which are those that have reference to the body? The prana is the introductory hymn, the apana is hymn and the vyana is the eulogistic hymn. What does he (the sacrificer) win through them? Through the introductory hymn he wins the earth, through the sacrificial hymn he wins the sky and through the eulogistic hymn he wins heaven. Thereupon the priest Asvala held his peace.
Yajur Veda, Brihadaranyaka Upanishad III, I-Yajnavalkya and Asvala, 10
Sound are the bones of your skull. Your heart once more beats soundly. Arising, O Sun, you have chased far away with your rays the headache and stilled the racking pain!
Atharva Veda IX, 8, 22
I take you, Plant, of cures the Queen, conqueror of ills. For all our needs I impart to you energizing force, for every man a thousandfold.
Atharva Veda IV, 17, 1
O truly conquering, curse-averting powerful Plant, backward turned, you and all plants have I invoked: Save us from this! I prayed.
Atharva Veda IV, 17, 2
