There are three divisions of dharma: Sacrifice, study and charity form the first. Austerity is the second. Dwelling in the house of the teacher as a brahmacharin, always mortifying the body(denying sense pleasure) in the house of the teacher, is the third. All those who practise these dharmas attain the worlds of the virtuous. But one who is established in Brahman obtains Immortality.
Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad II, XXIII – Praise of Om Unassociated with any Ritual, 1
Varuna, wearing a golden mantle, is clothed in bright garments. His watchmen sit round him.
Rig Veda I, 25, 13
No men of ill will or evildoers or those of wrong intention wish to harm this God–
Rig Veda I, 25, 14
The One who gives consummate glory to men, imparting this glory to these our own bodies.
Rig Veda I, 25, 15
Yearning for him, wide-seeing Varuna, my thoughts move onward as cows to their pasture.
Rig Veda I, 25, 16
