THE PRANA is, verily, greater than hope. As the spokes of a wheel are fastened to the nave, so are all these beginning with the name and ending with hope fastened to the prana. The prana moves by the prana. The prana gives the prana to the prana. The prana is the father, the prana is the mother, the prana is the brother, the prana is the sister, the prana is the teacher, the prana is the brahmin.
Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad VII, XV – The Prana as Brahman, 1
The prana, verily, is all this. He (i.e. the knower of the prana) who sees this, reflects on this, is convinced of this, becomes an ativadi (superior speaker). If people say to such a man: ’You are an ativadi,’ he may say: ’Yes, I am an ativadi’; he need not deny it.
Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad VII, XV – The Prana as Brahman, 4
May he and our elders who worship surpass all others who sing your praises! May the Lord burn away our sin!
Rig Veda I, 97, 3
May high priests spring from you, O Lord! May we also be born again in you! May the Lord burn away our sin!
Rig Veda I, 97, 4
The Lord’s all-conquering beams go far; his face shines bright on every side. May the Lord burn away our sin!
Rig Veda I, 97, 5
