’If a man knows the Self as I am this, then desiring what and for whose sake will he suffer in the wake of the body?’
Yajur Veda, Brihadaranyaka Upanishad IV, IV-Death and the Hereafter, 12
’Whoever has realized and intimately known the Self, Which has entered this perilous and perplexing place (the body), is the maker of the universe; for he is the maker of all. All is his Self and he, again, is indeed the Self of all.’
Yajur Veda, Brihadaranyaka Upanishad IV, IV-Death and the Hereafter, 13
’Dwelling in this very body, we have somehow realized Brahman; otherwise we should have remained ignorant and great destruction would have overtaken us. Those who know Brahman become immortal, while others only suffer misery.’
Yajur Veda, Brihadaranyaka Upanishad IV, IV-Death and the Hereafter, 14
Dwelling immortal in the house of mortals is a fair maiden, never growing old. The one for whom she was created lies prone and he who made her has himself grown old.
Atharva Veda X, 8, 26
You are woman, you are man, you are boy and young girl, too. You are the old man leaning on his staff. When born, you everywhere reveal your face.
Atharva Veda X, 8, 27
