Daily Vedic Verses thread

[DarkSweetLady]

In your praise, O Lord, who reach highest heaven, we compose our song,
eager to obtain your treasure divine!

Rig Veda V, 13, 2


May the Lord find pleasure in our song of praise! Priest among Men,
may he offer due homage to the heavenly beings!

Rig Veda V, 13, 3


Great, O Lord, is your renown. Through you, O blessed one, worthy
mediator, may we complete the sacrifice!

Rig Veda V, 13, 4


The poets exalt you with their hymns-- you whose undertakings are ever
successful. Grant us great vigor!

Rig Veda V, 13, 5


As the spokes are bound by encircling iron, so you encompass the Gods,
O Lord. I yearn for your bounty!

Rig Veda V, 13, 6

[DarkSweetLady]

This is the best support; this is the highest support. Whosoever knows
this support is adored in the world of Brahma.

Yajur Veda, Katha Upanishad, Part One, Chapter II, 17


The knowing Self is not born; It does not die. It has not sprung from
anything; nothing has sprung from It. Birthless, eternal, everlasting
and ancient, It is not killed when the body is killed.

Yajur Veda, Katha Upanishad, Part One, Chapter II, 18


If the killer thinks he kills and if the killed man thinks he is killed,
neither of these apprehends aright. The Self kills not, nor is It killed.

Yajur Veda, Katha Upanishad, Part One, Chapter II, 19


Atman, smaller than the small, greater than the great, is hidden in the
hearts of all living creatures. A man who is free from desires beholds
the majesty of the Self through tranquillity of the senses and the mind
and becomes free from grief.

Yajur Veda, Katha Upanishad, Part One, Chapter II, 20


Though sitting still, It travels far; though lying down, It goes
everywhere. Who but myself can know that luminous Atman who rejoices
and rejoices not?

Yajur Veda, Katha Upanishad, Part One, Chapter II, 21

[DarkSweetLady]

This supreme Goddess, Word, inspired by Brahman, by which the
awe-inspiring is created, through her to us be peace!

Atharva Veda XIX, 9, 3


This supreme Spirit, inspired by Brahman, by which the awe-inspiring is
created, through it to us be peace!

Atharva Veda XIX, 9, 4


These five sense organs, with the mind as the sixth, within my heart,
inspired by Brahman, by which the awe-inspiring is created, through them
to us be peace!

Atharva Veda XIX, 9, 5


Gracious be Mitra. gracious Varuna, gracious Vishnu and Prajapati,
gracious to us be Indra and Brhaspati, gracious to us Aryaman.

Atharva Veda XIX, 9, 6


Gracious be Mitra, gracious Varuna, gracious be Vivasvant and Death,
gracious the calamities of earth and atmosphere, gracious the wandering
planets.

Atharva Veda XIX, 9, 7

[DarkSweetLady]

Then they (i.e. all the fires) said: Upakosala, dear friend, thus we
taught you the knowledge of ourselves and the knowledge of the Self. But
the teacher will teach you the way. The teacher returned and said to
him: Upakosala!

Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad IV, XIV - Dialogue between the Teacher
and the Pupil, 1


He replied: Revered Sir! Dear friend, your face shines like that of
one who knows Brahman. Who has taught you? Who should teach me, Sir?
Here he conceals the fact, as it were. And he said pointing to the
fires: For this reason they are of this form now, though they were of
a different form before. Dear friend, what did they teach you? This,
Upakosala replied and repeated some of what the fires had told him.
The teacher said: They told you, dear friend, only about the worlds,
but I shall tell you about Brahman. As water does not cling to the lotus
leaf, so no evil clings to one who knows this. Upakosala said to him:
Revered Sir, please tell me.

Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad IV, XIV - Dialogue between the Teacher
and the Pupil, 2-3


He said: The person that is seen in the eye-that is the Self. This is
the immortal, the fearless; this is Brahman. That is why, if one drops
melted butter or water in the eye, it flows away on both sides.

Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad IV, XV - Instruction by the Teacher, 1


The seers call him Samyadvama, for all blessings (vama) go towards him
(samyanti). All blessings go towards him who knows this.

Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad IV, XV - Instruction by the Teacher, 2


He is also Vamani, for he carries to living beings (nayati) all blessings
(vama). He who knows this carries all blessings.

Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad IV, XV - Instruction by the Teacher, 3

[Pisces Fish ca]

I really needed this one today DSL.. thankyou..

''The Supreme spirit inspired by Braham by which the awe-inspiring is created it to be Peace '' Vedic X1 X9,, 4

god bless..I come here every time I am on the forum..and appreciate all you do ..with and in this thread for all of us.

[DarkSweetLady]

Thank you Jonathan.

The wise man, having realised Atman as dwelling within impermanent bodies
but Itself bodiless, vast and all-pervading, does not grieve.

Yajur Veda, Katha Upanishad, Part One, Chapter II, 22


This Atman cannot be attained by the study of the Vedas, or by
intelligence, or by much hearing of sacred books. It is attained by him
alone whom It chooses. To such a one Atman reveals Its own form.

Yajur Veda, Katha Upanishad, Part One, Chapter II, 23


He who has not first turn away from wickedness, who is not tranquil
and subdued and whose mind is not at peace, cannot attain Atman. It is
realised only through the Knowledge of Reality.

Yajur Veda, Katha Upanishad, Part One, Chapter II, 24


Who, then, knows where He is-He to whom Brahmins and kshattriyas are
mere food and death itself a condiment?

Yajur Veda, Katha Upanishad, Part One, Chapter II, 25


Two there are who dwell within the body, in the intellect, the supreme
akasa of the heart, enjoying the sure rewards of their own actions. The
knowers of Brahman describe them as light and shade, as do those
householders who have offered oblations in the Five Fires and also those
who have thrice performed the Nachiketa sacrifice.

Yajur Veda, Katha Upanishad, Part One, Chapter III, 1

[DarkSweetLady]

Gracious to us be the trembling earth, when struck by the fiery
meteor. Gracious be the cows yielding red milk, gracious be the earth
receding.

Atharva Veda XIX, 9, 8


Gracious be the constellations struck by the meteor, gracious incantations
and all magic! Gracious to us be buried charms, the meteors and plagues
that afflict us.

Atharva Veda XIX, 9, 9


Gracious to us be the stars and the moon, gracious the sun and Rahu,
gracious be Death with his banner of smoke, gracious the powerful Rudras.

Atharva Veda XIX, 9, 10


Gracious be the Rudras, gracious the Vasus, gracious the Adityas and
Agnis, gracious to us be the god-like sages, gracious all the Gods
and Brhaspati.

Atharva Veda XIX, 9, 11


Brahman, Prajapati, Dhatr, the worlds, the Vedas, the Seven Sages,
and the fires, prepare for me a blessed path! May Indra be my refuge,
may Brahman be my refuge, may all the Gods be my refuge! May the Gods
united be my refuge!

Atharva Veda XIX, 9, 12

[DarkSweetLady]

He is also called Bhamani, for he shines (bhati) in all the worlds. He
who knows this shines in all the worlds.

Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad IV, XV - Instruction by the Teacher, 4


Now, whether or not they perform the funeral rites for such a person,
he goes to light, from light to day, from day to the bright half of the
moon, from the bright half of the moon to the six months during which the
sun goes to the north, from those months to the year, from the year to the
sun, from the sun to the moon, from the moon to lightning. There a person
who is not a human being meets him and leads him to Brahman. This is the
Path of the Gods (Devayana), the path leading to Brahman. Those who travel
by it do not return to the whirl of humanity, yea, they do not return.

Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad IV, XV - Instruction by the Teacher, 5


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