Daily Vedic Verses thread

[DarkSweetLady]

Exceedingly wise, exceedingly strong is the Designer. He is Creator,
Disposer, Epiphany supreme. Mortal Men rejoice that their votive offerings
are heeded there where they say the One is, beyond the Seven Seers.

Rig Veda X, 82, 2


He is our Father who begat us, he the Disposer who knows all situations,
every creature. It was he alone who gave to the Gods their names; to
him come questioning all the other creatures.

Rig Veda X, 82, 3


To him the seers of old offered their substance in sacrifice, as did also
the multitude of singers who fashioned this whole universe when first the
spheres, both the shadowy realm and the bright, were set in their places.

Rig Veda X, 82, 4


That which the Waters first received, beyond the heavens, beyond the
earth, beyond both Gods and demons-- say, what was that, the first
primeval germ, when all the assembled Gods, and they alone, were watching?

Rig Veda X, 82, 5


He was the primal germ borne by the Waters, wherein all the Gods were
coalesced together; at the navel of the Nonborn the One and Only is set,
he upon whom depend all created beings.

Rig Veda X, 82, 6

[DarkSweetLady]

It is He who, in proper time, becomes the custodian of the universe
and the sovereign of all; who conceals Himself in all beings as their
inner Witness; and in whom the sages and the deities are united. Verily,
by knowing Him one cuts asunder the fetters of death.

Yajur Veda, Svetasvatara Upanishad, Part I, Chapter IV, 15


He who knows Brahman, who is all Bliss, extremely subtle, like the
film that rises to the surface of clarified butter and is hidden in all
beings-he who knows the radiant Deity, the sole Pervader of the universe,
is released from all his fetters.

Yajur Veda, Svetasvatara Upanishad, Part I, Chapter IV, 16


The Maker of all things, self-luminous and all-pervading, He dwells
always in the hearts of men. He is revealed by the negative teachings
of the Vedanta, discriminative wisdom and the Knowledge of Unity based
upon reflection. They who know Him become immortal.

Yajur Veda, Svetasvatara Upanishad, Part I, Chapter IV, 17


When there is no darkness of ignorance, there is no day or night, neither
being nor non-being; the pure Brahman alone exists. That immutable
Reality is the meaning of That; It is adored by the Sun. From It has
proceeded the ancient wisdom.

Yajur Veda, Svetasvatara Upanishad, Part I, Chapter IV, 18


No one can grasp Him above, across, or in the middle. There is no likeness
of Him. His name is Great Glory (Mahad Yasah).

Yajur Veda, Svetasvatara Upanishad, Part I, Chapter IV, 19

[cintamani]

Vanished the darkness, shaken in its foundation; Heaven shone out ; upward rose the light of the Divine Dawn; the sun entered the vast fields of the Truth beholding the straight things and the crooked in mortals. Thereafter indeed they awoke and saw utterly by the sun's separation of the straight from the crooked, the truth from the falsehood; then indeed they held in them the bliss that is enjoyed in heaven
Rig Veda IV.I. I7

May he the knower discern perfectly the Knowledge and the Ignorance, the wide levels and the crooked that shut in mortals; and, oh God, for a bliss fruitful in offspring , lavish on us Diti, and protect Aditi.
Rig Veda IV.2.1

Now as the seven seers of Dawn, the Mother, the supreme disposers of the sacrifice, may we beget for ourselves the Gods; may we become the Angirasas, sons of Heaven, breaking open the wealth-filled hill, shining in purity.
Rig Veda IV.2.15

We have done the work for thee, we have become perfect in works, the wide-shining Dawns have taken up their home in the Truth, in the fullness of Agni and His manifold delight, in the shining eye of the God in all His brightness.
Rig Veda 1V.2.19

[DarkSweetLady]

When Breath of Life with his thunder roars o'er the plants, then,
pregnant with pollen, the flowers burst forth in abundance.

Atharva Veda XI, 4, 3


When Breath of Life in due season roars o'er the plants, all things on
earth rejoice with great rejoicing.

Atharva Veda XI, 4, 4


When Breath of Life the broad earth with rain bedews, the cattle exult:
We shall have plenty, they say.

Atharva Veda XI, 4, 5


The plants converse with this Breath, drenched by his moisture: Our life
is prolonged, for you have made us all fragrant.

Atharva Veda XI, 4, 6


Praise to you, Breath, when you come and praise when you go! When you
stand up and when you sit still, to you praise!

Atharva Veda XI, 4, 7

[DarkSweetLady]

Yonder sun is, verily, the honey of the gods. Heaven is the
cross-beam. The mid-region is the hive. The particles of water-vapours
drawn by the sun through its rays are the eggs.

Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad III, 1 - The Honey-Doctrine (Rig-Veda), 1


The eastern rays of the sun are the eastern honey-cells. The Rik-verses
are the bees. The ritual laid down in the Rig-Veda is the flower. The
water of the sacrificial libations is the nectar of the flower.
These Riks heated the Rig-Veda. From it, thus heated, issued forth-as
its essence-fame, radiance of the body, vigour of the senses, virility
and the food that is eaten.

Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad III, 1 - The Honey-Doctrine (Rig-Veda), 2-3


That essence flowed forth and went toward the sun and that forms what
is called the red colour of the rising sun.

Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad III, 1 - The Honey-Doctrine (Rig-Veda), 4


The southern rays of the sun are the southern honey-cells. The
Yajus-verses are the bees. The ritual laid down in the Yajur-Veda is the
flower. The water of the sacrificial libation is the nectar of the flower.

Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad III, II - The Honey-Doctrine (Yajur-Veda),
1


These Yajus-verses heated the Yajur-Veda. From it, thus heated, issued
forth-as its essence-fame, radiance of the body, vigour of the senses,
virility and the food that is eaten.

Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad III, II - The Honey-Doctrine (Yajur-Veda),
2

[DarkSweetLady]

You have no knowledge of him who created these worlds; some other thing
has interposed between you. The reciters of hymns who ravish life in their
ritual proceed with their muttering, enwrapped in confusion and ignorance.

Rig Veda X, 82, 7


O Dawn, whose enterprises never fail and who understands all things,
accept our songs. O ancient yet ever-youthful Goddess, you proceed in
accordance with Law, endowed with wealth and fullness.

Rig Veda III, 61, 1


O immortal Goddess, beam forth your rays. Let your shining chariot,
loaded with gifts, bring you hither in the company of your docile steeds,
your powerful steeds, O golden Lady!

Rig Veda III, 61, 2


Arising, you turn your face toward all creatures. You, O Dawn, are
the emblem of the Immortal. You who each day proceed to the same goal,
direct toward us, O Maiden, your chariot.

Rig Veda III, 61, 3


Spinner of light, beautiful Dawn, you proceed on your way to your wonted
haunts. You bring light to birth, O generous One, and encompass the
confines of Heaven and Earth.

Rig Veda III, 61, 4

[DarkSweetLady]

His form is not an object of vision; no one beholds Him with the
eyes. They who, through pure intellect and the Knowledge of Unity based
upon reflection, realise Him as abiding in the heart become immortal.

Yajur Veda, Svetasvatara Upanishad, Part I, Chapter IV, 20


It is because Thou, O Lord, art birthless, that some rare souls,
frightened by birth and death, take refuge in Thee. O Rudra, may Thy
benign face protect me for ever!

Yajur Veda, Svetasvatara Upanishad, Part I, Chapter IV, 21


O Rudra, do not, in Thy wrath, destroy our children and grand-children. Do
not destroy our lives; do not destroy our cows or horses; do not destroy
our strong servants. For we invoke Thee always, with oblations, for
our protection.

Yajur Veda, Svetasvatara Upanishad, Part I, Chapter IV, 22


In the Immutable, infinite Supreme Brahman remain hidden the two:
knowledge and ignorance. Ignorance leads to worldliness and knowledge,
to Immortality. Brahman, who controls both knowledge and ignorance,
is different from both.

Yajur Veda, Svetasvatara Upanishad, Part I, Chapter V, 1


He, the non-dual Brahman, who rules over every position; who controls
all forms and all sources; who, in the beginning, filled with knowledge
the omniscient Hiranyagarbha, His own creation, whom He beheld when He
(Hiranyagarbha) was produced-He is otherthan both knowledge and ignorance.

Yajur Veda, Svetasvatara Upanishad, Part I, Chapter V, 2

[DarkSweetLady]

Praise to you, Breath of Life, breathing both in and out! To your turning
this side and that, to the whole of you, praise!

Atharva Veda XI, 4, 8


Grant us, O Breath, your dear form and the one dearer still that we may
live! Give us your healing power!

Atharva Veda XI, 4, 9


Breath of Life clothes all beings with care as a father his son; master
of all things, whether they breathe or breathe not.

Atharva Veda XI, 4, 10


Breath of Life is death, is fever, revered by the Gods. In the highest
world he sets the man who speaks truth.

Atharva Veda XI, 4, 11


Breath of Life is Queen, is Guide, revered by all things; he is sun,
he is moon; he is also the Father of all.

Atharva Veda XI, 4, 12

[DarkSweetLady]

That essence flowed forth and went toward the sun. That forms what is
called the white colour of the sun.

Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad III, II - The Honey-Doctrine (Yajur-Veda),
3


The western rays of the sun are the western honey-cells. The Saman-verses
are the bees. The Sama-Veda is the flower. The water is the nectar.

Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad III, III - The Honey-Doctrine (Sama-Veda),
1


The Samans heated the Sama-Veda. From it, thus heated, issued forth-as
its essence-fame, radiance, vigour of the senses, virility and the food
that is eaten.

Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad III, III - The Honey-Doctrine (Sama-Veda),
2


That flowed forth and went toward the sun. called the dark colour of
the sun.

Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad III, III - The Honey-Doctrine (Sama-Veda),
3


The northern rays of the sun are the northern honey-cells. The verses of
the Atharvangirasa are the bees. The Itihasa-purana is the flower. The
water is the nectar.

Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad III, IV - The Honey-Doctrine
(Atharva-Veda), 1

[DarkSweetLady]

At the time of the creation the Lord spreads out individual nets in
various ways and then at the time of the cosmic dissolution withdraws
them into the great prakriti. Again the all-pervading Deity creates the
aggregates of body and senses, both individual and collective and their
controllers also and thus exercises His overlordship.

Yajur Veda, Svetasvatara Upanishad, Part I, Chapter V, 3


As the sun shines, illumining all the quarters-above, below and across-so
also God, self-resplendent, adorable and non-dual, controls all objects,
which themselves possess the nature of a cause.

Yajur Veda, Svetasvatara Upanishad, Part I, Chapter V, 4


He who is the cause of all and who enables all things to function
according to their nature; who brings to maturity all that can be ripened;
who, being non-dual, rules over the whole universe and engages the
gunas in their respective functions-He is concealed in the Upanishads,
the secret part of the Vedas. Brahma knew Him who can be known only from
the evidence of the Vedas. The gods and seers of olden times who knew
Him became Brahman and attained Immortality.

Yajur Veda, Svetasvatara Upanishad, Part I, Chapter V, 5-6


Endowed with gunas, the jiva performs action, seeking its fruit; and
again, it reaps the fruit of what it has done. Assuming all forms and led
by the three gunas, the jiva, ruler of the pranas, roams about following
the three paths, according to its deeds.

Yajur Veda, Svetasvatara Upanishad, Part I, Chapter V, 7


Of the size of a thumb, but brilliant, like the sun, the jiva possesses
both volition and egoism. It is endowed with the qualities of both buddhi
and Atman. Therefore it is seen as another entity, inferior and small
as the point of a goad.

Yajur Veda, Svetasvatara Upanishad, Part I, Chapter V, 8

[DarkSweetLady]

These very hymns of the Atharvangirasa heated the Itihasa-purana. From
it, thus heated, issued forth-as its essence-fame, radiance, vigour of
the senses, virility and the food that is eaten.

Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad III, IV - The Honey-Doctrine
(Atharva-Veda), 2


That flowed forth and went toward the sun. That forms what is called
the extremely dark colour of the sun.

Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad III, IV - The Honey-Doctrine
(Atharva-Veda), 3


Now, the upward rays of the sun are the honey-cells above. The secret
teachings of the Upanishads are the bees. Brahman (Om) is flower. The
water is the nectar.

Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad III, V - The Honey-Doctrine (Continued), 1


These secret teachings as the bees heated Brahman (Om). From It, thus
heated, issued forth-as Its essence-fame, radiance, vigour of the senses,
virility and the food that is eaten.

Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad III, V - The Honey-Doctrine (Continued), 2


That flowed forth and went towards the sun. That forms what appears to
stir in the centre of the sun.

Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad III, V - The Honey-Doctrine (Continued), 3

[DarkSweetLady]

The two breaths are rice and barley, Breath the ox that pulls. In barley
resides i inbreath; out-breath is called rice.

Atharva Veda XI, 4, 13


A man breathes in, he breathes out, within the womb. Quickened by you,
to birth he comes once more.

Atharva Veda XI, 4, 14


The mighty Wind they call him, or Breeze. The future and the past exist
in him. On Breath of Life all things are based.

Atharva Veda XI, 4, 15


When you, Breath of Life, quicken them, then the plants of the Atharvans
and Angirases, of Gods and of Men, come to birth.

Atharva Veda XI, 4, 16


When Breath has poured down with the rain upon the vast earth, then
plants come forth and herbs of every sort.

Atharva Veda XI, 4, 17

[DarkSweetLady]

Rosy Dawn advances, adorned with the brightness of many a beam. She
pursues her way on her well-equipped chariot, arousing Men to joy.

Rig Veda IV, 14, 3


Come, O twin Spirits, at break of day on your powerful chariots. We
offer in sacrifice this honey-sweet draught for your delectation.

Rig Veda IV, 14, 4


How is it that, though united and unsupported, he does not fall down
? By what inner power moves he? Who has seen? A firm pillar, he protects
heaven's vault.

Rig Veda IV, 14, 5


Like a chariot horse he speeds through the sieve and spurts into the
cup. The winner of the race has reached the goal.

Rig Veda IX, 36, 1


Become pure, O Soma, as you flow with due care, calling on the Gods,
passing through the sieve to the honey-dripping bowl.

Rig Veda IX, 36, 2

[DarkSweetLady]

Know the embodied soul to be a part of the hundredth part of the point
of a hair divided a hundred times; and yet it is infinite.

Yajur Veda, Svetasvatara Upanishad, Part I, Chapter V, 9


It is not female, it is not male, nor is it neuter. whatever body it
takes, with that it becomes united.

Yajur Veda, Svetasvatara Upanishad, Part I, Chapter V, 10


By means of desires, contact, attachment and delusion, the embodied soul
assumes, successively, diverse forms in various places, according to
its deeds, just as the body grows when food and drink are poured into it.

Yajur Veda, Svetasvatara Upanishad, Part I, Chapter V, 11


The embodied soul, by means of good and evil deeds committed by itself,
assumes many forms, coarse and fine. By virtue of its actions and also
of such characteristics of the mind as knowledge and desire, it assumes
another body for the enjoyment of suitable objects.

Yajur Veda, Svetasvatara Upanishad, Part I, Chapter V, 12


He who knows the Lord, who is without beginning or end, who stands in
the midst of the chaos of the world, who is the Creator of all things
and is endowed with many forms-he who knows the radiant Deity, the sole
Pervader of the universe, is released from all his fetters.

Yajur Veda, Svetasvatara Upanishad, Part I, Chapter V, 13

[DarkSweetLady]

The one who knows you thus, O Breath, and that which forms your support,
to him will all offer tribute in yonder highest heaven.

Atharva Veda XI, 4, 18


Just as all creatures owe tribute to you, Breath of Life, so may they
bring it to the one who hears you, O renowned!

Atharva Veda XI, 4, 19


He moves among the Gods, an inner seed; becomes, is, is reborn. He has
entered the son he, the father, who was, is, and shall be!

Atharva Veda XI, 4, 20


If the sunbird, rising, extracted his foot from the sea, neither today
nor tomorrow would exist, neither night, day, nor dawn.

Atharva Veda XI, 4, 21


The eight--wheeled moves on one rim, to and fro, thousand-syllabled. With
one half it engendered all creation. Of its other half what sign?

Atharva Veda XI, 4, 22