Date: December 2nd 2008

From: Kauai_Hindu_Monastery@jnanadana.com
To: asnani@giaspn01.vsnl.net.in
Subject: Vedic Verses for 12/1/08
Date: Monday, December 1, 2008 5:05 pm
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Vedic Verses
A daily collection of verses from the Vedas, Hinduism's revealed scripture
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Vedic Verses for 12/1/08

The attendant searched for him and returned without finding him. Then the king said to him: Listen, where a knower of Brahman is to searched for, look for him there.

Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad IV, I - The Story of Janasruti and Raikva, 7

After proper search the attendant came upon a person who, lying underneath his cart, was scratching an itch. Humbly he took his seat near him and said: Revered Sir, are you Raikva, the man with the cart? Oh yes, I am he, he answered. Then the attendant returned, saying to himself: I have found him out.

Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad IV, I - The Story of Janasruti and Raikva, 8

Then Janasruti the great-grandson of Janasruta took with him six hundred cows, a necklace and a chariot with mules and went to Raikva and said: Raikva, here are six hundred cows, a necklace and a chariot with mules. Pray, revered Sir, teach me the deity whom you worship.

Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad IV, II - Dialogue of Raikva and Janasruti (I), 1-2

To him the other said: Ah, may the necklace and the chariot remain with you, O Sudra, along with the cows. Thereupon Janasruti the great-grandson of Janasruta took with him a thousand cows, a chariot with mules, a necklace and his own daughter, too and went to Raikva.

Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad IV, II - Dialogue of Raikva and Janasruti (I), 3

Janasruti said to him: Raikva, here are a thousand cows, a necklace, a chariot with mules, this wife and this village where you shall dwell. Revered Sir, teach me.

Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad IV, II - Dialogue of Raikva and Janasruti (I), 4