Date: November 8th 2008

From: Kauai_Hindu_Monastery@jnanadana.com Date: Friday, November 7, 2008


Vedic Verses
A daily collection of verses from the Vedas, Hinduism's revealed scripture


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Vedic Verses for 11/7/08 : When I said: I take refuge in Svah, what I said was: I take refuge in the Rig-Veda, Yajur-Veda and Sama-Veda.

When I said: I take refuge in Svah, what I said was: I take refuge in the Rig-Veda, Yajur-Veda and Sama-Veda. That is what I said, yea, that is what I said.

Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad III, XV - Meditation on the Universe as a Chest, 7

A person, indeed, is a sacrifice. His first twenty-four years constitute the morning libation. The Gayatri metre has twenty-four syllables and the morning libation is offered with Gayatri hymns. The Vasus are connected with that part of the sacrifice.The pranas are the Vasus; for, verily, they make everything abide (visayanti) in this body.

Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad III, XVI - Man as a Sacrifice (I), 1

If anything ails him during that period, he should recite the following mantra: O ye pranas, ye Vasus, unite this morning libation with the midday libation. May I, who am a sacrifice, not disappear in the midst of the pranas, who are the Vasus. Thus he rises from his illness and becomes free of it.

Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad III, XVI - Man as a Sacrifice (I), 2

His next forty-four years constitute the midday libation. The Tristubh metre has forty-four syllables and the midday libation is offered with Tristubh hymns. The Rudras are connected with that part of the sacrifice. The pranas are the Rudras; for, verily, they make everything weep (rodayanti).

Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad III, XVI - Man as a Sacrifice (I), 3

If anything ails him during that second period, he should recite the following mantra: O ye pranas, ye Rudras, unite this midday libation with the third libation. May I, who am a sacrifice, not disappear in the midst of the pranas, who are the Rudras.Thus he rises from his illness and becomes free of it.

Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad III, XVI - Man as a Sacrifice (I), 4



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These daily verses are drawn from the Rig, Yajur, Sama and Atharva Vedas, Hinduism's revealed scriptures, which are 6,000 to 8,000 years old. Many of the verses are from the book The Vedic Experience, by Raimundo Panikkar, available at our Minimela online store.