Which are the six gods? asked Sakalya.
Fire, the earth, the air, the sky, the sun and heaven; for these six comprise all those.
Which are the three gods? asked Sakalya.
These three worlds, because all those gods are comprised in these three. Which are the two gods? Matter and the vital breath (prana). Which are the one and a half? This air that blows.
Yajnavalkya said: Concerning this some say: 'Since the air blows as one substance, how can it be one and a half (adhyardha)?'
The answer is: It is one and a half because by its presence everything attains surpassing glory adhyardhnot). Which is the one God? The vital breath (Hiranyagarbha); it is Brahman which is called That (Tyat).
[Yajur Veda, Brihadaranyaka Upanishad III, IX-Yajnavalkya and Vidaghdha,7- 9]
Do not give thought to the departed ones who lead men away to a far-off land. Arise out of darkness! Come to the light! Come, we grasp your two hands! From Yama's two watchdogs sent forth on the path, the black and the spotted, may you stay safe! Come, do not waver! Do not stand there with your mind deflected from here. [Atharva Veda VIII, 1, 8-9]
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