“Om. Narada approached Sanatkumara as a pupil and said: Venerable Sir, please teach me. Sanatkumara said to him: Please tell me what you already know. Then I shall tell you what is beyond. Narada said: Venerable Sir, I know the Rig-Veda, the Yajur-Veda, the Sama-Veda, the Atharva-Veda as the fourth Veda, the epics (Puranas) and ancient lore (Itihasa) as the fifth, the Veda of the Vedas (i.e. grammar), the rules of the sacrifices by which the Manes are gratified, the science of numbers, the science of portents, the science of time, logic, ethics, etymology, Brahma-vidya (i.e. the science of pronunciation, ceremonials, prosody, etc.), the science of elemental spirits, the science of weapons, astronomy, the science of serpents and the fine arts. All this I know, venerable Sir.” [Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad VII, I - Dialogue between Narada and Sanatkumara, 1-2].
“If we have injured space, the earth, or heaven, or if we have offended mother or father, from that may Agni, fire of the house, absolve us and guide us safely to the world of goodness. As that truthful man is not burnt so also one who has known Sat is not born again. Thus in That (Sat) all that exists has its self. That is the True. That is the Self. “That thou art”, Svetaketu.” [Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad VI, XVI - Liberation for the Knower of Brahman, 1, 3].
The organ of speech
departed. After being away for a whole year, it came back and said: How have
you been able to live without me? The other organs replied: We lived just as
dumb people live, without speaking, but breathing with the prana (nose), seeing
with the eye, hearing with the ear and thinking with the mind. Then the organ
of speech entered the body.The eye departed. After being away for a whole year,
it came back and said: How have you been able to live without me? The other
organs replied: We lived just as blind people live, without seeing, but
breathing with the prana, speaking with the tongue, hearing with the ear and
thinking with the mind. Then the eye entered the body. The ear went out. After
being away for a whole year, it came back and said: How have you been able to
live without me? The other organs replied: We lived just as deaf people live,
without hearing, but breathing with the prana. Speaking with the tongue, seeing
with the eye and thinking with the mind. Then the ear entered the body. The
mind went out. After being away for a whole year, it came back and said: How
have you been able to live without me? The other organs replied: We lived just
like children whose minds are not yet formed, without thinking with the mind,
but breathing with the prana, speaking with the tongue, seeing with the eye and
hearing with the ear. Then the mind entered the body. [Sama Veda, Chan. Upa. V,
I - The Supremacy of the Prana, 8=11]
When water dries up it is swallowed by the air. For indeed the air absorbs them all. So much with reference to the gods. Now with reference to the body: Verily, the prana is the swallower. When a man sleeps, speech goes into the prana, sight goes into the prana, hearing goes into the prana and the mind goes into the prana. For indeed the prana absorbs them all. These are the two swallowers: the air among the gods, the prana among the senses. Then considering her (the princess) as the door for imparting knowledge, Raikva said: O Sudra! You brought these cows and other presents; this is good. But you will make me speak now only through this means (i.e. the princess). These are the villages named Raikvaparna, in the country of Mahavrishas, where Raikva lived. Now Raikva said to the king: Verily, Vayu (the air) is the swallower (samvarga). For when fire goes out it is indeed swallowed by the air. When the sun sets it is swallowed by the air. When the moon sets it is swallowed by the air. When water dries up it is swallowed by the air. For indeed the air absorbs them all. So much with reference to the gods. Now with reference to the body: Verily, the prana is the swallower. When a man sleeps, speech goes into the prana, sight goes into the prana, hearing goes into the prana and the mind goes into the prana. For indeed the prana absorbs them all. These are the two swallowers: the air among the gods, the prana among the senses.
Then considering her (the princess) as the door for imparting knowledge, Raikva said: O Sudra! You brought these cows and other presents; this is good. But you will make me speak now only through this means (i.e. the princess). These are the villages named Raikvaparna, in the country of Mahavrishas, where Raikva lived. Now Raikva said to the king: Verily, Vayu (the air) is the swallower (samvarga). For when fire goes out it is indeed swallowed by the air. When the sun sets it is swallowed by the air. When the moon sets it is swallowed by the air. 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. 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, Chan. Upa., IV, I - The Story of Janasruti and Raikva, 5, 7-8]
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