Ekam Sad Vipra Bahudha Vadanti (Rigveda 1.164.46)
इन्द्रं मित्रं वरुणमग्निमाहुरथो दिव्यः स सुपर्णो गरुत्मान् ।
They call it Indra, Mitra, Varuna and Agni. They call it the heavenly bird Garutman. What is real is one; the wise speak of it in…
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इन्द्रं मित्रं वरुणमग्निमाहुरथो दिव्यः स सुपर्णो गरुत्मान् ।
They call it Indra, Mitra, Varuna and Agni. They call it the heavenly bird Garutman. What is real is one; the wise speak of it in…
सर्वं खल्विदं ब्रह्म तज्जलानिति शान्त उपासीत ।
All this is Brahman. It is born from Brahman, it dissolves into Brahman, and it lives by Brahman. So one should be calm and…
स य एषोऽणिमैतदात्म्यमिदं सर्वं तत्सत्यं स आत्मा तत्त्वमसि श्वेतकेतो ॥
That which is the finest of all is the self of all this. That is the Truth. That is the Self. You are that, Shvetaketu.
ब्रह्म वा इदमग्र आसीत् तदात्मानमेवावेदहं ब्रह्मास्मीति ।
In the beginning this was only Brahman. It knew only itself: “I am Brahman.”
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