You, O Steed, are Death, you the Sun; you by a secret decree are Trita; by only a little are you distinguished from Soma. You have, they say, three connections in heaven.

Rig Veda I, 163, 3

In heaven, they say, you have three connections, three in the waters and three within the ocean. You resemble, O Steed, the Lord of the Waters, for there, they say, is your highest birthplace.

Rig Veda I, 163, 4

It is the vital breath, Your Majesty, said Yajnavalkya. For the sake of that vital breath (life), O Emperor, one performs sacrifices for him for whom they should not be performed and accepts gifts from him from whom they should not be accepted; nay, for the sake of the vital breath, O Emperor, one may go to a quarter where one runs the risk of losing one's life. The vital breath, O Emperor, is the Supreme Brahman. The vital breath never deserts him who, knowing what has just been said, meditates upon it; all beings eagerly approach him; and being a god, he attains the gods. I give you a thousand cows with a bull as large as an elephant, said Emperor Janaka. Yajnavalkya replied: My father was of the opinion that one should not accept gifts from a disciple without fully instructing him.

Yajur Veda, Brihadaranyaka Upanishad IV, I-Partial Definitions of Brahman, 3 (cont)

What is truth, O Yajnavalkya? It is the eye, Your Majesty, said Yajnavalkya. Verily, Your Majesty, if one asks a person who has seen with his eyes: 'Have you seen?' and he answers: 'Yes, I have,' then it is true. The eye, Your Majesty, is the Supreme Brahman. The eye never deserts him who, knowing what has just been said, meditates upon it; all beings eagerly approach him; and being a god, he attains the gods. I give you a thousand cows with a bull as large as an elephant, said Emperor Janaka.Yajnavalkya replied: My father was of the opinion that one should not accept gifts from a disciple without fully instructing him.

Yajur Veda, Brihadaranyaka Upanishad IV, I-Partial Definitions of Brahman, 4 (cont)

When, by means of a fine and sharpened razor, you shave like a barber our hair and beards, let our faces shine bright, but our length of days be uncurtailed!

Atharva Veda VIII, 2, 17