Song of Life (Prasna Upanishad, second question)
Life is the fire that burns and is the sun that gives light.
Life is the wind and the rain and the thunder in the sky.
Life is matter and is earth, what is and what is not, and what beyond is in Eternity.
On life all things are resting, as spokes in the center of a wheel. On Life are resting the Vedas and prayers and warriors and priests.
To you, resting with your powers, O Life, all being offer adoration. As Lord of the Creation, you move in the womb of the mother thence to be reborn.
You are the chief bearer of gifts to the gods, the first offering made to the departed; you are the poetry of the seers, the truth of ancient sages.
You are Rudra, the god of protection, you are Indra (king of Gods) in your radiance, O Life.
As sun that wanders in heaven, you are the Lord of all heavenly lights.
When the rain pours down from heaven, O Life, all your creatures rejoice, and they say: “Food for us shall be in abundance.”
You are pure, O life, supreme seer, lord, and consumer of all. We the givers of what you enjoy, you, our father, the breath of all life.
Be favorable unto us, O Life, with that invisible form of yours which is in the voice, the eye, and the ear, and which lives in the mind. Go not from us.
In your power is all this world and even the third most sacred heaven. As a mother her child, protect us, O Life: give us glory and give us wisdom.
Soul Knowledge 