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30 mantras
The Rigvedic svasti verse asking four gods for well-being — Rigveda 1.89.6.
The Vedic gayatri of Shanmukha, the six-faced Subrahmanya — Mahanarayana Upanishad 1.26.
The first verse of the Shri Suktam, asking Agni to summon Lakshmi — Shri Suktam 1.
The opening verse of the Narayana Suktam — Mahanarayana Upanishad 13.1.
Arise, awake — the path is as narrow as a razor's edge. Katha Upanishad 1.3.14.
The first verse of the Rigveda's creation hymn, which opens by denying that there was either being or non-being.
The Vedic Ganapati verse — we call on you, lord of the hosts, wisest of the wise. Rigveda 2.23.1.
The Goddess speaks in the first person: I move with the Rudras, the Vasus, the Adityas. Rigveda 10.125.1.
The Tryambaka verse of the Rigveda, addressed to Rudra — a prayer for release, likening it to a ripe fruit loosening from its stem.
The five-syllable Shiva mantra. The phrase occurs in the Shri Rudram of the Krishna Yajurveda.
The most widely recited Vedic verse, addressed to the light of the sun — Rigveda 3.62.10.
Three movements — from the unreal to the real, from darkness to light, from death to what does not die. Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 1.3.28.
The teacher-and-student peace verse — may we be protected together, and may we not quarrel. Taittiriya Upanishad 2.1.1.
The Vedic gayatri of Vishnu, from the vidmahe series of the Mahanarayana Upanishad 1.29.
The Vedic gayatri of Rudra-Mahadeva — Mahanarayana Upanishad 1.23.
The mahavakya of the Rigveda — consciousness is Brahman. Aitareya Upanishad 3.3.
The mahavakya of the Samaveda — that you are. Chandogya Upanishad 6.8.7.
The wise always see that highest step of Vishnu, spread out like an eye in the sky. Rigveda 1.22.20.
The definition of Om that opens the Mandukya Upanishad: all that was, is, and will be is Om — and what lies outside time is Om too.
The golden womb arose first, the one lord of all that came to be — and the hymn ends each verse by asking which god to worship.
The mahavakya of the Atharvaveda — this self is Brahman. Mandukya Upanishad 2.
The mahavakya of the Yajurveda — I am Brahman. Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 1.4.10.
The closing hymn of the Rigveda, on moving together and speaking together — Rigveda 10.191.2.
The thousand-headed Purusha — the first verse of the Purusha Sukta, Rigveda 10.90.1.
A prayer to hear what is good and see what is good, with steady limbs — Rigveda 1.89.8.
The opening verse of the Rigveda, and so the first line of the Vedic corpus — an invocation of Agni.
The opening verse of the Isha Upanishad — all this is pervaded by the Lord; enjoy what is left over.
The fullness verse — take fullness from fullness and fullness remains. Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 5.1.1.
Peace called down through sky, air, earth, waters, plants and all beings — Shukla Yajurveda 36.17.
The first line of the Shri Rudram, the central Vedic hymn to Rudra — Taittiriya Samhita 4.5.1.