Sacred Concord

YV 3.7j

Yajur Veda · translated by Arthur Berriedale Keith

By fire he surmounted fervour, by speech holy power, by a gem forms, by Indra the gods, by the wind the breaths, by the sun the sky, by the moon the Naksatras, by Yama the Pitrs, by the king men, by fruit the flavours, by the boa constrictor serpents, by the tiger wild beasts, by the eagle birds, by the stallion horses, by the bull kine, by the he-goat goats, by the ram sheep, by rice food, by barley plants, by the banyan trees, by the Udumbara strength, by the Gayatri the metres, by the Trivrt the Stomas, by the Brahmana speech. vii. 3. 15. Hail! (To) meditation (I offer). To that meditated upon hail! Hail! (To) that which we meditate on (I offer). To mind hail! Hail! (To) mind (I offer). To Prajapati hail! To Ka hail! To Who hail!' To Whoever (katamásmai) hail! To Aditi hail! To Aditi the great hail! To Aditi the gentle hail! To Sarasvati hail! To Sarasvati the mighty hail! To Sarasvati, the purifying hail! To Pusan hail! To Pusan guardian of travellers hail! To Pusan watcher of men hail! To Tvastr hail! To Tvastr the seminal hail! To Tvastr the multiform hail! To Visnu hail! To Visnu the Nikhuryapa hail! To Visnu the Nibhuyapa hail! vii. 3. 16. To the teeth hail! To the jaws hail! To the lips hail! To the mouth hail! To the nostrils hail! To the eyes hail! To the ears hail! The eyelashes above the lower eyelashes-(to them) hail! The eyelashes below the upper eyelashes-(to them) hail!, To the head hail! To the brows hail! To the forehead hail! To the (upper part of the) head hail! To the brain hail! To the hairs hail! To the part that bears (the yoke) hail! To the cervical vertebrae hail! To the neck bones hail! To the spinal column hail! To the vertical column hail! To the flank hail! To the sides hail! [1] To the shoulders hail! To the upper forefeet hail! To the lower forefeet hail! To the legs hail! To the hips hail! To the thighs hail! To the knees hail! To the legs hail! To the buttocks hail! To the mane hail! To the tail hail!
YV 3.7j · Yajur Veda

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Nature in other traditions

The same theme, as Christianity, Islam, Buddhism and Taoism address it.

The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining:
Joel 2:10 · Bible · Joel
Hast thou not seen that unto Allah payeth adoration whosoever is in the heavens and whosoever is in the earth, and the sun, and the moon, and the stars, and the hills, and the trees, and the beasts, and many of mankind, while there are many unto whom the doom is justly due. He whom Allah scorneth, there is none to give him honour. Lo! Allah doeth what He will.
Quran 22:18 · Quran · The Pilgrimage
Cut down the whole forest (of lust), not a tree only! Danger comes out of the forest (of lust). When you have cut down both the forest (of lust) and its undergrowth, then, Bhikshus, you will be rid of the forest and free!
Dhp 20.283 · Dhammapada · The Way
Abstaining from speech marks him who is obeying the spontaneity of his nature. A violent wind does not last for a whole morning; a sudden rain does not last for the whole day. To whom is it that these (two) things are owing? To Heaven and Earth. If Heaven and Earth cannot make such (spasmodic) actings last long, how much less can man!
Tao Te Ching 23.1 · Tao Te Ching

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