Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.6

3.6.1

tad yat prathamam amṛtaṃ tad vasava upajīvanty agninā mukhena \
na vai devā aśnanti na pibanti \
etad evāmṛtaṃ dṛṣṭvā tṛpyanti \\306.1\

1. The Vasus live upon that which is the first nectar [i.e. the

Rig-Veda] through Agni as their mouth. Verily, the gods neither eat nor drink. They are satisfied merely with seeing that nectar.

3.6.2

ta etad eva rūpam abhisaṃviśanti \
etasmād rūpād udyanti \\306.2\

2. These enter that [red] form of the sun and come forth from that form.

3.6.3

sa ya etad evam amṛtaṃ veda vasūnām evaiko bhūtvāgninaiva mukhenaitad evāmṛtaṃ dṛṣṭvā tṛpyati \
sa ya etad eva rūpam abhisaṃviśati \
etasmād rūpād udeti \\306.3\

3. He who knows thus that nectar becomes one of the Vasus themselves and through Agni as his mouth is satisfied merely with seeing that nectar. He enters that very form and comes forth from that form.

3.6.4

sa yāvad ādityaḥ purastād udetā paścād astam etā vasūnām eva tāvad ādhipatyaṃ svārājyaṃ paryetā \\306.4\

4. As long as the sun shall rise in the east and set in the west, so long will he compass the overlordship and the chief sovereignty (_svārājya_) of the Vasus.