He is Brahman, He is Indria, He is Prajapati; He is all these gods; He is the five great elements—earth, air, ākāśa, water, light; He is all these small creatures and the other which are mixed [with them]; He is the origin [of the moving and the unmoving]—those born of an egg of a womb, of sweat, and of a sprout; He is horses, cows, human beings, elephants—whatever breathes here, whether moving on legs or flying in the air or unmoving. All this is guided by Consciousness. The basis [of the universe] is consciousness. Consciousness is Brahman.

Aitareya Upanishad 3.3

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Adi Śaṅkara. Aitareya Upaniṣad: With the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya. Translated by Swami Gambhirananda, Advaita Ashrama, 1957.
2. Hindu deity Sarasvati (Saraswati) on ceramic tile in Munnar, Photograph by Jean-Pierre Dalbéra, Kerala, India, 2014.