Sama Veda – It is the essence of Rig Veda which is the most important of all the four Vedas. Sama Veda has the additional characteristic of musical beauty with tunes, melody and rhythm. Sri Krishna is the Infinite Essence tuned to music as Rig Veda mantras are in Sama Veda.

Vaasava – The king of gods, Indra. The Self is as Indra among the Gods, ruling over the others, controlling, directing and organizing the lives.

Mind – Indra also means the king of sense organs, the latter being the Devas. Mind is the controller without which sense organs cannot have the power of functioning.

Intelligence – Of all the creations in the world intelligence is the mysterious power which is still beyond comprehension. It is that which illumines all from the intellect down to the grossest physical object.

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Vedanam, among the Vedas; I am the Sama-veda. Devanam, among the gods-such as Rudras, Adityas and others; I am vasavah, Indra. Indriyanam, among the eleven organs, viz eye etc.; I am the manah, mind. I am the mind which is of the nature of reflection and doubt. And I am the cetana, intelligence [It is the medium for the manifestation of Consciousness.], the function of the intellect ever manifest in the aggregate of body and organs; bhtanam, in creatures.