Atharva Veda
Atharva Veda
The Atharvavedais the "knowledge storehouse of atharvāṇas, the procedures for everyday life". The text is the fourth Veda, but has been a late addition to the Vedic scriptures of Hinduism...
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May their weapons fall from their (hands), may they be unable to lay the arrow on (the bow)! And then (our) arrows shall smite them, badly frightened, in their vital members!
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Into thy womb shall enter a male germ, as an arrow into a quiver! May a man be born there, a son ten months old!
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Happiness will not come from happiness; but only from pain. We know the value of standing in shade only after roaming in the hot day sun.
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Please, God, give me the Support of Your Hand; lift me up and pull me out of this pit, O Lord of the World.
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Keep the tongue under control; do not express all you are prompted to say; cut that inclination to the minimum.
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I threw off the veil of illusion, when I met my Lord and Master; then, I forgot my jealousy of others.
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A king, who rules as per the aspiration of people will naturally become popular. He will successfully rule his kingdom for a very long time.
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For the body to perform to the optimum level it is necessary that all the doors work perfectly.
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It has shone upon thee, light has arisen, darkness has departed from thee. We remove from thee death, destruction, and disease.
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One who works assiduously and wholeheartedly without bothering about the results shall definitely accomplish his tasks.
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THE study of the Vedas is the highest type of learning since it leads to the conquest of Death. All other studies deal with the means of living or the surroundings which you have to live; they deal with earning and spending, deriving a little pleasure by this trick, escaping a little grief by that trick. The Vedas show the path to the Realm of Eternal Bliss, where there is no Birth or Death.
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A woman should perform the duties of a wife without any complain, give birth to good children and bring them up as ideal citizens.
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That earth which formerly was water upon the ocean (of space), which the wise (seers) found out by their skilful devices; whose heart is in the highest heaven, immortal, surrounded by truth, shall bestow upon us brilliancy and strength, (and place us) in supreme sovereignty!
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The southern door is the private part which is unfortunately the most abused organ in the modern times due to unrestrained sexual indulgence.