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...
immortal primal
We are birds, O camel-like mind; the Lord, the Immortal Primal Being, is the tree.
attract due duties good importance perform women
Women should perform their duties well and give due importance to their appearances because only then they will be able to attract good husbands.
donate hard prosperous
We should become prosperous by working hard and then donate generously.
bring proper shall
the proper way, be delivered, may her joints relax, that she shall bring forth!
allow approach death engaged god learn matter practice serving wet
YOU have come here to learn and practice detachment. Get wet in the rain, while engaged in serving others. It does not matter if death comes while serving; do not pause; if you are so determined, God will not allow it to approach you.
aware both fire light sensation teach touch true unless
Touch fire and get the sensation of burning; there is nothing like it to teach you that fire is to be avoided. Unless you touch it, you will be aware only of its light. It is both light and heat; just as this world is both true and false; that is to say unreal.
beings holy mount reins rich runs seven thinking
Time, the steed, runs with seven reins (rays), thousand-eyed, ageless, rich in seed. The seers, thinking holy thoughts, mount him, all the beings (worlds) are his wheels.
deeds evil greedy short
Those who are greedy and avaricious end up in misery. Because of their evil deeds they are short lived.
awe call capacity conclusion control humility limit man names sooner wonder
Well, everyone will come to that conclusion sooner or later; for there is a limit to the capacity of man to control events. You may call it Destiny. Another may call it Providence; and a third, God. Names do not matter. It is the humility that matters; the wonder and the sense of awe that matters.
provider souls virtuous
You are strong! You are the provider of joy! Go to the sages and their sons!Live at the place of virtuous souls to become well-cultured !
beings carries seven time wheels
With seven wheels does this Time ride, seven naves has he, immortality is his axle. He carries hither all these beings (worlds). Time, the first god, now hastens onward.
human jewel lord precious wasted
You have wasted the precious jewel of this human life; you do not know the Way of the Lord of the Universe.
brought causes excel flourish man wife
Through this oblation, that causes prosperity, may this man flourish anew; may he excel the wife that they have brought to him with his sap!
lord returning universe
When they are out and about, they keep Him enshrined in their hearts; returning home, the Lord of the Universe is still with them.