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...
above anybody efforts fulfill naturally taking
Anybody taking the above resolutions will naturally make efforts to fulfill them.
beneficial causing deed gives harms joy others speech
Any thought, speech or deed causing harms to other is 'sin' while anything which is beneficial for others... gives joy to others is 'virtue'.
dust guardian holds lovely scatter soon trees
As dust a steed did she, as soon as she was born, scatter these people, that dwelt upon the earth, she the lovely one, the leader, the guardian of the world, that holds the trees and plants.
along fall flies fly months ten
As flies the wind, as flies the mind, as fly the winged birds, so do thou, O embryo,. ten months old, fall along with the placenta! May the placenta fall down!
cannot god learnt seen service social society universe
THE Universe is seen; it can be learnt about; it can be experienced and enjoyed. But God is unseen. He has to be inferred through His handiwork. So too, Society to which social service is rendered, cannot be seen as such.
blow confused fire schemes shall
This fire has confused the schemes that are in your mind; it shall blow you from your home, blow you away from everywhere!
added advantage constant fine form great help perfection practice proves
This also has an added advantage in the form of professional perfection as constant practice proves to be of great help in fine tuning his capabilities.
guard hail protect reverence shall
They shall guard thee, they shall protect thee. Reverence be to them. Hail be to them!
common eyes gleam mind shine thy within
The eyes of us two shine like honey, our foreheads gleam like ointment. Place me within thy heart; may one mind be in common to us both!
brings constant few good name perfect shall wealth
Very few are those perfect ones who do this good deed. The wealth of the Lord's Name is inexhaustible; it shall never be exhausted. In this world, it brings a constant peace, and at the Lord's Gate, it brings honor.
barrier charm creature lives
Verily, every creature lives there, the cow, the horse, and man, where this charm is performed, as the (protecting) barrier for life.
breeds cause compared contempt earn hindrance mental physical quantity riches shoes sloth
The quantity of riches one must earn can be compared to the shoes one wears; if too small, they cause pain; if too big, they are a hindrance to physical and mental comfort. When we have more, it breeds pride, sloth and contempt for others.
contain water
Water is the elixir of life, water contain medicines!
abject life necessity water
Water is the abject necessity for any kind of life to exist.