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...
beggar feet household standing
Wealth, treasures, and household are all just ruins; the Lord's Feet are the only treasure. Nanak is a beggar standing at Your Door, God; he begs for Your charity.
across art beyond captive haunts shall thee thou whether
Whether thou art beyond the haunts of men, or whether across the river, this very herb, as if a captive bound, shall bring, thee back to me!
acted pit worship
Worship is more for effect, a play acted with the pit in view; there is no sincerity.
clash engage follow friction ideals mutual ourselves scholars society therefore thoughts understanding unity virtuous
Unity can only come when there is better co-ordination and mutual understanding in the society; when there is no friction of thoughts and clash of ideologies. We should therefore follow the ideals established by the scholars and engage ourselves in virtuous deeds.
chiefs death heads leaders none remain shall strikes
The people, rulers, leaders and chiefs - none of them shall be able to remain in the world. Death is inevitable; it strikes the heads of the false.
accomplish acquired assigned divinity formidable fulfill habitat human less man merit past task time within
What little man has to accomplish must be done quickly, at the place that is assigned to him and within the time that is allotted to him. And, man has such a formidable task before him; it is to fulfill it that he has come as man, exchanging for this human habitat all the merit he has acquired during many past lives. The task is no less than the manifestation of the Divinity latent in man.
air curse deny save today
There are some who deny even today the possibility of air travel; they curse the contrivance. They cavil at it. Similarly, there are many who cavil at the Avatar who has come to save them.
grown sorts trying wandering
Wandering, wandering all around, I have grown weary; trying all sorts of things, I have been searching.
demands earn face hence importance life meet money order required wealth
There is importance of money in life. In order to meet the demands of life money is required and hence we should try to earn wealth so that we don't have to face problem.
force ignorance life man suffer tragedy wrong
There is in life the tragedy of ignorance and selfishness. They force man to take the wrong road; and suffer calamity.
cosmic knowledge mental three types
THERE are three types of knowledge: Knowledge of matter-energy; knowledge of mental energy; and knowledge of cosmic energy.
dawn neither night nor rises swan truth water withdraw
When as a swan he rises from the water he does not withdraw his one foot. If in truth he were to withdraw it, there would be neither to-day, nor to-morrow, no night and no day, never would the dawn appear.
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.
events happened past
The past is 'truth' because events have already happened and they can not be questioned.