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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Life without goodness, good thoughts, good actions and good words is like the sky in the night without the moon or stars. It is like a wheel without a hub or spokes! No one can push a boulder away while standing on it; you cannot be free from anxiety while all the entrances through which it sneaks in are open.
bad cannot good kept light night together turn
Good and bad cannot be kept together in the same vessel; then the good also will turn bad. Night and light cannot coexist.
deeds definitely good indulge resolve rich shall yield
Our resolve to indulge in good deeds shall definitely yield rich benefits.
friendly good grief teacher
Grief is a friendly reminder, a good task-master; even a better teacher than joy.
conduct duties good health high importance loved order perform
Our conduct should be such that we are loved by one and all..the high as well as the low. It also describes the importance of good health because in order to perform all our duties efficiently we need to be in good health.
desert good
They desert you even when you are alive, O madman; what good can they do when someone is dead?
abstinence bless deeds ensures freedom good health sinful
Abstinence from sinful deeds not only ensures freedom from 'pains' but it also bless us with good health and long life.
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If our thoughts, actions and deeds are pure then we are automatically blessed with added benefits like good health, strength, long life and most importantly benediction. Therefore we should try to keep ourselves pure and chaste.
actions bad engage good refrain
One should refrain from bad actions and engage in good deeds.
birth bring children duties good ideal perform wife woman
A woman should perform the duties of a wife without any complain, give birth to good children and bring them up as ideal citizens.
acquire factor fruit good mature prime sweetness takes time
IT takes time for a fruit to mature and acquire sweetness and become eatable; time is a prime factor for most good fortunes.
balanced diet exercising good health maintain strive taking
One should strive to maintain good health by taking balanced diet and exercising regularly.
alone destiny good whose woven
They alone become Your servants, upon whose foreheads such good destiny is recorded. You are imbued with Your servant, God; Your devotees are woven into Your Fabric, through and through.
attain birth cast evil eyes giver gives good happiness help keeps nourishing righteous satisfied serves towards wife
One, who does not cast evil eyes on her 'own' house... who does not have malevolence towards her husband... giver of joy....seeker of family's welfare...who treads on the righteous path... gives happiness to all... serves all... gives birth to good sons... keeps her brother-in-laws satisfied and gives nourishing food...May such a wife help us attain prosperity.