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...
care protect
You are my Advisor; You are always with me. You preserve, protect and care for me.
death evil hand lead
To death do I hand them over, with the fetters of death they have been bound. To the evil messengers of death do I lead them captive.
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 !
continuous difficult easily fact hence mind saying task truth understand untruth
While saying this one has to keep in mind the fact that there is continuous tug-of-war going on between truth and untruth and hence one can easily understand how difficult this task is.
blue
Those yonder do I envelop in blue and red!
carried hopes sanctuary seek society
Those who seek their Sanctuary are carried across; in the Society of the Saints, their hopes are fulfilled.
clothes humans hundred protector thou wear
Wear this attire for your own welfare! Thou are the protector of humans from destruction! May you live like this for one hundred years 'weaving' the clothes of 'Wealth' and 'Nourishment'!
animals beasts deliver earth shall wild
To the animals of the earth and those of heaven, to the wild beasts of the forest, to the winged birds, do we speak, they shall deliver us from calamity!
becomes lord sanctuary seek treasure
When selfishness is gone, then one becomes the Lord Himself; seek the Sanctuary of the treasure of mercy.
against conscience fill living love unwilling warn
Fill the World with Love. Love will warn you against advising another to do something which you are unwilling to do; your conscience will tell you that you are living in a lie!
against brother cause fight medicine mother shall shy sister thee thy unto
Fight shy of the medicine which thy mother and thy father, thy sister and thy brother let out against thee, I shall cause thee to live unto old age!
birth knock knowing man meaning means receiving seek seldom wanders
Naturally, man has to seek all means of discovering the meaning of Life, for without knowing it, he is lost; he wanders from birth to birth, receiving knock after knock and is seldom the better for all the experience.
becomes bond both caring congenial enjoy happy husband loving married respectful satisfied stronger towards trust understanding wife
For happy and congenial marital life, the husband and wife must have faith, understanding and trust in each other. The wife should always be respectful towards her husband. The husband also should be caring and loving towards his wife so that the bond between them becomes stronger day by day and both of them enjoy a happy and satisfied married life.
barbarian compassion happy life pillars rest three virtue
Forbearance, compassion and incorruptible virtue are the three pillars of a happy life. Only such a life can be called civilized; the rest is barbarian existence.