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...
blows dogs looks thou wind women
The wind blows not over the earth. No one looks on. Do thou then, befriended of Indra, put all women and dogs to sleep!
lie rest sweet women
The women that lie upon couches and upon beds, and they that rest in litters, the women all that exhale sweet fragrance, do we put to sleep.
divine empty falls happens human itself leaps life loses ocean river seeks
THE river of human life meanders along, through many a valley, leaps over many a cliff, loses itself in many a marsh and seeks to empty itself in the ocean of Divine Grace; though, what happens is that it falls into the undrinkable expanse of salt.
gold lord patterns various
The same gold is fashioned into various articles; just so, the Lord has made the many patterns of the creation.
path praise saint shown slave worship
The Saint has shown me the Path of God; slave Nanak has implanted devotional worship and the Praise of the Lord.
man shall
This (man) shall live and shall not die, we rouse this man (to life)! I make for him a remedy, O death, do not slay the man!
bring deeds importance prime reason society unison welfare words
This is the reason why we should try to bring unison in thoughts, words and deeds because it is of prime importance for the welfare of society as well as nation.
estimate fear leave lovingly remain
They remain absorbed in the fear of God; they never leave it. Who can estimate their value? They remain lovingly absorbed in the Lord.
alien cliff cry distant echoes far god heart infer mere responds taken task tyrant voice wanting
Even when the stony cliff echoes your voice and responds when you cry, will not the Softest, Sweetest, Love-filled Heart of God respond? When there is no response, infer that there is something wanting in the cry; perhaps, the cry is hollow, insincere, mere play-acting set to a pattern, addressed to someone alien to oneself, taken to be far away and distant as a tyrant or task master.
destined forgotten lost merge people pilgrim precious reach time wander wasting
Every being is a pilgrim destined to reach Madhava and merge in Him; but most people have forgotten the road; they wander like lost children, wasting precious time in the by-paths.
fearless glorious man obtain praises rest sings state
That man is happy, who sings the Glorious Praises of the Lord's Name. All the rest of the world is enticed by Maya; they do not obtain the state of fearless dignity.
build eat ego escape finds food gets house pass senses sleep store whatever wherever
Eat whatever one gets and appease the hunger; and sleep wherever one finds shelter. Do not store food for another day or build a house wherein to pass one's days. Escape the entangling coils of the senses and of the ego that prompts them.
body discover eat
Eat just enough to keep the body trim; use the body to discover this Reality, namely, God.
body healthy sound
The body should be sound and healthy because only then we can have a healthy mind.