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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Accepting the Command of the Lord's Will, I have found total peace; the home of suffering has been destroyed.
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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.
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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.
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Follow 'this' path... it is easily accessible and the cart can move freely on it.... treading on which the brave ones do not get vanquished and which also provides better prospects for earning wealth.
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For a married woman, detachment from the father's clan is natural because she begins a totally new life with her husband, which is literally her second birth.
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They shall guard thee, they shall protect thee. Reverence be to them. Hail be to them!
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They turn their faces away from the True Guru; they continue to wander aimlessly. They are not accepted by the earth or the sky; they fall into manure, and rot.
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A man beaming with enthusiasm naturally accomplishes his works easily and quickly.
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A man is not scared of the 'Past' i.e. bygone days, no matter how bitter it might have been.
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Almost all the fields and walks of life are polluted with these poisonous feelings; but the field of education, being the most prominent organ, needs our special attention.
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A man should work hard to earn wealth so that he does not have any problem in arranging things necessary for running household successfully.
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A man should do things which he is good doing at and go and settle in places where prospects look good for his growth and prosperity.
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A man should become strong both physically and mentally, so that he could successfully meet the challenges of this world.
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DO not lay the blame on Godhead, as you are prone to do. When everything goes right you say that God has come close to you; when something goes wrong you say that God has deserted you and gone far away! He does not move far or near.