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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You alone know Your mystery; You are the Perfect Architect of Destiny. I am a helpless orphan - please keep me under Your Protection and save me.
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You are All-powerful; there is no other than You. You alone know Your condition and extent.
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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.
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The Name of the Creator is your beloved friend and child; it alone shall go along with you, O my mind.
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Says Nanak, the Lord and Master is Infinite; He alone understands the value of His Creation.
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Your Feet are the boat to carry us across the world-ocean; You alone know Your ways. Those whom You keep protected, by Your Kindness, cross over to the other side.
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He alone knows His actions; He created this creation. Says Nanak, the Lord Himself is the Doer.
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He alone exists hereafter; this place is in His Power.
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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!
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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.
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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.
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WHEN you scatter seeds on the surface of the soil, they do not germinate; you have to keep them inside the soil.
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The one, who is benevolent and liberal enjoys peace, happiness and prosperity.
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The Perfect Lord is All-pervading everywhere; He destroys the poison of Maya. I am rid of the three-phased Maya, dwelling in the Pure Lord.