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...
beat lightning thus
As the lightning at all times smites irresistibly the tree, thus would I to-day irresistibly beat the gamesters with my dice!
darkness departed light remove thee
It has shone upon thee, light has arisen, darkness has departed from thee. We remove from thee death, destruction, and disease.
aware both fire light sensation teach touch true unless
Touch fire and get the sensation of burning; there is nothing like it to teach you that fire is to be avoided. Unless you touch it, you will be aware only of its light. It is both light and heat; just as this world is both true and false; that is to say unreal.
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.
delivered finite gaze inherent light
The lamps are different; But the light is the same It comes from beyond... ...fix your gaze upon the light and you are delivered from Dualism. Inherent in the finite body.
divine guru light revealed spiritual wisdom
The Divine Light has dawned, and everything is illuminated; the Guru has revealed this spiritual wisdom to my mind.
appearance external inherent multiple powers principle
The Principle of Appearance that deludes as multiple manifestation is Maya. It is not external to God; it is inherent in God, just as all Powers are inherent in Him.
armies conquer shall sun wise
These wise armies of the gods, having the sun as their ensign, shall conquer our enemies! Hail!
attachment divinity love mind reason simply weakness
THE selfishness fouling your love is veiling divinity from your vision. What is the reason for the selfishness which is veiling divinity from us? It is simply our attachment to the body; It is the weakness of our mind and our enslavement to our senses.
creatures honey milk shall together yield
These creatures all together shall yield milk for us; do thou, O earth, give us the honey of speech!
body fails grown life string voice wearing
The string of life is wearing thin, day and night, and you have done nothing for your soul. Doing your deeds, you have grown old; your voice fails you, and your body has become weak.
birth conquest deal escaping eternal grief highest leads learning living means path pleasure realm since studies study type
THE study of the Vedas is the highest type of learning since it leads to the conquest of Death. All other studies deal with the means of living or the surroundings which you have to live; they deal with earning and spending, deriving a little pleasure by this trick, escaping a little grief by that trick. The Vedas show the path to the Realm of Eternal Bliss, where there is no Birth or Death.
becoming desire epitome speak
I speak 'sweetly' with the desire of becoming the very epitome of 'sweetness'!
beg blessed comforts serve setting slaves totally weighed
I serve the slaves of His slaves; in so many ways, I beg of Him. Setting them upon the scale, I have weighed all comforts and pleasures; without the Lord's Blessed Vision, they are all totally inadequate.