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...
attract due duties good importance perform women
Women should perform their duties well and give due importance to their appearances because only then they will be able to attract good husbands.
inferior rival shall superior women
Superior am I, O superior (plant), superior, truly, to superior (women). Now shall my rival be inferior to those that are inferior!
break mattress member thus thy women
As women break reeds for a mattress with a stone, thus do I break thy member
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.
dig herbs husbands power rival whose women
I dig up this plant, of herbs the most potent, by whose power rival women are overcome, and husbands are obtained.
across art beyond captive haunts shall thee thou whether
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.
benevolent enjoys happiness liberal
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.
acted pit worship
Worship is more for effect, a play acted with the pit in view; there is no sincerity.
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WORDS can confer strength; they can drain it off; Words can gain friends; they can turn them into enemies; words can elevate or lower the individual. One must learn the habit of making one's words sweet, soft, and pleasant.