Atharva Veda Quotes (476 Quotes)


    THE span of life allotted to man is very short the World in which he lives is very wide time extends far behind and far beyond.

    A full jar has been placed upon Time him, verily, we see existing in many forms. He carries away all these beings (worlds) they call him Time in the highest heaven.

    TODAY the student-world is tossed in confusion not only in confusion but in downright insanity. They wear white clothing but the hearts are still dark.

    Renounce your egotistical pride and your emotional attachment to Maya focus your consciousness on the Lord's meditation. Says Nanak, this is the path to liberation.

    A man can sustain himself without food for few days but he can not live without water for a single day.


    By His Grace, servant Nanak has crossed over this terrifying world-ocean I am united with my Beloved.

    Do not entertain bad thoughts and do bad deeds. Life is holy and sacred. Go through it with joy and happiness. Do not carry gloomy, unhappy faces. Happiness is union with God. This period of your life is sacred. If you can not derive happiness and live in Bliss at this age, can you be blissful when you grow old Now, you have only two legs to carry you can jump about freely. But when you marry and rear up a family, you will move like a caterpillar with many legs

    Happiness will not come from happiness but only from pain. We know the value of standing in shade only after roaming in the hot day sun.

    O camel-like mind, you are so fickle give up your cleverness and corruption.

    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.

    These wise armies of the gods, having the sun as their ensign, shall conquer our enemies Hail

    Women should perform their duties well and give due importance to their appearances because only then they will be able to attract good husbands.

    When selfishness is gone, then one becomes the Lord Himself seek the Sanctuary of the treasure of mercy.

    Make the Beloved Lord your friend. Keep Him constantly in your mind He is the Support of the breath of life.

    Learn a lesson from the birds. They feed those who cannot fly far. The bird relieves the itch of the buffalo by scratching it with its beak they help and serve each other with no thought of reward.

    I enjoy intuitive peace, and I play in bliss the cycle of reincarnation is ended for me, and I am merged with the Lord.

    Those who are greedy and avaricious end up in misery. Because of their evil deeds they are short lived.


    Do thou win here, do thou conquer here, overcome, win, hail These here shall conquer, those yonder be conquered Hail to these here, perdition to those yonder

    YOU have come here to learn and practice detachment. Get wet in the rain, while engaged in serving others. It does not matter if death comes while serving do not pause if you are so determined, God will not allow it to approach you.

    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.

    There are some who deny even today the possibility of air travel they curse the contrivance. They cavil at it. Similarly, there are many who cavil at the Avatar who has come to save them.

    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.

    My mind yearns to behold the Lord in meditation. I think of Him, I hope and thirst for Him, day and night is there any Saint who may bring Him near me

    That household is the happiest where all are satisfied and Content.

    The mother shall sleep, the father shall sleep, the dog shall sleep, the lord of the house shall sleep All her relations shall sleep, and these people round about shall sleep

    While saying this one has to keep in mind the fact that there is continuous tug-of-war going on between truth and untruth and hence one can easily understand how difficult this task is.

    The earth that holds treasures manifold in secret places, wealth, jewels, and gold shall she give to me she that bestows wealth liberally, the kindly goddess, wealth shall she bestow upon us

    Let me tell you this mine is no mesmerism, miracle or magic. Mine is genuine DIVINE POWER.

    THINGS are not so important the transcendental truth of things is of value.

    Those who act in egotism, selfishness and conceit die what do they gain

    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.

    By Your Will, enticed by the illusion of emotional attachment, the people are asleep they do not wake up.

    People have become blind having lost the two eyes called faith just because one cannot see, is God not present May be, not for some but for others He is (present).

    Upon the firm, broad earth, the all-begetting mother of the plants, that is supported by (divine) law, upon her, propitious and kind, may we ever pass-our lives

    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.

    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.

    Those who obtain the wealth of the Lord's Name move freely in the world all their affairs are resolved.

    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.

    Society can not progress unless each citizen make his contribution and performs his duties.

    O camel-like mind, you were once very pure the filth of egotism has now attached itself to you.

    See yourselves in all See all in yourselves that is the road to lasting peace and joy.

    A devotee, who spends his time in austerities has nothing to worry about as God fulfills all his needs.

    That earth which formerly was water upon the ocean (of space), which the wise (seers) found out by their skilful devices whose heart is in the highest heaven, immortal, surrounded by truth, shall bestow upon us brilliancy and strength, (and place us) in supreme sovereignty

    Love binds all hearts in a soft silken symphony. Seen through the eyes of Love, all beings are beautiful all deeds are dedicated and all thoughts are innocent. The World is one vast kin.

    From thy thighs, knees, heels, and the tips of thy feet--from thy hips I do tear out the disease seated in thy buttocks, from thy bottom the disease seated in thy buttocks.

    The Divine Light has dawned, and everything is illuminated the Guru has revealed this spiritual wisdom to my mind.

    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.

    Eat just enough to keep the body trim use the body to discover this Reality, namely, God.

    YOU very often condemn the mind as a monkey but take it from Me, it is far worse.


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