Atharva Veda

The past is not ours any more the present slips from our grasp and the future is uncertain.

Please, God, give me the Support of Your Hand lift me up and pull me out of this pit, O Lord of the World.

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

Never seek to exult over others' faults deal sympathetically with the errors and mistakes of others hear only good things about them and do not give an ear to scandals.

Behold and Acknowledge the Glory that you have witnessed proclaim the joy that you have experienced confer the Grace that you have earned.

It is considered a grave sin to die a debtor.

JOY is a deceptive trap grief is the real preceptor, teaching caution, circumspection, discrimination, detachment, awareness and vigilance.

When a child's growth is stunted, it causes grief when he starts to grow normally, it causes joy, when the growth is abnormal, it causes grief again.

Knowledge not only helps us material success but it also enhances our spiritual growth.

Even now we should engage ourselves in such actions that lead to national development, growth and progress.

Enhancement of individual growth and success shall unequivocally lead to national prosperity.

Turn him into a eunuch that wears his hair dressed, and into one that wears a hood Then Indra with a pair of stones shall break his testicles both

As the best of the plants thou art reputed, O herb, turn this man for me to-day into a eunuch that wears his hair dressed

He is not far away He is near at hand, with all. So praise the True One, O Nanak, with love

A virtuous person enjoys happiness, peace and prosperity and is liked by everybody. Such a person is blessed with a long life.

One, who acquires knowledge and then pass it on to others, gets all his wishes fulfilled and achieves success, happiness and prosperity in his life.

May our friends be dear to us May those who hate us, end up in darkness of ignorance

True-knowledge' brings good health, strength and long life to a man.

The forest-dwellers have grown weary of wandering in the forests following the Guru's Teachings, see your Husband Lord within your heart.

There is only one Caste the Caste of Humanity.There is only one Language the Language of the Heart.

You shall be redeemed, and through you, the whole world shall be saved, if you chant the Name of the One and Only Lord. Practice this yourself, and teach others instill the Lord's Name in your heart. That person, who has this treasure upon his forehead - that person meditates on God.

Thy heart shall parch (with love) for me, and thy mouth shall parch (with love for me) Languish, moreover, with love for me, with parched mouth pass thy days

Says Nanak, meditate on the One Lord behold Him in each and every heart.

O my beloved camel-like mind, search for the Lord within your own heart. He cannot be found by any device the Guru will show you the Lord within your heart.

Satisfied and satiated, I remain steady within my heart, and now, I do not waver at all. The True Guru has given me the inexhaustible treasure it never decreases, and never runs out.