550 Quotes by Atharva Veda

PRAYER for some benefit or gain should not be addressed to God, for it means that God waits until He is asked! Surrender to Him; He will deal with you as He feels best and it will be the best for you.

He, who controls his senses and 'sacrifices' himself in the 'fire of knowledge' does not have the slightest of trepidation and fear.

the proper way, be delivered, may her joints relax, that she shall bring forth!

Praise the virtues of fearlessness. A truly fearless person embraces even death without any kind of hesitation.

He takes the crooked path of the unrighteous way; leaving the straight and narrow path, he weaves his way backwards.

Time, the steed, runs with seven reins (rays), thousand-eyed, ageless, rich in seed. The seers, thinking holy thoughts, mount him, all the beings (worlds) are his wheels.

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.

He is contained in the nine continents of the world, and within this body; each and every moment, I humbly bow to Him.

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.