#atharva veda

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May this, of all the beasts that Pashupati [Rudra] rules, Lord of Animals, quadruped and biped, come, purchased, to the sacrificial portion. May growth of wealth attend the sacrificer. Loosing the seed of future-time existence, give good success, O gods, to him who worships may what is present, duly brought, the victim, go to the deities' beloved region. Those who are looking, deep in meditation, on the bound animal with eye and spirit to them, the first, may Agni, God, give freedom, rejoicing in his creatures, Vishvakarma. Tame animals of every shape, though varied in colour, manifold, alike in nature to them, the first, may Vāyu, God, give freedom, Prajāpati, rejoicing in his creatures. Let those who know receive before all others the vital breath proceeding from the body. Go to the sky. Stay there with all thy members. By paths which gods have travelled go to Svarga. — Atharva Veda 2.34

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An Imprecation on an Enemy

Let him not be freed from the noose of misery. Let him not be freed from the noose of disappearance. Let him not be freed from the noose of the trees. Let him not be freed from the noose of the shrubs. Let him not be freed from the noose of the seasons. Let him not be freed from the noose of the months. Let him not be freed from the noose of day and night. Let him not be freed from the noose of heaven and earth. Let him not be freed from the noose of Nirriti. Let him not be freed from the noose of Varuna.

— Adapted from Hymn VIII, from Hymns of the Atharva Veda, translation by Ralph T.H. Griffith

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Scriptures: Vedas

The Vedas (or the Veda, a Sanskrit word meaning “knowledge”) are the oldest monuments of the religious literature of Hinduism. Its authors were seers (rishi) who listened to the sounds of the truth resonating within themselves and transmitted it without alterations, acting as an echo chamber. For this reasons the Vedas are described as shruti (what is heard). They were revealed directly from Brahma. This is contrasted with later texts considered to be shmriti  (what is remembered) and thus of human origin. The Brahmin caste jealously preserved these sacred books as their exclusive patrimony, until European scholars published the first editions in the nineteenth century.

The four collections that form the Vedas are the Rigveda, Yajurveda, the Samaveda, and the Atharvaveda. Set down in writing in Sanskrit around the year 1000 BCE, they constitute the unique testimony of ancient Hinduism, which emerged when India was invaded by Aryan peoples from the Asian steppes. This migration introduced new divinities to the Indian subcontinent and sacred songs that became the basis of the Vedas.

From this early polytheism, which predates the appearance of Shiva and Vishnu, arose the Rigveda (shining knowledge), the oldest of the Vedas. It is dedicated to many different deities. Some personify natural phenomena such as the stars, the earth, and the wind, among others. Thus, Varuna, lord of heaven and the waters, appears as the chief god, ranked higher than Indra, the god of war, Vayu, the wind god, and Surya, god of the sun. But the Vedas also personify those powers tamed by civilizations, especially fire, which is embodied by Agni, an important mediator between humanity and the gods because of his important role in sacrifices. 

Source: Scriptures: Sacred Writings of the World’s Religions by Arturo Marcelo Pascual. Pgs. 124-5.

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Desireless, wise, immortal, self-existent, full of bliss, lacking in nothing, is the one who knows the wise, unaging, youthful Atman. He fears not death! Atharva Veda

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Hymn LIX: An Imprecation

Like a tree struck by lightning may the man be withered from the root.

Who curseth us who curse not him, or, when we curse him curseth us.

— Hymns of the Atharva Veda, translation by Ralph T.H. Griffith

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Have your eating and drinking in common. I bind you together. Assemble for worship of the Lord, like spokes around a hub. Of one mind and one purpose I make you, following one leader. Be like the Gods, ever deathless! Never stop loving!

~Atharva Veda

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https://uinewz.com/spirituality/atharva-veda-a-window-into-early-indian-systems/

Atharva veda occupies a crucial position in the history of Indian knowledge systems. Its verses reference early understandings of disease, remedies, herbs, and environmental balance, which later influenced classical traditions of medicine and natural science.

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Le fil des âmes

“Trois Moires” ©Philippe Quéau (Art Κέω) 2025 Des photons aux nébuleuses, des quarks aux superamas, tout s’entrelace. Tout le temps, toutes sortes de fils strient le monde. Chaque brise, chaque aile, le moindre souffle, la plus secrète aspiration, la plus éphémère des odeurs, les regards en coin mêmes, ourdissent la toile du monde, et la tressent sans cesse. « En vérité, l’air est ce fil. C’est…

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