According to tradition, the Atharvaveda was mainly composed by two groups of rishis known as the Atharvanas and the Angirasa, hence its oldest name is Atharvangirasa. "The Atharvaveda (a tatpurusha compound of atharvan, an ancient Rishi, and veda, meaning knowledge) is a sacred text of Hinduism and one of the four Vedas, often called the fourth Veda.
#Atharva veda hymn to the earth pdf#
Moving on all sides, flow unfailingly, day and night,īe for our welfare, free from sickness and waste.Visit Downloads Page for Link to download this E-Book as a PDF File.Īcknowledgement: We are thankful to Veda Prasar Samiti, Chennai for providing the pdf files of Vedas in Devanagari script to us. May she confer on us the finest of her yield.Įarth, in which the waters, common to all, In which lives all that breathes and that moves, In which food and cornfields have come to be, I am not sure who translated it but it is beautiful and a reminder of the wonder that we once felt.Įarth in which lie the sea, the river and other waters, The Atharva Veda has a beautiful hymn called Prithvi Sukta, In Praise of the Earth.
That we may feel the divine Mother manifesting within and without. So I am hoping that when we celebrate Navratri this year, we will be touched by more than just the festivities. Because if we don’t, they will care even less than we do and then even the debates will stop. If they are not lucky enough to enjoy the countryside then let them nurture a potted plant on a window sill in a crowded city block. That sense of watching something divine and mystical unfold before us, everyday.Īnd we need to let our children in on the magic too. We need to bring back that sense of awe and wonder the early civilisations felt when they looked upon the natural world. When we ‘feel’ not ‘think’ that we need to hang on to Earth for dear life. What we need is a return to that innocence. As infants our instincts told us we couldn’t survive without our mother and as little children we thought she was our entire world. We don’t need science or religion to tell us this. And so we remain belligerent, arguing endlessly but missing the point- we cannot afford to take a chance. We are refusing to accept the mess we have created lest we may be asked to clean it up. And, isn’t it nice that we have a countryside to dot with wind turbines? It’s a ridiculous debate. Isn’t a 95 % probability worrying enough? Shouldn’t we recycle anyway….good housekeeping has great merits. Far from it.Ī debate rages on ….What about the other five percent? Why are the scientists not a hundred percent sure? Was the hype about global warming just scare mongering to get us to recycle? Were we being taken a for a ride all this while? Do we really need all those wind turbines ruining the countryside? However, days later, solutions are not what we are talking about. Great, I thought, now we can all get serious and do something about this. Might help get the naysayers on board and move some political will in the right direction. But, it’s good to to have scientific backing.
As if we needed figures to confirm what we are already witnessing all around us. Last week IPCC, the International Panel for Climate Change announced that global warming is definitely happening and that they are now 95% certain man has been its major cause. And in worshipping her we worship Shakti the Cosmic energy that pervades the Universe. She makes our life possible and sustains it. She is Prithvi, the Mother Earth, and represents the feminine, creative and transformative energy of the Universe. In the run up to Navaratri, when we worship the Goddess or the divine mother, and rejoice in her blessings, my mind is on a particular manifestation of the Goddess- the Earth. There is a distinct autumnal nip in the air and as the days get shorter it is the time for the Hindu calendar to come alive with some spectacular nighttime celebrations.