<p>In the quartet of the Vedas, the Atharvaveda is the last text, widely perceived to be a compendium of mystic rites and rituals. Many of its passages deal with man’s engagement with his natural surroundings and how nature affords many solutions to man’s afflictions, both bodily and otherwise. But there are many verses which hold profound truths and messages for mankind regarding his conduct, attitudes, ethics and morals. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Readings from a few selected passages from chapter 4 would throw more light on this subject. The supreme power or Lord is described as “the great superintendent, who sees and is witness to everything that man does. Whosoever thinks that he can go about unrecognised, who can do things without being observed or apprehended is wrong. He who stands, who moves, who steals, who acts in desperation and commits evil, they who conspire to carry out acts of misdemeanor, he or they, let them note, they are being watched. The thousand eyes of the Lord incessantly scan this earth. No action of man goes unnoticed. All actions on the earth, in the interspace between the heavens and the earth and in the region beyond the skies, all these are seen by him, the overseer. Every wink of man is recorded. Like a gambler who calculatedly casts his dice, the Lord calculates the deeds and misdeeds of man. Every action has its own effects, which have to be borne by the doer. He who utters falsehood, who commits wrongs is ensnared by the fetters of the fruits of his misdeeds. He who speaks the truth, who follows the path of righteousness is not affected “. <br /><br />Continuing this refrain of the supremacy of the one Lord in chapter 10, the Atharvaveda pays obeisance to this sole power in the following manner. “Obeisance to the supreme Lord, for whom the earth is the footrest, space is the abdomen, the heaven his head, the sun and moon his eyes, fire his mouth, wind his breath and the four directions his ears”. <br /><br />These descriptions indicate that everything in creation is a manifestation of the supreme power. “The Lord presides over the past, present and future. He is the all pervasive, all knowing Lord. Obeisance to him” says the Atharvaveda.<br /></p>
<p>In the quartet of the Vedas, the Atharvaveda is the last text, widely perceived to be a compendium of mystic rites and rituals. Many of its passages deal with man’s engagement with his natural surroundings and how nature affords many solutions to man’s afflictions, both bodily and otherwise. But there are many verses which hold profound truths and messages for mankind regarding his conduct, attitudes, ethics and morals. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Readings from a few selected passages from chapter 4 would throw more light on this subject. The supreme power or Lord is described as “the great superintendent, who sees and is witness to everything that man does. Whosoever thinks that he can go about unrecognised, who can do things without being observed or apprehended is wrong. He who stands, who moves, who steals, who acts in desperation and commits evil, they who conspire to carry out acts of misdemeanor, he or they, let them note, they are being watched. The thousand eyes of the Lord incessantly scan this earth. No action of man goes unnoticed. All actions on the earth, in the interspace between the heavens and the earth and in the region beyond the skies, all these are seen by him, the overseer. Every wink of man is recorded. Like a gambler who calculatedly casts his dice, the Lord calculates the deeds and misdeeds of man. Every action has its own effects, which have to be borne by the doer. He who utters falsehood, who commits wrongs is ensnared by the fetters of the fruits of his misdeeds. He who speaks the truth, who follows the path of righteousness is not affected “. <br /><br />Continuing this refrain of the supremacy of the one Lord in chapter 10, the Atharvaveda pays obeisance to this sole power in the following manner. “Obeisance to the supreme Lord, for whom the earth is the footrest, space is the abdomen, the heaven his head, the sun and moon his eyes, fire his mouth, wind his breath and the four directions his ears”. <br /><br />These descriptions indicate that everything in creation is a manifestation of the supreme power. “The Lord presides over the past, present and future. He is the all pervasive, all knowing Lord. Obeisance to him” says the Atharvaveda.<br /></p>
