These Hindus do not give much importance to the spiritual aspect of Hinduism.
They strive to acquire wealth, desire for good things of life and strive to do all these virtuously (if they do not want to ignore the precepts of dharma). Many Hindus concentrate on the first three goals. Hinduism says that there are four goals of life, dharma, artha (wealth), kama (desire) and moksha. Of course one might ask why Atharvaveda has all these nonspiritual things. Though high philosophical ideas, much nearer to the thought pattern ofĪ concise encyclopedia of Hinduism by Swami HarshanandaĪ spiritual reading of the verse would go against the grain of Atharvaveda. Rites for fulfilling one's desires, building construction, trade andĬommerce, statecraft, penances and propitiatory rites and black magic, Major portion of this Veda isĬoncerned with diseases and their cure, rites for prolonging life, Itĭeals with the things, here and now, then the hereafter, and the Little apart from the other three Vedas, especially the Rgveda. The Atharvaveda has some special features because of which it stands a Should we try to understand it in the spiritual sense? The answer is no since the Atharvaveda deals with sorcery, black magic etc. The verse given in the question deals straightforwardly with sexual pleasure.
If you are interested in the 'mystical' interpretation, you can read this translation by Tulsi Ram Sharma. Such at least is the prospect held out in the following passage of the Atharva Veda, iv.34,2:īoneless, pure, cleansed by the wind, shining, they go to a shining region Agni does not consume their generative organ in the celestial sphere they have abundance of sexual gratification. The pleasures here referred to are most probably to be understood as of a sensual kind. Make me immortal in the world where there are joys, and delights, and pleasures, and gratifications where the objects of desire are attained. Make me immortal in the world where there are pleasures and enjoyments–in the sphere of the sun,–where ambrosia and satisfaction are found. Make me immortal in the third heaven, in the third sky, where action is unrestrained, and the regions are luminous. Make me immortal (in the realm) where king Vaivasvata (Yama) dwells, where the sanctuary of the sky exists, and those great waters (flow). Place me, O purified (Soma) in that imperishable and unchanging world, where perpetual light and glory are found. to be conferred by the god Soma, and are described as follows: The enjoyments of this future state are said in R.V. Yama and the Doctrine of a Future Life, According to the Rig-, Yajur-, and Atharva-Vedas where the author writes: To fully understand the context of this verse/hymn, you can read John Muir's ⌊There should be a space between prá and dahati.-Regarding sensual pleasures in heaven, see Muir's note. does not notice the redundancy of a syllable in c. explains anasthās by na vidyate asthyupalakṣitaṁ ṣāṭkāuśikaṁ śarīram eṣām, and strāiṇam by strīṇām samūho bhogārtham the "they" are the performers of the sava sacrifice. makes pūtās and śuddhās exchange places in a and there is confusion in its text. Extolling a certain rice-mess offering.īoneless, purified, cleansed with the purifier, bright (śuci), they go to a bright world Jātavedas burns not away their virile member in the heavenly (svargá) world much women-folk is theirs. William Dwight Whitney citing Sāyaṇa's commentary translates it the same way:ģ4.
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