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vayam syama pathayo rayeenaam|
Atharvaveda 7.80.4
Oh! Lord of the universe! Let us become the master of wealth and money.
The couples while praying say the following.
Tvam no nabhasaswatha urjam griheshu dharaya|
Aa pushtametvaa vasu||
Atharvaveda 6.79.2
Oh! The lord of all! You fill us in our homes the strength and vitality giving food and sustaining wealth.
Dhatha dadaatu no rayeemeeshano jagatspatih|
Sa nah poornena yachatu||
Atharvaveda 7.17.1
Let the Eshwar who is the creator and sustainer of the world grant us the spiritual, and all sorts of physical, earthly wealth. Let Him grant us the wealth to the proportion of our strength and efforts.
The devotee prays the God for wealth by haggling and bargaining.
Bhurida Bhuri dehi no maa dabram bhoorya bhara|
Bhoori ghedeendra ditsasi||
Atharvaveda 4.32.20
Hey Parameshwar! You grant too much. Hence, you grant us too. Don’t give us a bit. You grant us heavy wealth. Hey Indra! The wealthiest! You are too fond of giving us too much.
The devotee says in another Mantra.
Pauro ashwasya purukrid gavamasyuthso deva hiranmayah|
Nakihri daanam parimardishath tve yadhyadhyaami tadaa bara||
Atharvaveda 20.118.2
Hey the open handed munificent God! You increase the wealth with horses and wheat. Nobody could destroy the wealth given by you. Therefore the Lord! You grant us those things that we pray.
Yatsoma chitramukthyam divyam paarthivam vasu|
Tannah punana aa bhara||
Rigveda 9.19
Hey the prime source of all wealth! You grant us those that are praiseworthy and the noble. You grant that wealth in this world after the same is purified.
Rayee rasi rayeem me dehi|
Atharvaveda19.31.12
Hey the rich and precious! You are the wealth and grant us that wealth to us.
The devotee of Veda needs money. But money of what kind? Does he require the money that is obtained out of stealing? No, never. He requires money obtaining thru hard labour and right means.
Agninaa rayeemashnavath poshameva dive dive|
Yashasm Veeravathamam||
Rigveda 1.1.3
Man must obtain the life sustaining, praise worthy wealthy thru the dint of great and grand hard efforts only.
Man should not earn money thru wrong and deceitful means. Because,
Money obtained thru unfair methods glow like the glow-fly. It glows for a while and disappears in darkness. Darkness sets in again.
Understating this eternal truth, the Vedic devotee announces,
Pra patetah paapi lakshmi nashyetha pramutah patha|
Ayaswayenankena dwipathe tvaa sajamasi
Atharvaveda7.115
Oh the sinful Lakshmi [i.e. the wealth gained through the sinful methods] Go away from this house. Run away from here. Run away from that house also. We drive you away towards the enemy with the steel thorns. yaa maa lakshmih pathayaalu rajustabhiskanda vandaneva vriksham| savithasthamitho dha hiranyahastho vasu no raraanah||
Atharva 7.115.2
That Lakshshmi which gets into immoralities and devoid of love is encircling me like the parasite creeper. Hey the Savitha! You separate us from this Nagini. Hey the Lord of wealth like Gold etc! You grant us with the good and justifiable wealth.
Apapaapam parikshvam punyam Bhakshimahi kshavam|
Atharva 19.8.5
May we keep away from the food that is contaminated and enjoy that food which is holy.
Bhurbhuavah svah suprajaah prajaabhih syama suveeraa veerai suposhah poshaih|
Yajurveda 8.53
Let our offsprings become good subjects on Earth, Sky and beyond. Let them become best of the best heroes and become wealthy, rich and prosperous.
[Tr] Vasudevarao.
Acknowledgments.
A collection of inspirational thoughts from Vedas in Hindi from the Late Jagadeeshwarananda Saraswathi.
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