Atharvaveda - Family concord

Family concord - Atharva-Veda

Hymn (3.30) sets the ideal for Hindu joint family. This hymn of seven verses
describes the harmony among all the Gods. There is no conflict among the Vedic
devas as in the polytheistic gods of Greeks. The hymn declares that the devas
will bestow this concord among the members of the family. The hymn sets the
ideal of the Hindu joint family.

“Common be your water store, common your share of food;
I bind you together to a common yoke,
United, gather around the sacrificial fire (will)
Like spokes around the nave of a wheel;
The union of hearts and minds and freedom from hate, I bring you”.
AV (3.30.6)

ATHARVA VEDA (3.30) FAMILY CONCORD

The union of hearts and minds
and freedom from hate I'll bring you.
Love one another as the cow
loves the calf that she has borne. ----------- (1)

Let son be loyal to father,
and of one mind with his mother;
let wife speak to husband words
that are honey-sweet and gentle. ----------- (2)

Let not a brother hate a brother,
nor a sister hate a sister;
unanimous, united in aims,
speak you words with friendliness. ----------- (3)

I will make the prayer for that
concord among men at home
by which devas do not separate,
nor ever hate one another. ----------- (4)

Be not parted - growing old, taking thought,
thriving together, moving under a common yoke,
come speaking sweetly to one another;
I'll make you have one aim and be of one mind. ----------- (5)

Common be your water-store, common your share of food;
I bind you together to a common yoke.
United, gather round the sacrificial fire
like spokes around the nave of a wheel. ----------- (6)

With your common desire I'll make you all
have one aim, be of one mind, following one leader,
like devas who preserve their immortality.
Morn and eve may there be the loving heart in you. ----------- (7)