“Soumanasya Suktam” or hymn from Atharva Veda is found in the form of Advice. In this, a certain vedic sage advises people to live in harmony and never to quarrel among themselves. The sage explains the nature of harmony in this hymn which is one of the many secular hymns.
“Sahrudayam soumanasyam avidvesham krunomi
yah l
Anyo anyam abhiharyata vatsam jaathamivaadhnyaa ll 1 ll”
Oh! People! I make you like-hearted, like-minded, and
free from hostility. You be gratified
(show affection), one towards the other, as a cow towards her new born calf.
So, without expecting any return, we shall
make others pleased with us.
“Maa bhraathaa bhraatharam dvikshan
Maa svasaaram utha svasaa l
Samyanchas savratho bhoothva
Vaacham vadhathu bhadhrayaa ll 2 ll”
Oh! People! Let not brother hate brother, nor sister
hate sister. Becoming of like courses
and of like actions, speak words auspiciously (carefully).
Thus, brothers and sisters should lead a
life of good movements, good understanding and doing good-things to one
another. We must have unity of thoughts,
words and deeds of course, all being auspiciously.
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