Rig Veda · 10.117.4
Rig Veda 10.117.4 — Liberality
Verse 4 of 9 from Sukta 10.117 (Liberality) in Mandala 10 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 10.117.4
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
न स सखा यो न ददाति सख्ये सचाभुवे सचमानायपित्वः | अपास्मात परेयान न तदोको अस्ति पर्णन्तमन्यमरणं चिदिचःेत
IAST Romanisation
na sa sakhā yo na dadāti sakhye sacābhuve sacamānāyapitvaḥ | apāsmāt preyān na tadoko asti pṛṇantamanyamaraṇaṃ cidicḥet
English Translation (Griffith)
No friend is he who to his friend and comrade who comes imploring food, will offer nothing. Let him depart-no home is that to rest in-, and rather seek a stranger to support him.
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