Rig Veda · 10.117.5

Rig Veda 10.117.5 — Liberality

Verse 5 of 9 from Sukta 10.117 (Liberality) in Mandala 10 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 10.117.5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

पर्णीयादिन नाधमानाय तव्यान दराघीयांसमनुपश्येत पन्थाम | ओ हि वर्तन्ते रथ्येव चक्रान्यम-अन्यमुप तिष्ठन्त रायः

IAST Romanisation

pṛṇīyādin nādhamānāya tavyān drāghīyāṃsamanupaśyeta panthām | o hi vartante rathyeva cakrānyam-anyamupa tiṣṭhanta rāyaḥ

English Translation (Griffith)

Let the rich satisfy the poor implorer, and bend his eye upon a longer pathway. Riches come now to one, now to another, and like the wheels of cars are ever rolling.

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