Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 10 — Chapter 117

RV 10 117.1

न वा उ देवाः क्षुधम् इद् वधꣳ ददुर् उताशितम् उप गच्छन्ति मृत्यवः । उतो रयिः पृणतो नोप दस्यत्य् उतापृणन् मर्डितारꣳ न विन्दते

na vā u devāḥ kṣudham id vadhaṁ dadur utāśitam upa gacchanti mṛtyavaḥ | uto rayiḥ pṛṇato nopa dasyaty utāpṛṇan marḍitāraṁ na vindate

Truly, O gods, they did not give hunger as a death-blow alone; deaths come even to the man who has eaten. And the wealth of the giver does not run dry, while the non-giver finds no one to pity him.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 117.2

य आध्राय चकमानाय पित्वो ऽन्नवान् सन् रफितायोपजग्मुषे । स्थिरम् मनः कृणुते सेवते पुरोतो चित् स मर्डितारꣳ न विन्दते

ya ādhrāya cakamānāya pitvo 'nnavān san raphitāyopajagmuṣe | sthiram manaḥ kṛṇute sevate puroto cit sa marḍitāraṁ na vindate

He who, having food, hardens his mind against the needy man who comes to him craving nourishment, the weak one, and courts (someone) earlier—he too finds no one to pity him.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

RV 10 117.3

स इद् भोजो यो गृहवे ददात्य् अन्नकामाय चरते कृशाय । अरम् अस्मै भवति यामहूता उतापरीषु कृणुते सखायम्

sa id bhojo yo gṛhave dadāty annakāmāya carate kṛśāya | aram asmai bhavati yāmahūtā utāparīṣu kṛṇute sakhāyam

He indeed is the giver who gives to the beggar, to the lean one who wanders craving food; success comes to him when he is called in the (chariot-)course, and he makes a friend for times to come.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

RV 10 117.4

न स सखा यो न ददाति सख्ये सचाभुवे सचमानाय पित्वः । अपास्मात् प्रेयान् न तद् ओको अस्ति पृणन्तम् अन्यम् अरणꣳ चिद् इच्छेत्

na sa sakhā yo na dadāti sakhye sacābhuve sacamānāya pitvaḥ | apāsmāt preyān na tad oko asti pṛṇantam anyam araṇaṁ cid icchet

He is no friend who gives no food to his friend, to the companion who keeps him company; let (such a one) go away from him—this is no home—let him rather seek another giver, even a stranger.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 117.5

पृणीयाद् इन् नाधमानाय तव्यान् द्राघीयाꣳसम् अनु पश्येत पन्थाम् । ओ हि वर्तन्ते रथ्येव चक्रान्यम्-अन्यम् उप तिष्ठन्त रायः

pṛṇīyād in nādhamānāya tavyān drāghīyāṁsam anu paśyeta panthām | o hi vartante rathyeva cakrānyam-anyam upa tiṣṭhanta rāyaḥ

Let the stronger man give to the one in need; let him look along the longer road. For riches roll on like the wheels of a chariot: they come up now to one man, now to another.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 117.6

मोघम् अन्नꣳ विन्दते अप्रचेताः सत्यम् ब्रवीमि वध इत् स तस्य । नार्यमणम् पुष्यति नो सखायꣳ केवलाघो भवति केवलादी

mogham annaṁ vindate apracetāḥ satyam bravīmi vadha it sa tasya | nāryamaṇam puṣyati no sakhāyaṁ kevalāgho bhavati kevalādī

In vain does the unthinking man obtain food—I speak the truth: it is indeed his death-blow. He nourishes neither patron nor friend; he who eats alone has his guilt alone.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 117.7

कृषन्न् इत् फाल आशितꣳ कृणोति यन्न् अध्वानम् अप वृङ्क्ते चरित्रैः । वदन् ब्रह्मावदतो वनीयान् पृणन्न् आपिर् अपृणन्तम् अभि ष्यात्

kṛṣann it phāla āśitaṁ kṛṇoti yann adhvānam apa vṛṅkte caritraiḥ | vadan brahmāvadato vanīyān pṛṇann āpir apṛṇantam abhi ṣyāt

The ploughshare, ploughing, makes (food) for eating; one who goes along the road covers it with his feet. A brahman who speaks gains more than one who does not speak; a kinsman who gives outdoes the one who does not give.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 117.8

एकपाद् भूयो द्विपदो वि चक्रमे द्विपात् त्रिपादम् अभ्य् एति पश्चात् । चतुष्पाद् एति द्विपदाम् अभिस्वरे सम्पश्यन् पङ्क्तीर् उपतिष्ठमानः

ekapād bhūyo dvipado vi cakrame dvipāt tripādam abhy eti paścāt | catuṣpād eti dvipadām abhisvare sampaśyan paṅktīr upatiṣṭhamānaḥ

The one-footed has strode farther than the two-footed; the two-footed comes up behind upon the three-footed; the four-footed comes at the call of the two-footed, watching, taking his place beside the rows.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

RV 10 117.9

समौ चिद् धस्तौ न समꣳ विविष्टः सम्मातरा चिन् न समꣳ दुहाते । यमयोश् चिन् न समा वीर्याणि ज्ञाती चित् सन्तौ न समम् पृणीतः

samau cid dhastau na samaṁ viviṣṭaḥ sammātarā cin na samaṁ duhāte | yamayoś cin na samā vīryāṇi jñātī cit santau na samam pṛṇītaḥ

Even two hands that are alike do not accomplish the same; even two cows of the same mother do not yield the same milk; even the powers of two twins are not the same; even two who are kinsmen do not give alike.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition