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Sama Veda II.2.2.13: With Plenty for his true ally the active
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1895) · From Hymns of the Samaveda (1895)
1. With Plenty for his true ally the active man will gain the spoil.
Your Indra, much-invoked, I bend with song, as bends a wright his wheel of solid wood.
2. They who bestow great riches love not paltry praise: wealth comes not to the niggard churl.
Light is the task to give, O Maghavan, to one like me on the decisive day.
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Veda, The Rishis of the Sama. “Sama Veda II.2.2.13: With Plenty for his true ally the active.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/samaveda-rishis/136/.
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Veda, The Rishis of the Sama. “Sama Veda II.2.2.13: With Plenty for his true ally the active.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/samaveda-rishis/136/.
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