Rigveda 1.125.06
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 125 · Verse 1.125.6
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
दक्षि॑णावता॒मिदि॒मानि॑ चि॒त्रा दक्षि॑णावतां दि॒वि सूर्या॑सः । दक्षि॑णावन्तो अ॒मृतं॑ भजन्ते॒ दक्षि॑णावन्तः॒ प्र ति॑रन्त॒ आयुः॑
dakṣiṇāvatāmidimāni citrā dakṣiṇāvatāṃ divi sūryāsaḥ dakṣiṇāvanto amṛtaṃ bhajante dakṣiṇāvantaḥ pra tiranta āyuḥ
These southern ones are varied and wondrous, like the southern ones of the sky and the sun's rays. The southerners partake of immortality; southerners cross over longevity.
These wonderful (rewards) verily are for those who give (pious) donations; for the donors of (pious) gifts the suns shine in heaven; the givers of (pious) donations attain immortality; the givers of (pious) gifts prolong their (worldly) existence.
For those who give rich meeds are all these splendours, for those who give rich meeds suns shine in heaven. The givers of rich meeds are made immortal; the givers of rich fees prolong their lifetime.