Rigveda 10.117.04
Rigveda · Mandala 10, Sukta 117 · Verse 10.117.4
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
न स सखा॒ यो न ददा॑ति॒ सख्ये॑ सचा॒भुवे॒ सच॑मानाय पि॒त्वः । अपा॑स्मा॒त्प्रेया॒न्न तदोको॑ अस्ति पृ॒णन्त॑म॒न्यमर॑णं चिदिच्छेत्
na sa sakhā yo na dadāti sakhye sacābhuve sacamānāya pitvaḥ apāsmātpreyānna tadoko asti pṛṇantamanyamaraṇaṃ cidicchet
Not a friend is he who does not give when friendship calls; having been complicit, he drinks the draught of the companion. From our beloved he is another—he desires the life of death for the fulfilled one.
He is not a friend who gives not food to a friend, to an associate, to a companion; let him turn awayfrom him, that is not a (fitting) dwelling; let him seek another more liberal lord.
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.