Rigveda 10.031.02
Rigveda · Mandala 10, Sukta 31 · Verse 10.31.2
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
परि॑ चि॒न्मर्तो॒ द्रवि॑णं ममन्यादृ॒तस्य॑ प॒था नम॒सा वि॑वासेत् । उ॒त स्वेन॒ क्रतु॑ना॒ सं व॑देत॒ श्रेयां॑सं॒ दक्षं॒ मन॑सा जगृभ्यात्
pari cinmarto draviṇaṃ mamanyādṛtasya pathā namasā vivāset uta svena kratunā saṃ vadeta śreyāṃsaṃ dakṣaṃ manasā jagṛbhyāt
Surround and observe my wealth; let rites and offerings guard the paths. With his own sacrifice let him speak together, having seized the excellent thought with a skilful mind.
Let a mortal be ever desirous of affluence, (having acquired it), let him worship with oblations on thepath of the sacrifice; and let him with his own intellect meditate upon (the gods); let him grasp with his mind thebest and most mighty (of the universal deities).
A man should think on wealth and strive to win it by adoration on the path of Order, Counsel himself with his own mental insight, and grasp still nobler vigour with his spirit.