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Rigveda 3.031.02

Rigveda · Mandala 3, Sukta 31 · Verse 3.31.2

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Vedic Classification

Rishi (Seer)
Devatā (Deity)
Chandas (Meter)
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Sanskrit Original

न जा॒मये॒ तान्वो॑ रि॒क्थमा॑रैक्च॒कार॒ गर्भं॑ सनि॒तुर्नि॒धान॑म् । यदी॑ मा॒तरो॑ ज॒नय॑न्त॒ वह्नि॑म॒न्यः क॒र्ता सु॒कृतो॑र॒न्य ऋ॒न्धन्

na jāmaye tānvo rikthamāraikcakāra garbhaṃ saniturnidhānam yadī mātaro janayanta vahnimanyaḥ kartā sukṛtoranya ṛndhan

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Do not dismiss these; one spoke the hymn of seed and did not abandon the storehouse. If mothers did not beget, another maker of fire would not nurture the righteous—thus the pious acted.

📖 Book ReferenceWisdomLibRig Veda English TranslationSource ↗

(A son) born of the body, does not transfer (paternal) wealth to a sister; he has made (her) the recptacle of the embryo of the husband; if the parents procreate children (of either sex), one is the performer of holy acts, the other is to be enriched (with gifts).

📖 Book ReferenceRalph T.H. GriffithThe Rig Veda, 1896Source ↗

The Son left not his portion to the brother, he made a home to hold him who should gain, it. What time his Parents gave the Priest his being, of the good pair one acted, one promoted.