Rigveda 5.034.05
Rigveda · Mandala 5, Sukta 34 · Verse 5.34.5
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
न प॒ञ्चभि॑र्द॒शभि॑र्वष्ट्या॒रभं॒ नासु॑न्वता सचते॒ पुष्य॑ता च॒न । जि॒नाति॒ वेद॑मु॒या हन्ति॑ वा॒ धुनि॒रा दे॑व॒युं भ॑जति॒ गोम॑ति व्र॒जे
na pañcabhirdaśabhirvaṣṭyārabhaṃ nāsunvatā sacate puṣyatā cana jināti vedamuyā hanti vā dhunirā devayuṃ bhajati gomati vraje
Not by five nor ten nor by the strong winds is prosperity alone begun; he who knows the Veda gains it, or he who strikes the drum; the godly lord shares cattle-fortune in the pasture.
He desires not (association in) enterprises with five or with ten; he associates not with the man who does not present libations; and cherishes not (his dependents) may, the terrifier (of foes) punishes him or slays him, but he plural ces the devout man in a pasturage stocked with cattle.
He seeks no enterprise with five or ten to aid, nor stays with him who pours no juice though prospering well. The Shaker conquers or slays in this way or that, and to the pious gives a stable full of kine.