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Rigveda 10.117.2

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 10.117.2

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10.117.2

ya ā̱dhrāya̍ cakamā̱nāya̍ pi̱tvo 'nna̍vā̱n san ra̍phi̱tāyo̍paja̱gmuṣe̍ |
sthi̱ram mana̍ḥ kṛṇu̱te seva̍te pu̱roto ci̱t sa ma̍rḍi̱tāra̱ṁ na vi̍ndate ||

The man with food in store who, when the needy comes in miserable case begging for bread to eat, Hardens his heart against him-even when of old he did him service-finds not one to comfort him.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

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