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Rigveda 4.24.9

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 4.24.9

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Sanskrit

4.24.9

bhūya̍sā va̱snam a̍cara̱t kanī̱yo 'vi̍krīto akāniṣa̱m puna̱r yan |
sa bhūya̍sā̱ kanī̍yo̱ nāri̍recīd dī̱nā dakṣā̱ vi du̍hanti̱ pra vā̱ṇam ||

He bid a small price for a thing of value: I was content, returning, still unpurchased. He heightened not his insufficient offer. Simple and clever, both milk out the udder.

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

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