In vain the foolish man accumulates food. I tell you truly, it will be his downfall! He gathers to himself neither friend nor comrade. Alone he eats; alone he sits in sin.
Rig Veda X, 117, 6
The ploughshare cleaving the soil helps satisfy hunger; the traveler, using his legs, achieves his goal; the priest who speaks surpasses the one who is silent; the friend who gives is better than the miser.
Rig Veda X, 117, 7
The sun with one foot outruns man with two! The man with two overtakes the hoary with three! Four-footed creatures come when the two-footed summon and stand [as watchdogs] near the herd, observing.
Rig Veda X, 117, 8
The hands are alike but in their work they differ; so also two cows, offspring of a single mother, may yet give differing yields of milk; even twins are not the same in strength, or kinsmen in bounty.
Rig Veda X, 117, 9
All set for the kindling of the sacred fire, we hymn you, O Lord, with our verses, invoking your powerful grace.
Rig Veda V, 13, 1
