Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·10·10.154
सोम एकेभ्यः पवते घृतम् एक उपासते । येभ्यो मधु प्रधावति तांश् चिद् एवापि गच्छतात् ॥
soma ekebhyaḥ pavate ghṛtam eka upāsate | yebhyo madhu pradhāvati tāṃś cid evāpi gacchatāt ||
For some is Soma purified, some sit by sacrificial oil: To those for whom the meath flows forth, even to those let him depart.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
तपसा ये अनाधृष्यास् तपसा ये स्वर् ययुः । तपो ये चक्रिरे महस् तांश् चिद् एवापि गच्छतात् ॥
tapasā ye anādhṛṣyās tapasā ye svar yayuḥ | tapo ye cakrire mahas tāṃś cid evāpi gacchatāt ||
Invincible through Fervour, those whom Fervour hath advanced to heaven, Who showed great Fervour in their lives, even to those let him depart.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
ये युध्यन्ते प्रधनेषु शूरासो ये तनूत्यजः । ये वा सहस्रदक्षिणास् तांश् चिद् एवापि गच्छतात् ॥
ye yudhyante pradhaneṣu śūrāso ye tanūtyajaḥ | ye vā sahasradakṣiṇās tāṃś cid evāpi gacchatāt ||
The heroes who contend in war and boldly cast their lives away, Or who give guerdon thousandfold, even to those let him depart.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
ये चित् पूर्व ऋतसाप ऋतावान ऋतावृधः । पितॄन् तपस्वतो यम तांश् चिद् एवापि गच्छतात् ॥
ye cit pūrva ṛtasāpa ṛtāvāna ṛtāvṛdhaḥ | pitṝn tapasvato yama tāṃś cid evāpi gacchatāt ||
Yea, the first followers of Law, Law's pure and holy strengtheners, The Fathers, Yama! Fervour-moved, even to those let him depart.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
सहस्रणीथाः कवयो ये गोपायन्ति सूर्यम् । ऋषीन् तपस्वतो यम तपोजां अपि गच्छतात् ॥
sahasraṇīthāḥ kavayo ye gopāyanti sūryam | ṛṣīn tapasvato yama tapojāṃ api gacchatāt ||
Skilled in a thousand ways and means, the sages who protect the Sun, The Rsis, Yama! Fervour-moved, even to those let him depart.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)