m Return with wealth, O Agni, fatten with the stream, All-gaining on every side. n May the Adityas, the Rudras, the Vasus, kindle thee again; The Brahmans again with offerings, O bringer of wealth; With ghee do thou increase our bodies; May the wishes of the sacrificer become true. o Hearken to this our call, that is offered, O youngest one, Of the most generous one, O thou that hast power; One hateth, one praiseth. As praiser I praise thy body, O Agni. p Be thou a bounteous patron, Giver of riches, lord of riches; Repel from us the foes. a Go hence depart, creep away, hence, Ye that are here of old and ye that are new, Yama hath given this resting-place of earth, The Pitrs have made this world for him. b Thou art the ash of Agni, thou art the dust of Agni. c Thou art accord, fulfilling love; in me be the fulfilling of thy love. d Be united your dear bodies, Be united your dear hearts, Be your breath united [1], United my body. e This is that Agni in whom as a belly Indra placed the pressed Soma eagerly; Thou art praised, O all-knower, for winning Booty a thousandfold, like a swift steed. f O Agni, thou comest to the wave of the sky, To the gods thou speakest, those of the altar; The waters above in the realm of the sun, And those below wait (on thee). g O Agni, thy radiance in the sky, the earth, The plants [2], or the waters, O holy one, That whereby thou didst outspread the broad atmosphere, Glittering is thy gleam, moving and men espying. h May the Agnis of the dust In unison with those of the floods Accept the oblation offered, The rich healthful viands. i As food, O Agni, accord to the sacrificer The gain of a cow, wondrous enduring; Be to us a son, a scion, full of life; This, O Agni, be thy lovingkindness towards us. k This is thy due place of birth, Whence born thou didst shine, Mount it, O Agni, knowing it [3], And make our wealth increase. l Thou art a piler; in the manner of Angiras be firm with that deity.YV 2.4d · Yajur Veda
YV 2.4d
Yajur Veda · translated by Arthur Berriedale Keith
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And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.Genesis 13:2 · Bible · Genesis
She spoke; Minerva burns to meet the war: And now heaven’s empress calls her blazing car. At her command rush forth the steeds divine; Rich with immortal gold their trappings shine. Bright Hebe waits; by Hebe, ever young, The whirling wheels are to the chariot hung. On the bright axle turns the bidden wheel Of sounding brass; the polished axle steel. Eight brazen spokes in radiant order flame; The circles gold, of uncorrupted frame, Such as the heavens produce: and round the gold Two brazen rings of work divine were roll’d. The bossy naves of sold silver shone; Braces of gold suspend the moving throne: The car, behind, an arching figure bore; The bending concave form’d an arch before. Silver the beam, the extended yoke was gold, And golden reins the immortal coursers hold. Herself, impatient, to the ready car, The coursers joins, and breathes revenge and war.Iliad 5.77 · Iliad · 5
Give unto orphans their wealth. Exchange not the good for the bad (in your management thereof) nor absorb their wealth into your own wealth. Lo! that would be a great sin.Quran 4:2 · Quran · Women
While he was thus in two minds Helen came down from her high vaulted and perfumed room, looking as lovely as Diana herself. Adraste brought her a seat, Alcippe a soft woollen rug while Phylo fetched her the silver work-box which Alcandra wife of Polybus had given her. Polybus lived in Egyptian Thebes, which is the richest city in the whole world; he gave Menelaus two baths, both of pure silver, two tripods, and ten talents of gold; besides all this, his wife gave Helen some beautiful presents, to wit, a golden distaff, and a silver work box that ran on wheels, with a gold band round the top of it. Phylo now placed this by her side, full of fine spun yarn, and a distaff charged with violet coloured wool was laid upon the top of it. Then Helen took her seat, put her feet upon the footstool, and began to question her husband.42Odyssey 4.12 · Odyssey · 4
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