DAY 213

The Giver's Wealth Never Wastes Away

Rigveda 10.117.2
기원전 1500~1200년경(구전 전승)
ORIGINAL
पृणीयादिन्नाधमानाय तव्यान् (pṛṇīyād in nādhamānāya tavyān)
📜 THE VERSE

The wealth of the one who gives freely never wastes away. But the one who will not give finds no one to comfort him.

❓ TODAY'S QUESTION

Do I believe clutching makes me safe — even as that clutching hand leaves me alone?

📝Reflection

That the giver's wealth never wastes does not mean the money multiplies on its own. It means that when shared, wealth turns into trust and warmth between people and remains in another form. The one who clutches to the end, by contrast, finds no one beside him when hard times come. I have seen it many times — the tighter the fist, the more people leave; the more open the hand, the more they gather. Wealth is alive when it flows and rots when it pools. Giving is not losing, but storing in a changed form.

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🌱Apply It Today

Give one thing you always clutch out of reluctance — time, money, or praise — freely to one person today.

📖 Source: Rigveda 10.117.2. Sanskrit original with public-domain translations consulted; rendered independently by ONGO.
This verse is read as universal humanistic wisdom, not religion — no faith is promoted, and the reflection is 100% original ONGO content.

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