Rig Veda

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य॒ज्ञो हि ष्मेन्द्रं॒ कश्चि॑दृ॒न्धञ्जु॑हुरा॒णश्चि॒न्मन॑सा परि॒यन् । ती॒र्थे नाच्छा॑ तातृषा॒णमोको॑ दी॒र्घो न सि॒ध्रमा कृ॑णो॒त्यध्वा॑ ॥ यज्ञो हि ष्मेन्द्रं कश्चिदृन्धञ्जुहुराणश्चिन्मनसा परियन् । तीर्थे नाच्छा तातृषाणमोको दीर्घो न सिध्रमा कृणोत्यध्वा ॥

sanskrit

One man propitiates Indra, augmenting (his vigour) by sacrifice; another, who is insincere, worships (him), with mind averted, (to worldly thoughts); (to the first he is) like a lake to a thirsty (pilgrim) near a sacred spot; (to the other) like a long road, which retards the end (of the journey).

english translation

ya॒jJo hi SmendraM॒ kazci॑dR॒ndhaJju॑hurA॒Nazci॒nmana॑sA pari॒yan | tI॒rthe nAcchA॑ tAtRSA॒Namoko॑ dI॒rgho na si॒dhramA kR॑No॒tyadhvA॑ || yajJo hi SmendraM kazcidRndhaJjuhurANazcinmanasA pariyan | tIrthe nAcchA tAtRSANamoko dIrgho na sidhramA kRNotyadhvA ||

hk transliteration