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Ṛgveda

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1,37 Maruts

1.XXXVII Maruts

krīḷáṃ vaḥ śárdho mā́rutam anarvā́ṇaṃ ratheśúbham |
káṇvā abhí prá gāyata ||

1 SING forth, O Kaṇvas, to your band of Maruts unassailable, Sporting, resplendent on their car

yé pŕ̥ṣatībhir r̥ṣṭíbhiḥ sākáṃ vā́śībhir añjíbhiḥ |
ájāyanta svábhānavaḥ ||

2 They who, self-luminous, were born together, with the spotted deer, Spears, swords, and glittering ornaments.

ihéva śr̥ṇva eṣãṃ káśā hásteṣu yád vádān |
ní yā́mañ citrám r̥ñjate ||

3 One hears, as though ’twere close at hand, the cracking of the whips they hold They gather glory on their way.

prá vaḥ śárdhāya ghŕ̥ṣvaye tveṣádyumnāya śuṣmíṇe |
deváttam bráhma gāyata ||

4 Now sing ye forth the God-given hymn to your exultant Marut host, The fiercely-vigorous, the strong.

prá śaṃsā góṣu ághniyaṃ krīḷáṃ yác chárdho mā́rutam |
jámbhe rásasya vāvr̥dhe ||

5 Praise ye the Bull among the cows; for ’tis the Maruts’ sportive band: It strengthened as it drank the rain.

kó vo várṣiṣṭha ā́ naro diváś ca gmáś ca dhūtayaḥ |
yát sīm ántaṃ ná dhūnuthá ||

6 Who is your mightiest, Heroes, when, O shakers of the earth and heaven, Ye shake them like a garment's hem?

ní vo yā́māya mā́nuṣo dadhrá ugrā́ya manyáve |
jíhīta párvato giríḥ ||

7 At your approach man holds him down before the fury of your wrath: The rugged-jointed mountain yields.

yéṣām ájmeṣu pr̥thivī́ jujurvā́m̐ iva viśpátiḥ |
bhiyā́ yā́meṣu réjate ||

8 They at whose racings forth the earth, like an age-weakened lord of men, Trembles in terror on their ways.

sthiráṃ hí jā́nam eṣãṃ váyo mātúr níretave |
yát sīm ánu dvitā́ śávaḥ ||

9 Strong is their birth: vigour have they to issue from their Mother; strength, Yea, even twice enough, is theirs.

úd u tyé sūnávo gíraḥ kā́ṣṭhā ájmeṣu atnata |
vāśrā́ abhijñú yā́tave ||

10 And these, the Sons, the Singers, in their racings have enlarged the bounds, So that the kine must walk knee-deep.

tiyáṃ cid ghā dīrghám pr̥thúm mihó nápātam ámr̥dhram |
prá cyāvayanti yā́mabhiḥ ||

11 Before them, on the ways they go, they drop this offspring of the cloud, Long, broad, and inexhaustible.

máruto yád dha vo bálaṃ jánām̐ acucyavītana |
girī́m̐r acucyavītana ||

12 O Maruts, as your strength is great, so have ye cast men down on earth, So have ye made the mountains fall.

yád dha yã́nti marútaḥ sáṃ ha bruvate ádhvan ā́ |
śr̥ṇóti káś cid eṣãm ||

13 The while the Maruts pass along, they talk together on the way: Doth any hear them as they speak?

prá yāta śī́bham āśúbhiḥ sánti káṇveṣu vo dúvaḥ |
tátro ṣú mādayādhuvai ||

14 Come quick with swift steeds, for ye have worshippers among Kaṇva's sons May you rejoice among them well.

ásti hí ṣmā mádāya vaḥ smási ṣmā vayám eṣãm |
víśvaṃ cid ā́yu° jīváse ||

15 All is prepared for your delight. We are their servants evermore, To live as long as life may last.

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