Library·Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka)·6·6.22
कृष्णं नियानं हरयः सुपर्णा अपो वसाना दिवम् उत् पतन्ति । त आववृत्रन्त् सदनाद् ऋतस्याद् इद् घृतेन पृथिवीं व्य् ऊदुः ॥१॥
kṛṣṇaṃ niyānaṃ harayaḥ suparṇā apo vasānā divam ut patanti | ta āvavṛtrant sadanād ṛtasyād id ghṛtena pṛthivīṃ vy ūduḥ ||1||
Black the down-track, the yellow eagles, clothing themselves in waters, fly up to the sky; they have come hither from the seat of righteousness (ṛtá); then, forsooth, with ghee they deluged the earth.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
पयस्वतीः कृणुथाप ओषधीः शिवा यद् एजथा मरुतो रुक्मवक्षसः । ऊर्जं च तत्र सुमतिं च पिन्वत यत्रा नरो मरुतः सिञ्चथा मधु ॥२॥
payasvatīḥ kṛṇuthāpa oṣadhīḥ śivā yad ejathā maruto rukmavakṣasaḥ | ūrjaṃ ca tatra sumatiṃ ca pinvata yatrā naro marutaḥ siñcathā madhu ||2||
Ye make the waters rich in milk, the herbs propitious, when ye bestir yourselves, O golden-backed Maruts; do ye lavish (pinv) both sustenance and good-will there, where, O manly Maruts, ye pour honey.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
उदप्रुतो मरुतस् तां इयर्त वृष्टिर् या विश्वा निवतस् पृणाति । एजाति ग्लहा कन्येव तुन्नैरुं तुन्दाना पत्येव जाया ॥३॥
udapruto marutas tāṃ iyarta vṛṣṭir yā viśvā nivatas pṛṇāti | ejāti glahā kanyeva tunnairuṃ tundānā patyeva jāyā ||3||
Water-swimming [are] the Maruts; send ye that rain which shall fill all the hollows; the gláhā shall bestir itself, like a girl that is thrust, thrusting the éru, like wife with husband.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)