Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·1·1.171

Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.171

प्रति व एना नमसाहम् एमि सूक्तेन भिक्षे सुमतिं तुराणाम् । रराणता मरुतो वेद्याभिर् नि हेळो धत्त वि मुचध्वम् अश्वान् ॥

prati va enā namasāham emi sūktena bhikṣe sumatiṃ turāṇām | rarāṇatā maruto vedyābhir ni heḷo dhatta vi mucadhvam aśvān ||

To you I come with this mine adoration, and with a hymn I crave the Strong Ones' favour A hymn that truly makes you joyful, Maruts. Suppress your anger and unyoke your horses.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

एष व स्तोमो मरुतो नमस्वान् हृदा तष्टो मनसा धायि देवाः । उपेम् आ यात मनसा जुषाणा यूयं हि ष्ठा नमस इद् वृधासः ॥

eṣa va stomo maruto namasvān hṛdā taṣṭo manasā dhāyi devāḥ | upem ā yāta manasā juṣāṇā yūyaṃ hi ṣṭhā namasa id vṛdhāsaḥ ||

Maruts, to you this laud with prayer and worship, formed in the mind and heart, ye Gods, is offered. Come ye to us, rejoicing in your spirit, for ye are they who make our prayer effective.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

स्तुतासो नो मरुतो मृळयन्तूत स्तुतो मघवा शम्भविष्ठः । ऊर्ध्वा नः सन्तु कोम्या वनान्य् अहानि विश्वा मरुतो जिगीषा ॥

stutāso no maruto mṛḷayantūta stuto maghavā śambhaviṣṭhaḥ | ūrdhvā naḥ santu komyā vanāny ahāni viśvā maruto jigīṣā ||

The Maruts, praised by us, shall show us favour; Maghavan, lauded, shall be most propitious. Maruts,, may all our days that are to follow be very pleasant, lovely and triumphant.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

अस्माद् अहं तविषाद् ईषमाण इन्द्राद् भिया मरुतो रेजमानः । युष्मभ्यं हव्या निशितान्य् आसन् तान्य् आरे चकृमा मृळता नः ॥

asmād ahaṃ taviṣād īṣamāṇa indrād bhiyā maruto rejamānaḥ | yuṣmabhyaṃ havyā niśitāny āsan tāny āre cakṛmā mṛḷatā naḥ ||

I fled in terror from this mighty Indra, my body trembling in alarm, O Maruts. Oblations meant for you had been made ready; these have we set aside: for this forgive us.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

येन मानासश् चितयन्त उस्रा व्युष्टिषु शवसा शश्वतीनाम् । स नो मरुद्भिर् वृषभ श्रवो धा उग्र उग्रेभि स्थविरः सहोदाः ॥

yena mānāsaś citayanta usrā vyuṣṭiṣu śavasā śaśvatīnām | sa no marudbhir vṛṣabha śravo dhā ugra ugrebhi sthaviraḥ sahodāḥ ||

By whom the Manas recognize the day-springs, by whose strength at the dawn of endless mornings, Give us, thou Mighty, glory with Maruts. fierce with the fierce, the Strong who givest triumph.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

त्वम् पाहीन्द्र सहीयसो नॄन् भवा मरुद्भिर् अवयातहेळाः । सुप्रकेतेभिः सासहिर् दधानो विद्यामेषं वृजनं जीरदानुम् ॥

tvam pāhīndra sahīyaso nṝn bhavā marudbhir avayātaheḷāḥ | supraketebhiḥ sāsahir dadhāno vidyāmeṣaṃ vṛjanaṃ jīradānum ||

Do thou, O Indra, guard the conquering Heroes, and rid thee of thy wrath against the Maruts, With them, the wise, victorious and bestowing. May we find strengthening food in full abundance.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)