Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·1·1.37
क्रीळं वः शर्धो मारुतम् अनर्वाणं रथेशुभम् । कण्वा अभि प्र गायत ॥
krīḷaṃ vaḥ śardho mārutam anarvāṇaṃ ratheśubham | kaṇvā abhi pra gāyata ||
Sing forth, O Kanvas, to your band of Maruts unassailable, Sporting, resplendent on their car
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
ये पृषतीभिर् ऋष्टिभिः साकं वाशीभिर् अञ्जिभिः । अजायन्त स्वभानवः ॥
ye pṛṣatībhir ṛṣṭibhiḥ sākaṃ vāśībhir añjibhiḥ | ajāyanta svabhānavaḥ ||
They who, self-luminous, were born together, with the spotted deer, Spears, swords, and glittering ornaments.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
इहेव शृण्व एषां कशा हस्तेषु यद् वदान् । नि यामञ् चित्रम् ऋञ्जते ॥
iheva śṛṇva eṣāṃ kaśā hasteṣu yad vadān | ni yāmañ citram ṛñjate ||
One hears, as though 'twere close at hand, the cracking of the whips they hold They gather glory on their way.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
प्र वः शर्धाय घृष्वये त्वेषद्युम्नाय शुष्मिणे । देवत्तम् ब्रह्म गायत ॥
pra vaḥ śardhāya ghṛṣvaye tveṣadyumnāya śuṣmiṇe | devattam brahma gāyata ||
Now sing ye forth the God-given hymn to your exultant Marut host, The fiercely-vigorous, the strong.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
प्र शंसा गोष्व् अघ्न्यं क्रीळं यच् छर्धो मारुतम् । जम्भे रसस्य वावृधे ॥
pra śaṃsā goṣv aghnyaṃ krīḷaṃ yac chardho mārutam | jambhe rasasya vāvṛdhe ||
Praise ye the Bull among the cows; for 'tis the Maruts' sportive band: It strengthened as it drank the rain.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
को वो वर्षिष्ठ आ नरो दिवश् च ग्मश् च धूतयः । यत् सीम् अन्तं न धूनुथ ॥
ko vo varṣiṣṭha ā naro divaś ca gmaś ca dhūtayaḥ | yat sīm antaṃ na dhūnutha ||
Who is your mightiest, Heroes, when, O shakers of the earth and heaven, Ye shake them like a garment's hem?
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
नि वो यामाय मानुषो दध्र उग्राय मन्यवे । जिहीत पर्वतो गिरिः ॥
ni vo yāmāya mānuṣo dadhra ugrāya manyave | jihīta parvato giriḥ ||
At your approach man holds him down before the fury of your wrath: The rugged-jointed mountain yields.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
येषाम् अज्मेषु पृथिवी जुजुर्वां इव विश्पतिः । भिया यामेषु रेजते ॥
yeṣām ajmeṣu pṛthivī jujurvāṃ iva viśpatiḥ | bhiyā yāmeṣu rejate ||
They at whose racings forth the earth, like an age-weakened lord of men, Trembles in terror on their ways.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
स्थिरं हि जानम् एषां वयो मातुर् निरेतवे । यत् सीम् अनु द्विता शवः ॥
sthiraṃ hi jānam eṣāṃ vayo mātur niretave | yat sīm anu dvitā śavaḥ ||
Strong is their birth: vigour have they to issue from their Mother; strength, Yea, even twice enough, is theirs.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
उद् उ त्ये सूनवो गिरः काष्ठा अज्मेष्व् अत्नत । वाश्रा अभिज्ञु यातवे ॥
ud u tye sūnavo giraḥ kāṣṭhā ajmeṣv atnata | vāśrā abhijñu yātave ||
And these, the Sons, the Singers, in their racings have enlarged the bounds, So that the kine must walk knee-deep.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
त्यं चिद् घा दीर्घम् पृथुम् मिहो नपातम् अमृध्रम् । प्र च्यावयन्ति यामभिः ॥
tyaṃ cid ghā dīrgham pṛthum miho napātam amṛdhram | pra cyāvayanti yāmabhiḥ ||
Before them, on the ways they go, they drop this offspring of the cloud, Long, broad, and inexhaustible.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
मरुतो यद् ध वो बलं जनां अचुच्यवीतन । गिरींर् अचुच्यवीतन ॥
maruto yad dha vo balaṃ janāṃ acucyavītana | girīṃr acucyavītana ||
O Maruts, as your strength is great, so have ye cast men down on earth, So have ye made the mountains fall.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यद् ध यान्ति मरुतः सं ह ब्रुवते ऽध्वन्न् आ । शृणोति कश् चिद् एषाम् ॥
yad dha yānti marutaḥ saṃ ha bruvate 'dhvann ā | śṛṇoti kaś cid eṣām ||
The while the Maruts pass along, they talk together on the way: Doth any hear them as they speak?
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
प्र यात शीभम् आशुभिः सन्ति कण्वेषु वो दुवः । तत्रो षु मादयाध्वै ॥
pra yāta śībham āśubhiḥ santi kaṇveṣu vo duvaḥ | tatro ṣu mādayādhvai ||
Come quick with swift steeds, for ye have worshippers among Kanva's sons May you rejoice among them well.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अस्ति हि ष्मा मदाय वः स्मसि ष्मा वयम् एषाम् । विश्वं चिद् आयुर् जीवसे ॥
asti hi ṣmā madāya vaḥ smasi ṣmā vayam eṣām | viśvaṃ cid āyur jīvase ||
All is prepared for your delight. We are their servants evermore, To live as long as life may last.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)