Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·1·1.39
प्र यद् इत्था परावतः शोचिर् न मानम् अस्यथ । कस्य क्रत्वा मरुतः कस्य वर्पसा कं याथ कं ह धूतयः ॥
pra yad itthā parāvataḥ śocir na mānam asyatha | kasya kratvā marutaḥ kasya varpasā kaṃ yātha kaṃ ha dhūtayaḥ ||
When thus, like flame, from far away, Maruts, ye cast your measure forth, To whom go Ye, to whom, O shakers of the earth, moved by whose wisdom, whose design?
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
स्थिरा वः सन्त्व् आयुधा पराणुदे वीळू उत प्रतिष्कभे । युष्माकम् अस्तु तविषी पनीयसी मा मर्त्यस्य मायिनः ॥
sthirā vaḥ santv āyudhā parāṇude vīḷū uta pratiṣkabhe | yuṣmākam astu taviṣī panīyasī mā martyasya māyinaḥ ||
Strong let your weapons be to drive away your foes, firm for resistance let them be. Yea, passing glorious must be your warrior might, not as a guileful mortal's strength.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
परा ह यत् स्थिरं हथ नरो वर्तयथा गुरु । वि याथन वनिनः पृथिव्या व्य् आशाः पर्वतानाम् ॥
parā ha yat sthiraṃ hatha naro vartayathā guru | vi yāthana vaninaḥ pṛthivyā vy āśāḥ parvatānām ||
When what is strong ye overthrow, and whirl about each ponderous thing, Heroes, your course is through the forest trees of earth, and through the fissures of the rocks.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
नहि वः शत्रुर् विविदे अधि द्यवि न भूम्यां रिशादसः । युष्माकम् अस्तु तविषी तना युजा रुद्रासो नू चिद् आधृषे ॥
nahi vaḥ śatrur vivide adhi dyavi na bhūmyāṃ riśādasaḥ | yuṣmākam astu taviṣī tanā yujā rudrāso nū cid ādhṛṣe ||
Consumers of your foes, no enemy of yours is found in heaven or on the earth: Ye Rudras, may the strength, held in this bond, be yours, to bid defiance even now.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
प्र वेपयन्ति पर्वतान् वि विञ्चन्ति वनस्पतीन् । प्रो आरत मरुतो दुर्मदा इव देवासः सर्वया विशा ॥
pra vepayanti parvatān vi viñcanti vanaspatīn | pro ārata maruto durmadā iva devāsaḥ sarvayā viśā ||
They make the mountains rock and reel, they rend the forest-kings apart. Onward, ye Maruts, drive, like creatures drunk with wine, ye, Gods with all your company.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
उपो रथेषु पृषतीर् अयुग्ध्वम् प्रष्टिर् वहति रोहितः । आ वो यामाय पृथिवी चिद् अश्रोद् अबीभयन्त मानुषाः ॥
upo ratheṣu pṛṣatīr ayugdhvam praṣṭir vahati rohitaḥ | ā vo yāmāya pṛthivī cid aśrod abībhayanta mānuṣāḥ ||
Ye to your chariot have yoked the spotted deer: a red deer, as a leader, draws. Even the Earth herself listened as ye came near, and men were sorely terrified.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
आ वो मक्षू तनाय कं रुद्रा अवो वृणीमहे । गन्ता नूनं नो ऽवसा यथा पुरेत्था कण्वाय बिभ्युषे ॥
ā vo makṣū tanāya kaṃ rudrā avo vṛṇīmahe | gantā nūnaṃ no 'vasā yathā puretthā kaṇvāya bibhyuṣe ||
O Rudras, quickly we desire your succour for this work of ours. Come to us with your aid as in the days of old, so now for frightened Kanva's sake.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
युष्मेषितो मरुतो मर्त्येषित आ यो नो अभ्व ईषते । वि तं युयोत शवसा व्य् ओजसा वि युष्माकाभिर् ऊतिभिः ॥
yuṣmeṣito maruto martyeṣita ā yo no abhva īṣate | vi taṃ yuyota śavasā vy ojasā vi yuṣmākābhir ūtibhiḥ ||
Should any monstrous foe, O Maruts, sent by you or sent by mortals threaten us, Tear ye him from us with your power and with your might, and with the succours that are yours.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
असामि हि प्रयज्यवः कण्वं दद प्रचेतसः । असामिभिर् मरुत आ न ऊतिभिर् गन्ता वृष्टिं न विद्युतः ॥
asāmi hi prayajyavaḥ kaṇvaṃ dada pracetasaḥ | asāmibhir maruta ā na ūtibhir gantā vṛṣṭiṃ na vidyutaḥ ||
For ye, the worshipful and wise, have guarded Kanva perfectly. O Maruts, come to us with full protecting help, as lightning flashes seek the rain.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
असाम्य् ओजो बिभृथा सुदानवो ऽसामि धूतयः शवः । ऋषिद्विषे मरुतः परिमन्यव इषुं न सृजत द्विषम् ॥
asāmy ojo bibhṛthā sudānavo 'sāmi dhūtayaḥ śavaḥ | ṛṣidviṣe marutaḥ parimanyava iṣuṃ na sṛjata dviṣam ||
Whole strength have ye, O Bounteous Ones; perfect, earth-shakers, is your might. Maruts, against the poet's wrathful enemy send ye an enemy like a dart.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)