Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·1·1.86
मरुतो यस्य हि क्षये पाथा दिवो विमहसः । स सुगोपातमो जनः ॥
maruto yasya hi kṣaye pāthā divo vimahasaḥ | sa sugopātamo janaḥ ||
The best of guardians hath that man within whose dwelling place ye drink, O Maruts, giants of the sky.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यज्ञैर् वा यज्ञवाहसो विप्रस्य वा मतीनाम् । मरुतः शृणुता हवम् ॥
yajñair vā yajñavāhaso viprasya vā matīnām | marutaḥ śṛṇutā havam ||
Honoured with sacrifice or with the worship of the sages' hymns, O Maruts, listen to the call.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
उत वा यस्य वाजिनो ऽनु विप्रम् अतक्षत । स गन्ता गोमति व्रजे ॥
uta vā yasya vājino 'nu vipram atakṣata | sa gantā gomati vraje ||
Yea, the strong man to whom ye have vouchsafed to give a sage, shall move Into a stable rich in kine.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अस्य वीरस्य बर्हिषि सुतः सोमो दिविष्टिषु । उक्थम् मदश् च शस्यते ॥
asya vīrasya barhiṣi sutaḥ somo diviṣṭiṣu | uktham madaś ca śasyate ||
Upon this hero's sacred grass Soma is poured in daily rites: Praise and delight are sung aloud.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अस्य श्रोषन्त्व् आ भुवो विश्वा यश् चर्षणीर् अभि । सूरं चित् सस्रुषीर् इषः ॥
asya śroṣantv ā bhuvo viśvā yaś carṣaṇīr abhi | sūraṃ cit sasruṣīr iṣaḥ ||
Let the strong Maruts hear him, him surpassing all men: strength be his That reaches even to the Sun.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
पूर्वीभिर् हि ददाशिम शरद्भिर् मरुतो वयम् । अवोभिश् चर्षणीनाम् ॥
pūrvībhir hi dadāśima śaradbhir maruto vayam | avobhiś carṣaṇīnām ||
For, through the swift Gods' loving help, in many an autumn, Maruts, we Have offered up our sacrifice.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
सुभगः स प्रयज्यवो मरुतो अस्तु मर्त्यः । यस्य प्रयांसि पर्षथ ॥
subhagaḥ sa prayajyavo maruto astu martyaḥ | yasya prayāṃsi parṣatha ||
Fortunate shall that mortal be, O Maruts most adorable, Whose offerings ye bear away.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
शशमानस्य वा नरः स्वेदस्य सत्यशवसः । विदा कामस्य वेनतः ॥
śaśamānasya vā naraḥ svedasya satyaśavasaḥ | vidā kāmasya venataḥ ||
O Heroes truly strong, ye know the toil of him who sings your praise, The heart's desire of him who loves.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यूयं तत् सत्यशवस आविष् कर्त महित्वना । विध्यता विद्युता रक्षः ॥
yūyaṃ tat satyaśavasa āviṣ karta mahitvanā | vidhyatā vidyutā rakṣaḥ ||
O ye of true strength, make this thing manifest by your greatness: strike The demon with your thunderbolt.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
गूहता गुह्यं तमो वि यात विश्वम् अत्रिणम् । ज्योतिष् कर्ता यद् उश्मसि ॥
gūhatā guhyaṃ tamo vi yāta viśvam atriṇam | jyotiṣ kartā yad uśmasi ||
Conceal the horrid darkness, drive far from us each devouring fiend. Create the light for which we long.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)