Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·5·5.53
को वेद जानम् एषां को वा पुरा सुम्नेष्व् आस मरुताम् । यद् युयुज्रे किलास्यः ॥
ko veda jānam eṣāṃ ko vā purā sumneṣv āsa marutām | yad yuyujre kilāsyaḥ ||
Who knows the birth of these, or who lived in the Maruts' favour in the days of old What time their spotted deer were yoked?
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
ऐतान् रथेषु तस्थुषः कः शुश्राव कथा ययुः । कस्मै सस्रुः सुदासे अन्व् आपय इळाभिर् वृष्टयः सह ॥
aitān ratheṣu tasthuṣaḥ kaḥ śuśrāva kathā yayuḥ | kasmai sasruḥ sudāse anv āpaya iḷābhir vṛṣṭayaḥ saha ||
Who, when they stood upon their cars, hath heard them tell the way they went? Who was the bounteous man to whom their kindred rains flowed down with food of sacrifice?
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
ते म आहुर् य आययुर् उप द्युभिर् विभिर् मदे । नरो मर्या अरेपस इमान् पश्यन्न् इति ष्टुहि ॥
te ma āhur ya āyayur upa dyubhir vibhir made | naro maryā arepasa imān paśyann iti ṣṭuhi ||
To me they told it, and they came with winged steeds radiant to the draught, Youths, Heroes free from spot or stain: Behold us here and praise thou us;
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
ये अञ्जिषु ये वाशीषु स्वभानवः स्रक्षु रुक्मेषु खादिषु । श्राया रथेषु धन्वसु ॥
ye añjiṣu ye vāśīṣu svabhānavaḥ srakṣu rukmeṣu khādiṣu | śrāyā ratheṣu dhanvasu ||
Who shine self-luminous with ornaments and swords, with breastplates, armlets, and with wreaths, Arrayed on chariots and with bows.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
युष्माकं स्मा रथां अनु मुदे दधे मरुतो जीरदानवः । वृष्टी द्यावो यतीर् इव ॥
yuṣmākaṃ smā rathāṃ anu mude dadhe maruto jīradānavaḥ | vṛṣṭī dyāvo yatīr iva ||
O swift to pour your bounties down, ye Maruts, with delight I look upon your cars, Like splendours coming through the rain.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
आ यं नरः सुदानवो ददाशुषे दिवः कोशम् अचुच्यवुः । वि पर्जन्यं सृजन्ति रोदसी अनु धन्वना यन्ति वृष्टयः ॥
ā yaṃ naraḥ sudānavo dadāśuṣe divaḥ kośam acucyavuḥ | vi parjanyaṃ sṛjanti rodasī anu dhanvanā yanti vṛṣṭayaḥ ||
Munificent Heroes, they have cast heaven's treasury down for the worshipper's behoof: They set the storm-cloud free to stream through both the worlds, and rain floods flow o'er desert spots.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
ततृदानाः सिन्धवः क्षोदसा रजः प्र सस्रुर् धेनवो यथा । स्यन्ना अश्वा इवाध्वनो विमोचने वि यद् वर्तन्त एन्यः ॥
tatṛdānāḥ sindhavaḥ kṣodasā rajaḥ pra sasrur dhenavo yathā | syannā aśvā ivādhvano vimocane vi yad vartanta enyaḥ ||
The bursting streams m billowy flood have spread abroad, like milch-kine, o'er the firmament. Like swift steeds hasting to their journey's resting-place, to every side run glittering brooks.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
आ यात मरुतो दिव आन्तरिक्षाद् अमाद् उत । माव स्थात परावतः ॥
ā yāta maruto diva āntarikṣād amād uta | māva sthāta parāvataḥ ||
Hither, O Maruts, come from heaven, from mid-air, or from near at hand Tarry not far away from us.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
मा वो रसानितभा कुभा क्रुमुर् मा वः सिन्धुर् नि रीरमत् । मा वः परि ष्ठात् सरयुः पुरीषिण्य् अस्मे इत् सुम्नम् अस्तु वः ॥
mā vo rasānitabhā kubhā krumur mā vaḥ sindhur ni rīramat | mā vaḥ pari ṣṭhāt sarayuḥ purīṣiṇy asme it sumnam astu vaḥ ||
So let not Rasa, Krumu, or Anitabha, Kubha, or Sindhu hold you back. Let not the watery Sarayti obstruct your way. With us be all the bliss ye give.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
तं वः शर्धं रथानां त्वेषं गणम् मारुतं नव्यसीनाम् । अनु प्र यन्ति वृष्टयः ॥
taṃ vaḥ śardhaṃ rathānāṃ tveṣaṃ gaṇam mārutaṃ navyasīnām | anu pra yanti vṛṣṭayaḥ ||
That brilliant gathering of your cars, the company of Maruts, of the Youthful Ones, The rain-showers, speeding on, attend.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
शर्धं-शर्धं व एषां व्रातं-व्रातं गणं-गणं सुशस्तिभिः । अनु क्रामेम धीतिभिः ॥
śardhaṃ-śardhaṃ va eṣāṃ vrātaṃ-vrātaṃ gaṇaṃ-gaṇaṃ suśastibhiḥ | anu krāmema dhītibhiḥ ||
With eulogies and hymns may we follow your army, troop by troop, and band by band, And company by company.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
कस्मा अद्य सुजाताय रातहव्याय प्र ययुः । एना यामेन मरुतः ॥
kasmā adya sujātāya rātahavyāya pra yayuḥ | enā yāmena marutaḥ ||
To what oblation-giver, sprung of noble ancestry, have sped The Maruts on this course to-day?
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
येन तोकाय तनयाय धान्यम् बीजं वहध्वे अक्षितम् । अस्मभ्यं तद् धत्तन यद् व ईमहे राधो विश्वायु सौभगम् ॥
yena tokāya tanayāya dhānyam bījaṃ vahadhve akṣitam | asmabhyaṃ tad dhattana yad va īmahe rādho viśvāyu saubhagam ||
Vouchsafe to us the bounty, that which we implore, through which, for child and progeny, Ye give the seed of corn that wasteth not away, and bliss that reacheth to all life.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अतीयाम निदस् तिरः स्वस्तिभिर् हित्वावद्यम् अरातीः । वृष्ट्वी शं योर् आप उस्रि भेषजं स्याम मरुतः सह ॥
atīyāma nidas tiraḥ svastibhir hitvāvadyam arātīḥ | vṛṣṭvī śaṃ yor āpa usri bheṣajaṃ syāma marutaḥ saha ||
May we in safety pass by those who slander us, leaving behind disgrace and hate. Maruts, may we be there when ye, at dawn, in rest and toil, rain waters down and balm.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
सुदेवः समहासति सुवीरो नरो मरुतः स मर्त्यः । यं त्रायध्वे स्याम ते ॥
sudevaḥ samahāsati suvīro naro marutaḥ sa martyaḥ | yaṃ trāyadhve syāma te ||
Favoured by Gods shall he the man, O Heroes, Maruts! and possessed of noble sons, Whom ye protect. Such may we be.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
स्तुहि भोजान् स्तुवतो अस्य यामनि रणन् गावो न यवसे । यतः पूर्वां इव सखींर् अनु ह्वय गिरा गृणीहि कामिनः ॥
stuhi bhojān stuvato asya yāmani raṇan gāvo na yavase | yataḥ pūrvāṃ iva sakhīṃr anu hvaya girā gṛṇīhi kāminaḥ ||
Praise the Free-givers. At this liberal patron's rite they joy like cattle in the mead. So call thou unto them who come as ancient Friends: hymn those who love thee with a song.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)