Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·6·6.66
वपुर् नु तच् चिकितुषे चिद् अस्तु समानं नाम धेनु पत्यमानम् । मर्तेष्व् अन्यद् दोहसे पीपाय सकृच् छुक्रं दुदुहे पृश्निर् ऊधः ॥
vapur nu tac cikituṣe cid astu samānaṃ nāma dhenu patyamānam | marteṣv anyad dohase pīpāya sakṛc chukraṃ duduhe pṛśnir ūdhaḥ ||
E'en to the wise let that be still a wonder to which the general name of Cow is given. The one hath swelled among mankind for milking: Prsni hath drained but once her fair bright udder.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
ये अग्नयो न शोशुचन्न् इधाना द्विर् यत् त्रिर् मरुतो वावृधन्त । अरेणवो हिरण्ययास एषां साकं नृम्णैः पौंस्येभिश् च भूवन् ॥
ye agnayo na śośucann idhānā dvir yat trir maruto vāvṛdhanta | areṇavo hiraṇyayāsa eṣāṃ sākaṃ nṛmṇaiḥ pauṃsyebhiś ca bhūvan ||
They who like kindled flames of fire are glowing,. the Maruts, twice and thrice have waxen mighty. Golden and dustless were their cars, invested with their great strength and their heroic vigour.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
रुद्रस्य ये मीळ्हुषः सन्ति पुत्रा यांश् चो नु दाधृविर् भरध्यै । विदे हि माता महो मही षा सेत् पृश्निः सुभ्वे गर्भम् आधात् ॥
rudrasya ye mīḷhuṣaḥ santi putrā yāṃś co nu dādhṛvir bharadhyai | vide hi mātā maho mahī ṣā set pṛśniḥ subhve garbham ādhāt ||
They who are Sons of the rain-pouring Rudra, whom the long-lasting One had power to foster: The Mighty Ones whose germ great Mother Prsni is known to have received for man's advantage.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
न य ईषन्ते जनुषो ऽया न्व् अन्तः सन्तो ऽवद्यानि पुनानाः । निर् यद् दुह्रे शुचयो ऽनु जोषम् अनु श्रिया तन्वम् उक्षमाणाः ॥
na ya īṣante januṣo 'yā nv antaḥ santo 'vadyāni punānāḥ | nir yad duhre śucayo 'nu joṣam anu śriyā tanvam ukṣamāṇāḥ ||
They shrink not from the birth; in this same manner still resting there they purge away reproaches. When they have streamed forth, brilliant, at their pleasure, with their own splendour they bedew their bodies.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
मक्षू न येषु दोहसे चिद् अया आ नाम धृष्णु मारुतं दधानाः । न ये स्तौना अयासो मह्ना नू चित् सुदानुर् अव यासद् उग्रान् ॥
makṣū na yeṣu dohase cid ayā ā nāma dhṛṣṇu mārutaṃ dadhānāḥ | na ye staunā ayāso mahnā nū cit sudānur ava yāsad ugrān ||
Even those who bear the brave bold name of Maruts, whom not the active quickly wins for milking. Even the liberal wards not off those fierce ones, those who are light and agile in their greatness.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
त इद् उग्राः शवसा धृष्णुषेणा उभे युजन्त रोदसी सुमेके । अध स्मैषु रोदसी स्वशोचिर् आमवत्सु तस्थौ न रोकः ॥
ta id ugrāḥ śavasā dhṛṣṇuṣeṇā ubhe yujanta rodasī sumeke | adha smaiṣu rodasī svaśocir āmavatsu tasthau na rokaḥ ||
When, strong in strength and armed with potent weapons, they had united wellformed earth and heaven, Rodasl stood among these furious Heroes like splendour shining with her native brightness.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अनेनो वो मरुतो यामो अस्त्व् अनश्वश् चिद् यम् अजत्य् अरथीः । अनवसो अनभीशू रजस्तूर् वि रोदसी पथ्या याति साधन् ॥
aneno vo maruto yāmo astv anaśvaś cid yam ajaty arathīḥ | anavaso anabhīśū rajastūr vi rodasī pathyā yāti sādhan ||
No team of goats shall draw your car, O Maruts, no horse no charioteer be he who drives it. Halting not, reinless, through the air it travels, speeding alone its paths through earth and heaven.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
नास्य वर्ता न तरुता न्व् अस्ति मरुतो यम् अवथ वाजसातौ । तोके वा गोषु तनये यम् अप्सु स व्रजं दर्ता पार्ये अध द्योः ॥
nāsya vartā na tarutā nv asti maruto yam avatha vājasātau | toke vā goṣu tanaye yam apsu sa vrajaṃ dartā pārye adha dyoḥ ||
None may obstruct, none overtake, O Maruts, him whom ye succour in the strife of battle For sons and progeny, for kine and waters: he bursts the cow-stall on the day of trial.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
प्र चित्रम् अर्कं गृणते तुराय मारुताय स्वतवसे भरध्वम् । ये सहांसि सहसा सहन्ते रेजते अग्ने पृथिवी मखेभ्यः ॥
pra citram arkaṃ gṛṇate turāya mārutāya svatavase bharadhvam | ye sahāṃsi sahasā sahante rejate agne pṛthivī makhebhyaḥ ||
Bring a bright hymn to praise the band of Maruts, the Singers, rapid, strong in native vigour, Who conquer mighty strength with strength more mighty: earth shakes in terror at their wars, O Agni.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
त्विषीमन्तो अध्वरस्येव दिद्युत् तृषुच्यवसो जुह्वो नाग्नेः । अर्चत्रयो धुनयो न वीरा भ्राजज्जन्मानो मरुतो अधृष्टाः ॥
tviṣīmanto adhvarasyeva didyut tṛṣucyavaso juhvo nāgneḥ | arcatrayo dhunayo na vīrā bhrājajjanmāno maruto adhṛṣṭāḥ ||
Bright like the flashing flames of sacrifices, like tongues of fire impetuous in their onset, Chanting their psalm, singing aloud, like heroes, splendid from birth, invincible, the Maruts.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
तं वृधन्तम् मारुतम् भ्राजदृष्टिं रुद्रस्य सूनुं हवसा विवासे । दिवः शर्धाय शुचयो मनीषा गिरयो नाप उग्रा अस्पृध्रन् ॥
taṃ vṛdhantam mārutam bhrājadṛṣṭiṃ rudrasya sūnuṃ havasā vivāse | divaḥ śardhāya śucayo manīṣā girayo nāpa ugrā aspṛdhran ||
That swelling band I call with invocation, the brood of Rudra, armed with glittering lances. Pure hymns are meet for that celestial army: like floods and mountains have the Strong Ones battled.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)