क ईं व्यक्ता नरः सनीळा रुद्रस्य मर्या अध स्वश्वाः ॥
ka īṃ vyaktā naraḥ sanīḷā rudrasya maryā adha svaśvāḥ ||
Who are these radiant men in serried rank, Rudra's young heroes borne by noble steeds?
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नकिर् ह्य् एषां जनूंषि वेद ते अङ्ग विद्रे मिथो जनित्रम् ॥
nakir hy eṣāṃ janūṃṣi veda te aṅga vidre mitho janitram ||
Verily no one knoweth whence they sprang: they, and they only, know each other's birth.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अभि स्वपूभिर् मिथो वपन्त वातस्वनसः श्येना अस्पृध्रन् ॥
abhi svapūbhir mitho vapanta vātasvanasaḥ śyenā aspṛdhran ||
They strew each other with their blasts, these Hawks: they strove together, roaring like the wind.
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एतानि धीरो निण्या चिकेत पृश्निर् यद् ऊधो मही जभार ॥
etāni dhīro niṇyā ciketa pṛśnir yad ūdho mahī jabhāra ||
A sage was he who knew these mysteries, what in her udder mighty Prsni bore.
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सा विट् सुवीरा मरुद्भिर् अस्तु सनात् सहन्ती पुष्यन्ती नृम्णम् ॥
sā viṭ suvīrā marudbhir astu sanāt sahantī puṣyantī nṛmṇam ||
Ever victorious, through the Maruts, be this band of Heroes, nursing manly strength,
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यामं येष्ठाः शुभा शोभिष्ठाः श्रिया सम्मिश्ला ओजोभिर् उग्राः ॥
yāmaṃ yeṣṭhāḥ śubhā śobhiṣṭhāḥ śriyā sammiślā ojobhir ugrāḥ ||
Most bright in splendour, fleetest on their way, close-knit to glory, strong with varied power.
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उग्रं व ओज स्थिरा शवांस्य् अधा मरुद्भिर् गणस् तुविष्मान् ॥
ugraṃ va oja sthirā śavāṃsy adhā marudbhir gaṇas tuviṣmān ||
Yea, mighty is your power and firm your strength: so, potent, with the Maruts, be the band.
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शुभ्रो वः शुष्मः क्रुध्मी मनांसि धुनिर् मुनिर् इव शर्धस्य धृष्णोः ॥
śubhro vaḥ śuṣmaḥ krudhmī manāṃsi dhunir munir iva śardhasya dhṛṣṇoḥ ||
Bright is your spirit, wrathful are your minds: your bold troop's minstrel is like one inspired.
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सनेम्य् अस्मद् युयोत दिद्युम् मा वो दुर्मतिर् इह प्रणङ् नः ॥
sanemy asmad yuyota didyum mā vo durmatir iha praṇaṅ naḥ ||
Ever avert your blazing shaft from us, and let not your displeasure reach us here
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प्रिया वो नाम हुवे तुराणाम् आ यत् तृपन् मरुतो वावशानाः ॥
priyā vo nāma huve turāṇām ā yat tṛpan maruto vāvaśānāḥ ||
Your dear names, conquering Maruts, we invoke, calling aloud till we are satisfied.
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स्वायुधास इष्मिणः सुनिष्का उत स्वयं तन्वः शुम्भमानाः ॥
svāyudhāsa iṣmiṇaḥ suniṣkā uta svayaṃ tanvaḥ śumbhamānāḥ ||
Well-armed, impetuous in their haste, they deck themselves, their forms, with oblations: to you, the pure, ornaments made of gold.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
शुची वो हव्या मरुतः शुचीनां शुचिं हिनोम्य् अध्वरं शुचिभ्यः । ऋतेन सत्यम् ऋतसाप आयञ् छुचिजन्मानः शुचयः पावकाः ॥
śucī vo havyā marutaḥ śucīnāṃ śuciṃ hinomy adhvaraṃ śucibhyaḥ | ṛtena satyam ṛtasāpa āyañ chucijanmānaḥ śucayaḥ pāvakāḥ ||
Pure, Maruts, pure yourselves, are your oblations: to you, the pure, pure sacrifice I offer. By Law they came to truth, the Law's observers, bright by their birth, and pure, and sanctifying.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अंसेष्व् आ मरुतः खादयो वो वक्षस्सु रुक्मा उपशिश्रियाणाः । वि विद्युतो न वृष्टिभी रुचाना अनु स्वधाम् आयुधैर् यच्छमानाः ॥
aṃseṣv ā marutaḥ khādayo vo vakṣassu rukmā upaśiśriyāṇāḥ | vi vidyuto na vṛṣṭibhī rucānā anu svadhām āyudhair yacchamānāḥ ||
Your rings, O Maruts, rest upon your shoulders, and chains of gold are twined upon your bosoms. Gleaming with drops of rain, like lightning-flashes, after your wont ye whirl about your weapons.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
प्र बुध्न्या व ईरते महांसि प्र नामानि प्रयज्यवस् तिरध्वम् । सहस्रियं दम्यम् भागम् एतं गृहमेधीयम् मरुतो जुषध्वम् ॥
pra budhnyā va īrate mahāṃsi pra nāmāni prayajyavas tiradhvam | sahasriyaṃ damyam bhāgam etaṃ gṛhamedhīyam maruto juṣadhvam ||
Wide in the depth of air spread forth your glories, far, most adorable, ye bear your titles. Maruts, accept this thousandfold allotment of household sacrifice and household treasure.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यदि स्तुतस्य मरुतो अधीथेत्था विप्रस्य वाजिनो हवीमन् । मक्षू रायः सुवीर्यस्य दात नू चिद् यम् अन्य आदभद् अरावा ॥
yadi stutasya maruto adhīthetthā viprasya vājino havīman | makṣū rāyaḥ suvīryasya dāta nū cid yam anya ādabhad arāvā ||
If, Maruts, ye regard the praise recited here at this mighty singer invocation, Vouchsafe us quickly wealth with noble heroes, wealth which no man uho hateth us may injure.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अत्यासो न ये मरुतः स्वञ्चो यक्षदृशो न शुभयन्त मर्याः । ते हर्म्येष्ठाः शिशवो न शुभ्रा वत्सासो न प्रक्रीळिनः पयोधाः ॥
atyāso na ye marutaḥ svañco yakṣadṛśo na śubhayanta maryāḥ | te harmyeṣṭhāḥ śiśavo na śubhrā vatsāso na prakrīḷinaḥ payodhāḥ ||
The Maruts, fleet as coursers, while they deck them like youths spectators of a festal meeting, Linger, like beauteous colts, about the dwelling, like frisking calves, these who pour down the water.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
दशस्यन्तो नो मरुतो मृळन्तु वरिवस्यन्तो रोदसी सुमेके । आरे गोहा नृहा वधो वो अस्तु सुम्नेभिर् अस्मे वसवो नमध्वम् ॥
daśasyanto no maruto mṛḷantu varivasyanto rodasī sumeke | āre gohā nṛhā vadho vo astu sumnebhir asme vasavo namadhvam ||
So may the Maruts help us and be gracious, bringing free room to lovely Earth and Heaven. Far be your bolt that slayeth men and cattle. Ye Vasus, turn yourselves to us with blessings.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
आ वो होता जोहवीति सत्तः सत्राचीं रातिम् मरुतो गृणानः । य ईवतो वृषणो अस्ति गोपाः सो अद्वयावी हवते व उक्थैः ॥
ā vo hotā johavīti sattaḥ satrācīṃ rātim maruto gṛṇānaḥ | ya īvato vṛṣaṇo asti gopāḥ so advayāvī havate va ukthaiḥ ||
The priest, when seated, loudly calls you, Maruts, praising in song your universal bounty. He, Bulls! who hath so much in his possession, free from duplicity, with hymns invokes you.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
इमे तुरम् मरुतो रामयन्तीमे सहः सहस आ नमन्ति । इमे शंसं वनुष्यतो नि पान्ति गुरु द्वेषो अररुषे दधन्ति ॥
ime turam maruto rāmayantīme sahaḥ sahasa ā namanti | ime śaṃsaṃ vanuṣyato ni pānti guru dveṣo araruṣe dadhanti ||
These Maruts bring the swift man to a stand-still, and strength with mightier strength they break and humble These guard the singer from the man who hates him and lay their sore displeasure on the wicked.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
इमे रध्रं चिन् मरुतो जुनन्ति भृमिं चिद् यथा वसवो जुषन्त । अप बाधध्वं वृषणस् तमांसि धत्त विश्वं तनयं तोकम् अस्मे ॥
ime radhraṃ cin maruto junanti bhṛmiṃ cid yathā vasavo juṣanta | apa bādhadhvaṃ vṛṣaṇas tamāṃsi dhatta viśvaṃ tanayaṃ tokam asme ||
These Maruts rouse even the poor and needy: the Vasus love him as an active champion. Drive to a distance, O ye Bulls, the darkness: give us full store of children and descendants.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
मा वो दात्रान् मरुतो निर् अराम मा पश्चाद् दघ्म रथ्यो विभागे । आ न स्पार्हे भजतना वसव्ये यद् ईं सुजातं वृषणो वो अस्ति ॥
mā vo dātrān maruto nir arāma mā paścād daghma rathyo vibhāge | ā na spārhe bhajatanā vasavye yad īṃ sujātaṃ vṛṣaṇo vo asti ||
Never, O Maruts, may we lose your bounty, nor, car-borne Lords! be hindmost when ye deal it. Give us a share in that delightful treasure, the genuine wealth that, Bulls! is your possession.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
सं यद् धनन्त मन्युभिर् जनासः शूरा यह्वीष्व् ओषधीषु विक्षु । अध स्मा नो मरुतो रुद्रियासस् त्रातारो भूत पृतनास्व् अर्यः ॥
saṃ yad dhananta manyubhir janāsaḥ śūrā yahvīṣv oṣadhīṣu vikṣu | adha smā no maruto rudriyāsas trātāro bhūta pṛtanāsv aryaḥ ||
What time the men in fury rush together for running streams, for pastures, and for houses. Then, O ye Maruts, ye who spring from Rudra, be our protectors in the strife with foemen.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
भूरि चक्र मरुतः पित्र्याण्य् उक्थानि या वः शस्यन्ते पुरा चित् । मरुद्भिर् उग्रः पृतनासु साळ्हा मरुद्भिर् इत् सनिता वाजम् अर्वा ॥
bhūri cakra marutaḥ pitryāṇy ukthāni yā vaḥ śasyante purā cit | marudbhir ugraḥ pṛtanāsu sāḷhā marudbhir it sanitā vājam arvā ||
Full many a deed ye did for our forefathers worthy of lauds which, even of old, they sang you. lle strong man, with the Maruts, wins in battle, the charger, with the Maruts, gains the booty.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अस्मे वीरो मरुतः शुष्म्य् अस्तु जनानां यो असुरो विधर्ता । अपो येन सुक्षितये तरेमाध स्वम् ओको अभि वः स्याम ॥
asme vīro marutaḥ śuṣmy astu janānāṃ yo asuro vidhartā | apo yena sukṣitaye taremādha svam oko abhi vaḥ syāma ||
Ours, O ye Maruts, be the vigorous Hero, the Lord Divine of men, the strong Sustainer, With whom to fair lands we may cross the waters, and dwell in our own home with you beside us.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
तन् न इन्द्रो वरुणो मित्रो अग्निर् आप ओषधीर् वनिनो जुषन्त । शर्मन् स्याम मरुताम् उपस्थे यूयम् पात स्वस्तिभिः सदा नः ॥
tan na indro varuṇo mitro agnir āpa oṣadhīr vanino juṣanta | śarman syāma marutām upasthe yūyam pāta svastibhiḥ sadā naḥ ||
May Indra, Mitra, Varuna and Agni, Waters, and Plants, and Trees accept our praises. May we find shelter in the Marut's bosom. Preserve us evermore, ye Gods, with blessings.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)