Rigveda 1.172

1.172.1

चि॒त्रो वो॑ऽस्तु॒ याम॑श्चि॒त्र ऊ॒ती सु॑दानवः | मरु॑तो॒ अहि॑भानवः ||

WONDERFUL let your coming be, wondrous with help, ye Bounteous Ones, Maruts, who gleam as serpents gleam.

May your coming be wondrous with help, O bounteous Maruts who gleam like serpents.

Adbhuta āgati with ūtī (help). Serpent-gleam evokes lightning-flash and coiled power: Marut tejas that can bless when welcomed as sudānavaḥ (generous givers).

Invite powerful change as wonder and aid. Transformative energy is safest when consciously welcomed as generosity, not feared as chaos alone.

1.172.2

आ॒रे सा व॑: सुदानवो॒ मरु॑त ऋञ्ज॒ती शरु॑: | आ॒रे अश्मा॒ यमस्य॑थ ||

Far be from us, O Maruts, ye free givers, your impetuous shaft; Far from us be the stone ye hurl.

Keep far from us, O free-giving Maruts, your impetuous shaft and the stone you hurl.

Havis-relationship includes boundary: generosity coexists with a prayer that missile and hailstone stay distant. Vedic bhakti is not naive; it asks fierce deities to aim force away from the innocent.

Healthy boundaries with intense people or forces: appreciate their gifts while clearly requesting that destructive impulses not land on you.

1.172.3

तृ॒ण॒स्क॒न्दस्य॒ नु विश॒: परि॑ वृङ्क्त सुदानवः | ऊ॒र्ध्वान् नः॑ कर्त जी॒वसे॑ ||

O Bounteous Givers, touch ye not, O Maruts, Tṛṇskanda's folk; Lift ye us up that we may live.

Touch not Tṛṇskanda's folk, O Maruts; lift us up that we may live.

Protection of a named community and a prayer for uplifting so life continues. Maruts as both threat and life-raisers: the same wind that fells can also elevate.

Advocacy: protect specific communities from collateral harm, and actively lift people so they can thrive—not merely avoid damage.