Rigveda 1.172

HYMN CLXXII. MARUTS. · ३ अगस्त्यो मैत्रावरुणिः । मरुतः। गायत्री।

1.172.1

चि॒त्रो वो॑ऽस्तु॒ याम॑श्चि॒त्र ऊ॒ती सु॑दानवः | मरु॑तो॒ अहि॑भानवः ||

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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.

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.

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.