Rigveda 1.37

1.37.1

क्री॒ळं व॒: शर्धो॒ मारु॑तमन॒र्वाणं॑ रथे॒शुभ॑म् | कण्वा॑ अ॒भि प्र गा॑यत ||

SING forth, O Kaṇvas, to your band of Maruts unassailable, Sporting, resplendent on their car

1.37.2

ये पृष॑तीभिर्ऋ॒ष्टिभि॑: सा॒कं वाशी॑भिर॒ञ्जिभि॑: | अजा॑यन्त॒ स्वभा॑नवः ||

They who, self-luminous, were born together, with the spotted deer, Spears, swords, and glittering ornaments.

1.37.3

इ॒हेव॑ शृण्व एषां॒ कशा॒ हस्ते॑षु॒ यद् वदा॑न् | नि याम॑ञ्चि॒त्रमृ॑ञ्जते ||

One hears, as though ’twere close at hand, the cracking of the whips they hold They gather glory on their way.

1.37.4

प्र व॒: शर्धा॑य॒ घृष्व॑ये त्वे॒षद्यु॑म्नाय शु॒ष्मिणे॑ | दे॒वत्तं॒ ब्रह्म॑ गायत ||

Now sing ye forth the God-given hymn to your exultant Marut host, The fiercely-vigorous, the strong.

1.37.5

प्र शं॑सा॒ गोष्वघ्न्यं॑ क्री॒ळं यच्छर्धो॒ मारु॑तम् | जम्भे॒ रस॑स्य वावृधे ||

Praise ye the Bull among the cows; for ’tis the Maruts’ sportive band: It strengthened as it drank the rain.

1.37.6

को वो॒ वर्षि॑ष्ठ॒ आ न॑रो दि॒वश्च॒ ग्मश्च॑ धूतयः | यत्सी॒मन्तं॒ न धू॑नु॒थ ||

Who is your mightiest, Heroes, when, O shakers of the earth and heaven, Ye shake them like a garment's hem?

1.37.7

नि वो॒ यामा॑य॒ मानु॑षो द॒ध्र उ॒ग्राय॑ म॒न्यवे॑ | जिही॑त॒ पर्व॑तो गि॒रिः ||

At your approach man holds him down before the fury of your wrath: The rugged-jointed mountain yields.

1.37.8

येषा॒मज्मे॑षु पृथि॒वी जु॑जु॒र्वाँ इ॑व वि॒श्पति॑: | भि॒या यामे॑षु॒ रेज॑ते ||

They at whose racings forth the earth, like an age-weakened lord of men, Trembles in terror on their ways.

1.37.9

स्थि॒रं हि जान॑मेषां॒ वयो॑ मा॒तुर्निरे॑तवे | यत् सी॒मनु॑ द्वि॒ता शव॑: ||

Strong is their birth: vigour have they to issue from their Mother; strength, Yea, even twice enough, is theirs.

1.37.10

उदु॒ त्ये सू॒नवो॒ गिर॒: काष्ठा॒ अज्मे॑ष्वत्नत | वा॒श्रा अ॑भि॒ज्ञु यात॑वे ||

And these, the Sons, the Singers, in their racings have enlarged the bounds, So that the kine must walk knee-deep.

1.37.11

त्यं चि॑द् घा दी॒र्घं पृ॒थुं मि॒हो नपा॑त॒ममृ॑ध्रम् | प्र च्या॑वयन्ति॒ याम॑भिः ||

Before them, on the ways they go, they drop this offspring of the cloud, Long, broad, and inexhaustible.

1.37.12

मरु॑तो॒ यद्ध॑ वो॒ बलं॒ जनाँ॑ अचुच्यवीतन | गि॒रीँर॑चुच्यवीतन ||

O Maruts, as your strength is great, so have ye cast men down on earth, So have ye made the mountains fall.

1.37.13

यद्ध॒ यान्ति॑ म॒रुत॒: सं ह॑ ब्रुव॒तेऽध्व॒न्ना | शृ॒णोति॒ कश्चि॑देषाम् ||

The while the Maruts pass along, they talk together on the way: Doth any hear them as they speak?

1.37.14

प्र या॑त॒ शीभ॑मा॒शुभि॒: सन्ति॒ कण्वे॑षु वो॒ दुव॑: | तत्रो॒ षु मा॑दयाध्वै ||

Come quick with swift steeds, for ye have worshippers among Kaṇva's sons May you rejoice among them well.

1.37.15

अस्ति॒ हि ष्मा॒ मदा॑य व॒: स्मसि॑ ष्मा व॒यमे॑षाम् | विश्वं॑ चि॒दायु॑र्जी॒वसे॑ ||

All is prepared for your delight. We are their servants evermore, To live as long as life may last.