Rigveda 1.86

1.86.1

मरु॑तो॒ यस्य॒ हि क्षये॑ पा॒था दि॒वो वि॑महसः | स सु॑गो॒पात॑मो॒ जन॑: ||

THE best of guardians hath that man within whose dwelling place ye drink, O Maruts, giants of the sky.

1.86.2

य॒ज्ञैर्वा॑ यज्ञवाहसो॒ विप्र॑स्य वा मती॒नाम् | मरु॑तः शृणु॒ता हव॑म् ||

Honoured with sacrifice or with the worship of the sages’ hymns, O Maruts, listen to the call.

1.86.3

उ॒त वा॒ यस्य॑ वा॒जिनो ऽनु॒ विप्र॒मत॑क्षत | स गन्ता॒ गोम॑ति व्र॒जे ||

Yea, the strong man to whom ye have vouchsafed to give a sage, shall move Into a stable rich in kine.

1.86.4

अ॒स्य वी॒रस्य॑ ब॒र्हिषि॑ सु॒तः सोमो॒ दिवि॑ष्टिषु | उ॒क्थं मद॑श्च शस्यते ||

Upon this hero's sacred grass Soma is poured in daily rites: Praise and delight are sung aloud.

1.86.5

अ॒स्य श्रो॑ष॒न्त्वा भुवो॒ विश्वा॒ यश्च॑र्ष॒णीर॒भि | सूरं॑ चित् स॒स्रुषी॒रिष॑: ||

Let the strong Maruts hear him, him surpassing all men: strength be his That reaches even to the Sun.

1.86.6

पू॒र्वीभि॒र्हि द॑दाशि॒म श॒रद्भि॑र्मरुतो व॒यम् | अवो॑भिश्चर्षणी॒नाम् ||

For, through the swift Gods’ loving help, in many an autumn, Maruts, we Have offered up our sacrifice.

1.86.7

सु॒भग॒: स प्र॑यज्यवो॒ मरु॑तो अस्तु॒ मर्त्य॑: | यस्य॒ प्रयां॑सि॒ पर्ष॑थ ||

Fortunate shall that mortal be, O Maruts most adorable, Whose offerings ye bear away.

1.86.8

श॒श॒मा॒नस्य॑ वा नर॒: स्वेद॑स्य सत्यशवसः | वि॒दा काम॑स्य॒ वेन॑तः ||

O Heroes truly strong, ye know the toil of him who sings your praise, The heart's desire of him who loves.

1.86.9

यू॒यं तत् स॑त्यशवस आ॒विष्क॑र्त महित्व॒ना | विध्य॑ता वि॒द्युता॒ रक्ष॑: ||

O ye of true strength, make this thing manifest by your greatness: strike The demon with your thunderbolt.

1.86.10

गूह॑ता॒ गुह्यं॒ तमो॒ वि या॑त॒ विश्व॑म॒त्रिण॑म् | ज्योति॑ष्कर्ता॒ यदु॒श्मसि॑ ||

Conceal the horrid darkness, drive far from us each devouring fiend. Create the light for which we long.