HYMN LVI. MARUTS. · ९ श्यावाश्व आत्रेयः। मरुतः। बृहती, ३, ७ सतोबृहती ।
5.56.1
अग्ने॒ शर्ध॑न्त॒मा ग॒णं पि॒ष्टं रु॒क्मेभि॑र॒ञ्जिभि॑: | विशो॑ अ॒द्य म॒रुता॒मव॑ ह्वये दि॒वश्चि॑द् रोच॒नादधि॑ ||
AGNI, that valorous company adorned with ornaments of gold, The people of the Maruts, I call down to-day even from the luminous realm of heaven.
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5.56.1
अग्ने॒ शर्ध॑न्त॒मा ग॒णं पि॒ष्टं रु॒क्मेभि॑र॒ञ्जिभि॑: | विशो॑ अ॒द्य म॒रुता॒मव॑ ह्वये दि॒वश्चि॑द् रोच॒नादधि॑ ||
AGNI, that valorous company adorned with ornaments of gold, The people of the Maruts, I call down to-day even from the luminous realm of heaven.
5.56.2
यथा॑ चि॒न्मन्य॑से हृ॒दा तदिन्मे॑ जग्मुरा॒शस॑: | ये ते॒ नेदि॑ष्ठं॒ हव॑नान्या॒गम॒न् तान् व॑र्ध भी॒मसं॑दृशः ||
Even as thou thinkest in thy heart, thither my wishes also tend. Those who have come most near to thine invoking calls, strengthen them fearful to behold.
5.56.3
मी॒ळहुष्म॑तीव पृथि॒वी परा॑हता॒ मद॑न्त्येत्य॒स्मदा | ऋक्षो॒ न वो॑ मरुत॒: शिमी॑वाँ॒ अमो॑ दु॒ध्रो गौरि॑व भीम॒युः ||
Earth, like a bounteous lady, liberal of her gifts, struck down and shaken, yet exultant, comes to us. Impetuous as a bear, O Maruts, is youi rush terrible as a dreadful bull..
5.56.4
नि ये रि॒णन्त्योज॑सा॒ वृथा॒ गावो॒ न दु॒र्धुर॑: | अश्मा॑नं चित् स्वर्यं१ पर्व॑तं गि॒रिं प्र च्या॑वयन्ति॒ याम॑भिः ||
They who with mighty strength o’erthrow like oxen difficult to yoke, Cause e’en the heavenly stone to shake ' yea, shake the rocky mountain as they race along.
5.56.5
उत् ति॑ष्ठ नू॒नमे॑षां॒ स्तोमै॒: समु॑क्षितानाम् | म॒रुतां॑ पुरु॒तम॒मपू॑र्व्यं॒ गवां॒ सर्ग॑मिव ह्वये ||
Rise up! even now with lauds I call the very numerous company, Unequalled, of these Maruts, like a herd of kine, grown up together in their strength.
5.56.6
यु॒ङ्ग्ध्वं ह्यरु॑षी॒ रथे॑ यु॒ङ्ग्ध्वं रथे॑षु रो॒हित॑: | यु॒ङ्ग्ध्वं हरी॑ अजि॒रा धु॒रि वोळह॑वे॒ वहि॑ष्ठा धु॒रि वोळह॑वे ||
Bind to your car the bright red mares, yoke the red coursers to your car. Bind to the pole, to draw, the fleet-foot tawny steeds, the best at drawing, to the pole.
5.56.7
उ॒त स्य वा॒ज्य॑रु॒षस्तु॑वि॒ष्वणि॑रि॒ह स्म॑ धायि दर्श॒तः | मा वो॒ यामे॑षु मरुतश्चि॒रं क॑र॒त् प्र तं रथे॑षु चोदत ||
Yea, and this loudly-neighing bright red vigorous horse who hath been sutioned, fair to see, Let him not cause delay, O Maruts,, in your course, urge ye him onward in your cars.
5.56.8
रथं॒ नु मारु॑तं व॒यं श्र॑व॒स्युमा हु॑वामहे | आ यस्मि॑न् त॒स्थौ सु॒रणा॑नि॒ बिभ्र॑ती॒ सचा॑ म॒रुत्सु॑ रोद॒सी ||
The Maruts’ chariot, ever fain to gather glory, we invoke, Which Rodasī hath mounted, bringing pleasant gifts, with Maruts in her company.
5.56.9
तं व॒: शर्धं॑ रथे॒शुभं॑ त्वे॒षं प॑न॒स्युमा हु॑वे | यस्मि॒न् त्सुजा॑ता सु॒भगा॑ मही॒यते॒ सचा॑ म॒रुत्सु॑ मीळहु॒षी ||
I call that brilliant band of yours, adorable, rapid on the car Whereon the bounteous Dame, auspicious, nobly born, shows glorious with the Marut host.