Rigveda 5.57

5.57.1

आ रु॑द्रास॒ इन्द्र॑वन्तः स॒जोष॑सो॒ हिर॑ण्यरथाः सुवि॒ताय॑ गन्तन | इ॒यं वो॑ अ॒स्मत् प्रति॑ हर्यते म॒तिस्तृ॒ष्णजे॒ न दि॒व उत्सा॑ उद॒न्यवे॑ ||

OF one accord, with Indra, O ye Rudras, come borne on your golden car for our prosperity. An offering from us, this hymn is brought to you, as, unto one who th irsts for water, heavenly springs.

5.57.2

वाशी॑मन्त ऋष्टि॒मन्तो॑ मनी॒षिण॑: सु॒धन्वा॑न॒ इषु॑मन्तो निष॒ङ्गिण॑: | स्वश्वा॑: स्थ सु॒रथा॑: पृश्निमातरः स्वायु॒धा म॑रुतो याथना॒ शुभ॑म् ||

Armed with your daggers, full of wisdom, armed with spears, armed with your quivers, armed with arrows, with good bows, Good horses and good cars have ye, O Pṛśni's Sons: ye, Maruts, with good weapons go to victory.

5.57.3

धू॒नु॒थ द्यां पर्व॑तान् दा॒शुषे॒ वसु॒ नि वो॒ वना॑ जिहते॒ याम॑नो भि॒या | को॒पय॑थ पृथि॒वीं पृ॑श्निमातरः शु॒भे यदु॑ग्रा॒: पृष॑ती॒रयु॑ग्ध्वम् ||

From hills and heaven ye shake wealth for the worshipper: in terror at your coming low the woods bow down. Ye make the earth to tremble, Sons of Pṛśni, when for victory ye have yoked, fierce Ones! your spotted deer.

5.57.4

वात॑त्विषो म॒रुतो॑ व॒र्षनि॑र्णिजो य॒मा इ॑व॒ सुस॑दृशः सु॒पेश॑सः | पि॒शङ्गा॑श्वा अरु॒णाश्वा॑ अरे॒पस॒: प्रत्व॑क्षसो महि॒ना द्यौरि॑वो॒रव॑: ||

Bright with the blasts of wind, wrapped in their robes of rain, like twins of noble aspect and of lovely form, The Maruts, spotless, with steeds tawnyhued and red, strong in their mightiness and spreading wide like heaven.

5.57.5

पु॒रु॒द्र॒प्सा अ॑ञ्जि॒मन्त॑: सु॒दान॑वस्त्वे॒षसं॑दृशो अनव॒भ्ररा॑धसः | सु॒जा॒तासो॑ ज॒नुषा॑ रु॒क्मव॑क्षसो दि॒वो अ॒र्का अ॒मृतं॒ नाम॑ भेजिरे ||

Rich in adornment, rich in drops, munificent, bright in their aspect, yielding bounties that endure, Noble by birth, adorned with gold upon their breasts, the Singers of the sky have won immortal fame.

5.57.6

ऋ॒ष्टयो॑ वो मरुतो॒ अंस॑यो॒रधि॒ सह॒ ओजो॑ बा॒ह्वोर्वो॒ बलं॑ हि॒तम् | नृ॒म्णा शी॒र्षस्वायु॑धा॒ रथे॑षु वो॒ विश्वा॑ व॒: श्रीरधि॑ त॒नूषु॑ पिपिशे ||

Borne on both shoulders, O ye Maruts, are your spears: within your arms is laid your energy and 3trength. Bold thoughts are in your heads, your weapons in your cars, all glorious majesty is moulded on your forms.

5.57.7

गोम॒दश्वा॑व॒द् रथ॑वत् सु॒वीरं॑ च॒न्द्रव॒द् राधो॑ मरुतो ददा नः | प्रश॑स्तिं नः कृणुत रुद्रियासो भक्षी॒य वोऽव॑सो॒ दैव्य॑स्य ||

Vouchsafe to us, O Maruts, splendid bounty in cattle and in steeds, in cars and heroes. Children of Rudra, give us high distinction: may I enjoy your Godlike help and favour.

5.57.8

ह॒ये नरो॒ मरु॑तो मृ॒ळता॑ न॒स्तुवी॑मघासो॒ अमृ॑ता॒ ऋत॑ज्ञाः | सत्य॑श्रुत॒: कव॑यो॒ युवा॑नो॒ बृह॑द्गिरयो बृ॒हदु॒क्षमा॑णाः ||

Ho! Maruts, Heroes, skilled in Law, immortal, be gracious unto us, ye rich in treasures, Ye hearers of the truth, ye sage and youthful, grown mighty, dwelling on the lofty mountains.