Rigveda 7.56

7.56.1

क ईं॒ व्य॑क्ता॒ नर॒: सनी॑ळा रु॒द्रस्य॒ मर्या॒ अध॒ स्वश्वा॑: १ नकि॒र्ह्ये॑षां ज॒नूंषि॒ वेद॒ ते अ॒ङ्ग वि॑द्रे मि॒थो ज॒नित्र॑म् ||

Wno are these radiant men in serried rank, Rudra's young heroes borne by noble steeds?

7.56.2

२ अ॒भि स्व॒पूभि॑र्मि॒थो व॑पन्त॒ वात॑स्वनसः श्ये॒ना अ॑स्पृध्रन् ३ ए॒तानि॒ धीरो॑ नि॒ण्या चि॑केत॒ पृश्नि॒र्यदूधो॑ म॒ही ज॒भार॑ ||

Verily no one knoweth whence they sprang: they, and they only, know each other's birth.

7.56.3

४ सा विट् सु॒वीरा॑ म॒रुद्भि॑रस्तु स॒नात्सह॑न्ती॒ पुष्य॑न्ती नृ॒म्णम् ५ यामं॒ येष्ठा॑: शु॒भा शोभि॑ष्ठाः श्रि॒या सम्मि॑श्ला॒ ओजो॑भिरु॒ग्राः ||

They strew each other with their blasts, these Hawks: they strove together, roaring like the wind.

7.56.4

६ उ॒ग्रं व॒ ओज॑: स्थि॒रा शवां॒स्यधा॑ म॒रुद्भि॑र्ग॒णस्तुवि॑ष्मान् ७ शु॒भ्रो व॒: शुष्म॒: क्रुध्मी॒ मनां॑सि॒ धुनि॒र्मुनि॑रिव॒ शर्ध॑स्य धृ॒ष्णोः ||

A sage was he who knew these mysteries, what in her udder mighty Pṛśni bore.

7.56.5

८ सने॑म्य॒स्मद्यु॒योत॑ दि॒द्युं मा वो॑ दुर्म॒तिरि॒ह प्रण॑ङ्नः ९ प्रि॒या वो॒ नाम॑ हुवे तु॒राणा॒मा यत्तृ॒पन्म॑रुतो वावशा॒नाः ||

Ever victorious, through the Maruts, be this band of Heroes, nursing manly strength,

7.56.6

१० स्वा॒यु॒धास॑ इ॒ष्मिण॑: सुनि॒ष्का उ॒त स्व॒यं त॒न्व१: शुम्भ॑मानाः ||

Most bright in splendour, flectest on their way, close-knit to glory, strong with varied power.

7.56.12

११ शुची॑ वो ह॒व्या म॑रुत॒: शुची॑नां॒ शुचिं॑ हिनोम्यध्व॒रं शुचि॑भ्यः | ऋ॒तेन॑ स॒त्यमृ॑त॒साप॑ आय॒ञ्छुचि॑जन्मान॒: शुच॑यः पाव॒काः ||

Yea, mighty is your power and firm your strength: so, potent, with the Maruts, be the band.

7.56.13

अंसे॒ष्वा म॑रुतः खा॒दयो॑ वो॒ वक्ष॑:सु रु॒क्मा उ॑पशिश्रिया॒णाः | वि वि॒द्युतो॒ न वृ॒ष्टिभी॑ रुचा॒ना अनु॑ स्व॒धामायु॑धै॒र्यच्छ॑मानाः ||

Bright is your spirit, wrathful are your minds: your bold troop's minstrel is like one inspired.

7.56.14

प्र बु॒ध्न्या॑ व ईरते॒ महां॑सि॒ प्र नामा॑नि प्रयज्यवस्तिरध्वम् | स॒ह॒स्रियं॒ दम्यं॑ भा॒गमे॒तं गृ॑हमे॒धीयं॑ मरुतो जुषध्वम् ||

Ever avert your blazing shaft from us, and let not your displeasure reach us here

7.56.15

यदि॑ स्तु॒तस्य॑ मरुतो अधी॒थेत्था विप्र॑स्य वा॒जिनो॒ हवी॑मन् | म॒क्षू रा॒यः सु॒वीर्य॑स्य दात॒ नू चि॒द्यम॒न्य आ॒दभ॒दरा॑वा ||

Your dear names, conquering Maruts, we invoke, calling aloud till we are satisfied.

7.56.16

अत्या॑सो॒ न ये म॒रुत॒: स्वञ्चो॑ यक्ष॒दृशो॒ न शु॒भय॑न्त॒ मर्या॑: | ते ह॑र्म्ये॒ष्ठाः शिश॑वो॒ न शु॒भ्रा व॒त्सासो॒ न प्र॑क्री॒ळिन॑: पयो॒धाः ||

Well-armed, impetuous in their haste, they deck themselves, their forms, with oblations: to you, the pure, ornaments made of gold.

7.56.17

द॒श॒स्यन्तो॑ नो म॒रुतो॑ मृळन्तु वरिव॒स्यन्तो॒ रोद॑सी सु॒मेके॑ | आ॒रे गो॒हा नृ॒हा व॒धो वो॑ अस्तु सु॒म्नेभि॑र॒स्मे व॑सवो नमध्वम् ||

Pure, Maruts, pure yourselves, are your oblations: to you, the pure, pure sacrifice I offer. By Law they came to truth, the Law's observers, bright by their birth, and pure, and sanctifying.

7.56.18

आ वो॒ होता॑ जोहवीति स॒त्तः स॒त्राचीं॑ रा॒तिं म॑रुतो गृणा॒नः | य ईव॑तो वृषणो॒ अस्ति॑ गो॒पाः सो अद्व॑यावी हवते व उ॒क्थैः ||

Your rings, O Maruts, rest upon your shoulders, and chains of gold are twined upon your bosoms. Gleaming with drops of rain, like lightning-flashes, after your wont ye whirl about your weapons.

7.56.19

इ॒मे तु॒रं म॒रुतो॑ रामयन्ती॒मे सह॒: सह॑स॒ आ न॑मन्ति | इ॒मे शंसं॑ वनुष्य॒तो नि पा॑न्ति गु॒रु द्वेषो॒ अर॑रुषे दधन्ति ||

Wide in the depth of air spread forth your glories, far, most adorable, ye bear your titles. Maruts, accept this thousandfold allotment of household sacrifice and household treasure.

7.56.20

इ॒मे र॒ध्रं चि॑न्म॒रुतो॑ जुनन्ति॒ भृमिं॑ चि॒द्यथा॒ वस॑वो जु॒षन्त॑ | अप॑ बाधध्वं वृषण॒स्तमां॑सि ध॒त्त विश्वं॒ तन॑यं तो॒कम॒स्मे ||

If, Maruts, ye regard the praise recited here at this mighty singer invocation, Vouchsafe us quickly wealth with noble heroes, wealth which no man uho hateth us may injure.

7.56.21

मा वो॑ दा॒त्रान्म॑रुतो॒ निर॑राम॒ मा प॒श्चाद्द॑घ्म रथ्यो विभा॒गे | आ न॑: स्पा॒र्हे भ॑जतना वस॒व्ये॒३ यदीं॑ सुजा॒तं वृ॑षणो वो॒ अस्ति॑ ||

The Maruts, fleet as coursers, while they deck them like youths spectators of a festal meeting, Linger, like beauteous colts, about the dwelling, like frisking calves, these who pour down the water.

7.56.22

सं यद्धन॑न्त म॒न्युभि॒र्जना॑स॒: शूरा॑ य॒ह्वीष्वोष॑धीषु वि॒क्षु | अध॑ स्मा नो मरुतो रुद्रियासस्त्रा॒तारो॑ भूत॒ पृत॑नास्व॒र्यः ||

So may the Maruts help us and be gracious, bringing free room to lovely Earth and Heaven. Far be your bolt that slayeth men and cattle. Ye Vasus, turn yourselves to us with blessings.

7.56.23

भूरि॑ चक्र मरुत॒: पित्र्या॑ण्यु॒क्थानि॒ या व॑: श॒स्यन्ते॑ पु॒रा चि॑त् | म॒रुद्भि॑रु॒ग्रः पृत॑नासु॒ साळ्हा॑ म॒रुद्भि॒रित्सनि॑ता॒ वाज॒मर्वा॑ ||

The priest, when seated, loudly calls you, Maruts, praising in song your universal bounty. He, Bulls! who hath so much in his possession, free from duplicity, with hymns invokes you.

7.56.24

अ॒स्मे वी॒रो म॑रुतः शु॒ष्म्य॑स्तु॒ जना॑नां॒ यो असु॑रो विध॒र्ता | अ॒पो येन॑ सुक्षि॒तये॒ तरे॒माऽध॒ स्वमोको॑ अ॒भि व॑: स्याम ||

These Maruts bring the swift man to a stand-still, and strength with mightier strength they break and humble These guard the singer from the man who hates him and lay their sore displeasure on the wicked.

7.56.25

तन्न॒ इन्द्रो॒ वरु॑णो मि॒त्रो अ॒ग्निराप॒ ओष॑धीर्व॒निनो॑ जुषन्त | शर्म॑न्त्स्याम म॒रुता॑मु॒पस्थे॑ यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभि॒: सदा॑ नः ||

These Maruts rouse even the poor and needy: the Vasus love him as an active champion. Drive to a distance, O ye Bulls, the darkness: give us full store of children and descendants.