Rigveda 8.7

8.7.1

प्र यद्व॑स्त्रि॒ष्टुभ॒मिषं॒ मरु॑तो॒ विप्रो॒ अक्ष॑रत् | वि पर्व॑तेषु राजथ ||

O MARUTS, when the sage hath poured the Tṛṣṭup forth as food for you, Ye shine amid the mountain-clouds.

8.7.2

यद॒ङ्ग त॑विषीयवो॒ यामं॑ शुभ्रा॒ अचि॑ध्वम् | नि पर्व॑ता अहासत ||

When, Bright Ones, fain to show your might ye have determined on your course, The mountain-clouds have bent them down.

8.7.3

उदी॑रयन्त वा॒युभि॑र्वा॒श्रास॒: पृश्नि॑मातरः | धु॒क्षन्त॑ पि॒प्युषी॒मिष॑म् ||

Loud roaring with the winds the Sons of Pṛśni have upraised themselves: They have poured out the streaming food.

8.7.4

वप॑न्ति म॒रुतो॒ मिहं॒ प्र वे॑पयन्ति॒ पर्व॑तान् | यद्यामं॒ यान्ति॑ वा॒युभि॑: ||

The Maruts spread the mist abroad and make mountains rock and reel, When with the winds they go their way

8.7.5

नि यद्यामा॑य वो गि॒रिर्नि सिन्ध॑वो॒ विध॑र्मणे | म॒हे शुष्मा॑य येमि॒रे ||

What time the rivers and the hills before your coming bowed them down, So to sustain your mighty force.

8.7.6

यु॒ष्माँ उ॒ नक्त॑मू॒तये॑ यु॒ष्मान्दिवा॑ हवामहे | यु॒ष्मान्प्र॑य॒त्य॑ध्व॒रे ||

We call on you for aid by night, on you for succour in the day, On you while sacrifice proceeds.

8.7.7

उदु॒ त्ये अ॑रु॒णप्स॑वश्चि॒त्रा यामे॑भिरीरते | वा॒श्रा अधि॒ ष्णुना॑ दि॒वः ||

These, verily, wondrous, red of hue, speed on their courses with a roar Over the ridges of the sky.

8.7.8

सृ॒जन्ति॑ र॒श्मिमोज॑सा॒ पन्थां॒ सूर्या॑य॒ यात॑वे | ते भा॒नुभि॒र्वि त॑स्थिरे ||

With might they drop the loosened rein so that the Sun may run his course, And spread themselves with beams of light.

8.7.9

इ॒मां मे॑ मरुतो॒ गिर॑मि॒मं स्तोम॑मृभुक्षणः | इ॒मं मे॑ वनता॒ हव॑म् ||

Accept, ye Maruts, this my song, accept ye this mine hymn of praise, Accept, Ṛbhukṣans, this my call.

8.7.10

त्रीणि॒ सरां॑सि॒ पृश्न॑यो दुदु॒ह्रे व॒ज्रिणे॒ मधु॑ | उत्सं॒ कव॑न्धमु॒द्रिण॑म् ||

The dappled Cows have poured three lakes, meath for the Thunder-wielding God, From the great cask, the watery cloud.

8.7.11

मरु॑तो॒ यद्ध॑ वो दि॒वः सु॑म्ना॒यन्तो॒ हवा॑महे | आ तू न॒ उप॑ गन्तन ||

O Maruts, quickly come to us when, longing for felicity, We call you hither from the sky.

8.7.12

यू॒यं हि ष्ठा सु॑दानवो॒ रुद्रा॑ ऋभुक्षणो॒ दमे॑ | उ॒त प्रचे॑तसो॒ मदे॑ ||

For, Rudras and Ṛbhukṣans, ye, Most Bountiful, are in the house, Wise when the gladdening draught is drunk.

8.7.13

आ नो॑ र॒यिं म॑द॒च्युतं॑ पुरु॒क्षुं वि॒श्वधा॑यसम् | इय॑र्ता मरुतो दि॒वः ||

O Maruts, send us down from heaven riches distilling rapturous joy, With plenteous food, sustaining all.

8.7.14

अधी॑व॒ यद्गि॑री॒णां यामं॑ शुभ्रा॒ अचि॑ध्वम् | सु॒वा॒नैर्म॑न्दध्व॒ इन्दु॑भिः ||

When, Bright Ones, hither from the hills ye have resolved to take your way, Ye revel in the drops effused.

8.7.15

ए॒ताव॑तश्चिदेषां सु॒म्नं भि॑क्षेत॒ मर्त्य॑: | अदा॑भ्यस्य॒ मन्म॑भिः ||

Man should solicit with his lauds happiness which belongs to them, So great a band invincible.

8.7.16

ये द्र॒प्सा इ॑व॒ रोद॑सी॒ धम॒न्त्यनु॑ वृ॒ष्टिभि॑: | उत्सं॑ दु॒हन्तो॒ अक्षि॑तम् ||

They who like fiery sparks with showers of rain blow through the heaven and earth, Milking the spring that never fails.

8.7.17

उदु॑ स्वा॒नेभि॑रीरत॒ उद्रथै॒रुदु॑ वा॒युभि॑: | उत्स्तोमै॒: पृश्नि॑मातरः ||

With chariots and tumultuous roar, with tempests and with hymns of praise The Sons of Pṛśni hurry forth.

8.7.18

येना॒व तु॒र्वशं॒ यदुं॒ येन॒ कण्वं॑ धन॒स्पृत॑म् | रा॒ये सु तस्य॑ धीमहि ||

For wealth, we think of that whereby ye aided Yadu, Turvaśa, And KanVa who obtained the spoil.

8.7.19

इ॒मा उ॑ वः सुदानवो घृ॒तं न पि॒प्युषी॒रिष॑: | वर्धा॑न्का॒ण्वस्य॒ मन्म॑भिः ||

May these our viands Bounteous Ones I that flow in streams like holy oil, With Kaṇva's hymns, increase your might.

8.7.20

क्व॑ नू॒नं सु॑दानवो॒ मद॑था वृक्तबर्हिषः | ब्र॒ह्मा को व॑: सपर्यति ||

Where, Bounteous Lords for whom the grass is trimmed, are ye rejoicing now? What Brahman is adoring you?

8.7.21

न॒हि ष्म॒ यद्ध॑ वः पु॒रा स्तोमे॑भिर्वृक्तबर्हिषः | शर्धाँ॑ ऋ॒तस्य॒ जिन्व॑थ ||

Is it not there where ye of old, supplied with sacred grass, for lauds Inspired the strong in sacrifice?

8.7.22

समु॒ त्ये म॑ह॒तीर॒पः सं क्षो॒णी समु॒ सूर्य॑म् | सं वज्रं॑ पर्व॒शो द॑धुः ||

They brought together both the worlds, the mighty waters, and the Sun, And, joint by joint, the thunderbolt.

8.7.23

वि वृ॒त्रं प॑र्व॒शो य॑यु॒र्वि पर्व॑ताँ अरा॒जिन॑: | च॒क्रा॒णा वृष्णि॒ पौंस्य॑म् ||

They sundered Vṛtra limb from limb and split the gloomy mountain-clouds, Performing a heroic deed.

8.7.24

अनु॑ त्रि॒तस्य॒ युध्य॑त॒: शुष्म॑मावन्नु॒त क्रतु॑म् | अन्विन्द्रं॑ वृत्र॒तूर्ये॑ ||

They reinforced the power and strength of Trita as he fought, and helped Indra in battle with the foe.

8.7.25

वि॒द्युद्ध॑स्ता अ॒भिद्य॑व॒: शिप्रा॑: शी॒र्षन्हि॑र॒ण्ययी॑: | शु॒भ्रा व्य॑ञ्जत श्रि॒ये ||

They deck themselves for glory, bright, celestial, lightning in their hands, And helms of gold upon their heads.

8.7.26

उ॒शना॒ यत्प॑रा॒वत॑ उ॒क्ष्णो रन्ध्र॒मया॑तन | द्यौर्न च॑क्रदद्भि॒या ||

When eagerly ye from far away came to the cavern of the Bull, He bellowed in his fear like Heaven.

8.7.27

आ नो॑ म॒खस्य॑ दा॒वनेऽश्वै॒र्हिर॑ण्यपाणिभिः | देवा॑स॒ उप॑ गन्तन ||

Borne by your golden-footed steeds, O Gods, come hither to receive The sacrifice we offer you.

8.7.28

यदे॑षां॒ पृष॑ती॒ रथे॒ प्रष्टि॒र्वह॑ति॒ रोहि॑तः | यान्ति॑ शु॒भ्रा रि॒णन्न॒पः ||

When the red leader draws along their spotted deer yoked to the car. The Bright Ones come, and shed the rain.

8.7.29

सु॒षोमे॑ शर्य॒णाव॑त्यार्जी॒के प॒स्त्या॑वति | य॒युर्निच॑क्रया॒ नर॑: ||

Susoma, Saryakiavan, and Arjika full of homes, have they. These Heroes, sought with downward car.

8.7.30

क॒दा ग॑च्छाथ मरुत इ॒त्था विप्रं॒ हव॑मानम् | मा॒र्डी॒केभि॒र्नाध॑मानम् ||

When, Maruts, ye come to him, the singer who invokes you thus, With favours to your suppliant?

8.7.31

कद्ध॑ नू॒नं क॑धप्रियो॒ यदिन्द्र॒मज॑हातन | को व॑: सखि॒त्व ओ॑हते ||

What now? where have ye still a friend since ye left Indra all alone? Who counteth on your friendship now?

8.7.32

स॒हो षु णो॒ वज्र॑हस्तै॒: कण्वा॑सो अ॒ग्निं म॒रुद्भि॑: | स्तु॒षे हिर॑ण्यवाशीभिः ||

The Kaṇvas sing forth Agni's praise together with our Maruts’ who Wield thunder and wear swords of gold.

8.7.33

ओ षु वृष्ण॒: प्रय॑ज्यू॒ना नव्य॑से सुवि॒ताय॑ | व॒वृ॒त्यां चि॒त्रवा॑जान् ||

Hither for new felicity may I attract the Impetuous Ones, The Heroes with their wondrous strength

8.7.34

गि॒रय॑श्चि॒न्नि जि॑हते॒ पर्शा॑नासो॒ मन्य॑मानाः | पर्व॑ताश्चि॒न्नि ये॑मिरे ||

Before them sink the very hills deerning themseives abysses: yea, Even the mountains bend them down.

8.7.35

आक्ष्ण॒यावा॑नो वहन्त्य॒न्तरि॑क्षेण॒ पत॑तः | धाता॑रः स्तुव॒ते वय॑: ||

Steeds flying on their tortuous path through mid-air carry them, and give The man who lauds them strength and life.

8.7.36

अ॒ग्निर्हि जानि॑ पू॒र्व्यश्छन्दो॒ न सूरो॑ अ॒र्चिषा॑ | ते भा॒नुभि॒र्वि त॑स्थिरे ||

Agni was born the first of all, like Sūrya lovely with his light: With lustre these have spread abroad.