Rig Veda · 1.168.5

Rig Veda 1.168.5 — Maruts

Verse 5 of 10 from Sukta 1.168 (Maruts) in Mandala 1 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 1.168.5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

को वो.अन्तर्मरुत रष्टिविद्युतो रेजति तमना हन्वेव जिह्वया | धन्वच्युत इषां न यामनि पुरुप्रैषा अहन्यो नैतशः

IAST Romanisation

ko vo.antarmaruta ṛṣṭividyuto rejati tmanā hanveva jihvayā | dhanvacyuta iṣāṃ na yāmani purupraiṣā ahanyo naitaśaḥ

English Translation (Griffith)

Who among you, O Maruts armed with lightning-spears, moveth you by himself, as with the tongue his jaws? Ye rush from heaven's floor as though ye sought for food, on many errands like the Sun's diurnal Steed.

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