Rig Veda · Mandala 1 · Sukta 39
Rig Veda 1.39 — HYMN XXXIX Maruts
Rishi family (Mandala 1): Diverse seers — Madhuchchhandas, Medhatithi, Shunahshepa, Hiranyastupa and others. This Sukta contains 10 verses presented below in Devanagari Sanskrit, IAST romanisation, and Ralph T. H. Griffith's English translation. Click any verse to read a fuller explanation.
Verses
Rig Veda 1.39.1
पर यद इत्था परावतः शोचिर न मानम अस्यथ | कस्य करत्वा मरुतः कस्य वर्पसा कं याथ कं ह धूतयः
pra yad itthā parāvataḥ śocir na mānam asyatha | kasya kratvā marutaḥ kasya varpasā kaṃ yātha kaṃ ha dhūtayaḥ
WHEN thus, like flame, from far away, Maruts, ye cast your measure forth, To whom go Ye, to whom, O shakers of the earth, moved by whose wisdom, whose design?
Rig Veda 1.39.2
सथिरा वः सन्त्व आयुधा पराणुदे वीळू उत परतिष्कभे | युष्माकम अस्तु तविषी पनीयसी मा मर्त्यस्य मायिनः
sthirā vaḥ santv āyudhā parāṇude vīḷū uta pratiṣkabhe | yuṣmākam astu taviṣī panīyasī mā martyasya māyinaḥ
Strong let your weapons be to drive away your foes, firm for resistance let them be. Yea, passing glorious must be your warrior might, not as a guileful mortal's strength.
Rig Veda 1.39.3
परा ह यत सथिरं हथ नरो वर्तयथा गुरु | वि याथन वनिनः पर्थिव्या वय आशाः पर्वतानाम
parā ha yat sthiraṃ hatha naro vartayathā ghuru | vi yāthana vaninaḥ pṛthivyā vy āśāḥ parvatānām
When what is strong ye overthrow, and whirl about each ponderous thing, Heroes, your course is through the forest trees of earth, and through the fissures of the rocks.
Rig Veda 1.39.4
नहि वः शत्रुर विविदे अधि दयवि न भूम्यां रिशादसः | युष्माकम अस्तु तविषी तना युजा रुद्रासो नू चिद आध्र्षे
nahi vaḥ śatrur vivide adhi dyavi na bhūmyāṃ riśādasaḥ | yuṣmākam astu taviṣī tanā yujā rudrāso nū cid ādhṛṣe
Consumers of your foes, no enemy of yours is found in heaven or on the earth: Ye Rudras, may the strength, held in this bond, be yours, to bid defiance even now.
Rig Veda 1.39.5
पर वेपयन्ति पर्वतान वि विञ्चन्ति वनस्पतीन | परो आरत मरुतो दुर्मदा इव देवासः सर्वया विशा
pra vepayanti parvatān vi viñcanti vanaspatīn | pro ārata maruto durmadā iva devāsaḥ sarvayā viśā
They make the mountains rock and reel, they rend the forest-kings apart. Onward, ye Maruts, drive, like creatures drunk with wine, ye, Gods with all your company.
Rig Veda 1.39.6
उपो रथेषु पर्षतीर अयुग्ध्वम परष्टिर वहति रोहितः | आ वो यामाय पर्थिवी चिद अश्रोद अबीभयन्त मानुषाः
upo ratheṣu pṛṣatīr ayughdhvam praṣṭir vahati rohitaḥ | ā vo yāmāya pṛthivī cid aśrod abībhayanta mānuṣāḥ
Ye to your chariot have yoked the spotted deer: a red deer, as a leader, draws. Even the Earth herself listened as ye came near, and men were sorely terrified.
Rig Veda 1.39.7
आ वो मक्षू तनाय कं रुद्रा अवो वर्णीमहे | गन्ता नूनं नो ऽवसा यथा पुरेत्था कण्वाय बिभ्युषे
ā vo makṣū tanāya kaṃ rudrā avo vṛṇīmahe | ghantā nūnaṃ no 'vasā yathā puretthā kaṇvāya bibhyuṣe
O Rudras, quickly we desire your succour for this work of ours. Come to us with your aid as in the days of old, so now for frightened Kaṇva's sake.
Rig Veda 1.39.8
युष्मेषितो मरुतो मर्त्येषित आ यो नो अभ्व ईषते | वि तं युयोत शवसा वय ओजसा वि युष्माकाभिर ऊतिभिः
yuṣmeṣito maruto martyeṣita ā yo no abhva īṣate | vi taṃ yuyota śavasā vy ojasā vi yuṣmākābhir ūtibhiḥ
Should any monstrous foe, O Maruts, sent by you or sent by mortals threaten us, Tear ye him from us with your power and with your might, and with the succours that are yours.
Rig Veda 1.39.9
असामि हि परयज्यवः कण्वं दद परचेतसः | असामिभिर्मरुत आ न ऊतिभिर्गन्ता वर्ष्तिं न विद्युतः
asāmi hi prayajyavaḥ kaṇvaṃ dada pracetasaḥ | asāmibhirmaruta ā na ūtibhirghantā vṛṣtiṃ na vidyutaḥ
For ye, the worshipful and wise, have guarded Kaṇva perfectly. O Maruts, come to us with full protecting help, as lightning flashes seek the rain.
Rig Veda 1.39.10
असाम्योजो बिभ्र्था सुदानवो.असामि धूतयः शवः | रषिद्विषे मरुतः परिमन्यव इषुं न सर्जत दविषम
asāmyojo bibhṛthā sudānavo.asāmi dhūtayaḥ śavaḥ | ṛṣidviṣe marutaḥ parimanyava iṣuṃ na sṛjata dviṣam
Whole strength have ye, O Bounteous Ones; perfect, earth-shakers, is your might. Maruts, against the poet's wrathful enemy send ye an enemy like a dart.
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