Rig Veda · 1.39.1

Rig Veda 1.39.1

Verse 1 of 10 from Sukta 1.39 (HYMN XXXIX Maruts) in Mandala 1 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 1.39.1

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

पर यद इत्था परावतः शोचिर न मानम अस्यथ | कस्य करत्वा मरुतः कस्य वर्पसा कं याथ कं ह धूतयः

IAST Romanisation

pra yad itthā parāvataḥ śocir na mānam asyatha | kasya kratvā marutaḥ kasya varpasā kaṃ yātha kaṃ ha dhūtayaḥ

English Translation (Griffith)

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?

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