Rig Veda · 1.85.4

Rig Veda 1.85.4 — Maruts

Verse 4 of 12 from Sukta 1.85 (Maruts) in Mandala 1 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 1.85.4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

वि ये भराजन्ते सुमखास रष्टिभिः परच्यावयन्तो अच्युताचिदोजसा | मनोजुवो यन मरुतो रथेष्वा वर्षव्रातासः पर्षतीरयुग्ध्वम

IAST Romanisation

vi ye bhrājante sumakhāsa ṛṣṭibhiḥ pracyāvayanto acyutācidojasā | manojuvo yan maruto ratheṣvā vṛṣavrātāsaḥ pṛṣatīrayughdhvam

English Translation (Griffith)

When, mighty Warriors, ye who glitter with your spears, o’erthrowing with your strength e’en what is ne’er o’erthrown, When, O ye Maruts, ye the host that send the rain, had harnessed to your cars the thought-fleet spotted deer.

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