Rig Veda · 1.85.5

Rig Veda 1.85.5 — Maruts

Verse 5 of 12 from Sukta 1.85 (Maruts) in Mandala 1 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 1.85.5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

पर यद रथेषु पर्षतीरयुग्ध्वं वाजे अद्रिं मरुतो रंहयन्तः | उतारुषस्य वि षयन्ति धाराश्चर्मेवोदभिर्व्युन्दन्ति भूम

IAST Romanisation

pra yad ratheṣu pṛṣatīrayughdhvaṃ vāje adriṃ maruto raṃhayantaḥ | utāruṣasya vi ṣyanti dhārāścarmevodabhirvyundanti bhūma

English Translation (Griffith)

When ye have harnessed to your cars the spotted deer, urging the thunderbolt, O Maruts, to the fray, Forth rush the torrents of the dark red stormy cloud, and moisten, like a skin, the earth with water-floods.

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