Rig Veda · 10.78.3

Rig Veda 10.78.3 — Maruts

Verse 3 of 8 from Sukta 10.78 (Maruts) in Mandala 10 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 10.78.3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

वातासो न ये धुनयो जिगत्नवो.अग्नीनां न जिह्वाविरोकिणः | वर्मण्वन्तो न योधाः शिमीवन्तः पितॄणांन शंसाः सुरातयः

IAST Romanisation

vātāso na ye dhunayo jighatnavo.aghnīnāṃ na jihvāvirokiṇaḥ | varmaṇvanto na yodhāḥ śimīvantaḥ pitṝṇāṃna śaṃsāḥ surātayaḥ

English Translation (Griffith)

Shakers of all, like gales of wind they travel, like tongues of burning fires in their effulgence. Mighty are they as warriors clad in armour, and, like the Fathers' prayers, Most Bounteous Givers.

Explanation

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