Rig Veda · 5.54.8

Rig Veda 5.54.8 — Maruts

Verse 8 of 15 from Sukta 5.54 (Maruts) in Mandala 5 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 5.54.8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

नियुत्वन्तो गरामजितो यथा नरो ऽरयमणो न मरुतः कबन्धिनः | पिन्वन्त्य उत्सं यद इनासो अस्वरन वय उन्दन्ति पर्थिवीम मध्वो अन्धसा

IAST Romanisation

niyutvanto ghrāmajito yathā naro 'ryamaṇo na marutaḥ kabandhinaḥ | pinvanty utsaṃ yad ināso asvaran vy undanti pṛthivīm madhvo andhasā

English Translation (Griffith)

With harnessed team like heroes overcoming troops, the friendly Maruts, laden with their water-casks, Let the spring flow, and when impetuous' they roar they inundate the earth with floods of pleasant meath.

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