Rig Veda · 7.56.16

Rig Veda 7.56.16 — Maruts

Verse 16 of 26 from Sukta 7.56 (Maruts) in Mandala 7 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 7.56.16

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अत्यासो न ये मरुतः सवञ्चो यक्षद्र्शो न शुभयन्त मर्याः | ते हर्म्येष्ठाः शिशवो न शुभ्रा वत्सासो न परक्रीळिनः पयोधाः

IAST Romanisation

atyāso na ye marutaḥ svañco yakṣadṛśo na śubhayanta maryāḥ | te harmyeṣṭhāḥ śiśavo na śubhrā vatsāso na prakrīḷinaḥ payodhāḥ

English Translation (Griffith)

The Maruts, fleet as coursers, while they deck them like youths spectators of a festal meeting, Linger, like beauteous colts, about the dwelling, like frisking calves, these who pour down the water.

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