Rig Veda · Mandala 8 · Sukta 83
Rig Veda 8.83 — Maruts
Deity: Maruts. Rishi family (Mandala 8): Kanva and Angirasa families. This Sukta contains 9 verses presented below in Devanagari Sanskrit, IAST romanisation, and Ralph T. H. Griffith's English translation. Click any verse to read a fuller explanation.
Verses
Rig Veda 8.83.1
देवानामिदवो महत तदा वर्णीमहे वयम | वर्ष्णामस्मभ्यमूतये
devānāmidavo mahat tadā vṛṇīmahe vayam | vṛṣṇāmasmabhyamūtaye
Rig Veda 8.83.2
ते नः सन्तु युजः सदा वरुणो मित्रो अर्यमा | वर्धासश्च परचेतसः
te naḥ santu yujaḥ sadā varuṇo mitro aryamā | vṛdhāsaśca pracetasaḥ
She in whose bosom all the Gods, and Sun and Moon for men to see, Maintain their everlasting Laws.
Rig Veda 8.83.3
अति नो विष्पिता पुरु नौभिरपो न पर्षथ | यूयं रतस्यरथ्यः
ati no viṣpitā puru naubhirapo na parṣatha | yūyaṃ ṛtasyarathyaḥ
This all the pious sing to us, and sacred poets evermore: The Maruts to the Soma-draught
Rig Veda 8.83.4
वामं नो अस्त्वर्यमन वामं वरुण शंस्यम | वामं हयाव्र्णीमहे
vāmaṃ no astvaryaman vāmaṃ varuṇa śaṃsyam | vāmaṃ hyāvṛṇīmahe
Here is the Soma ready pressed of this the Maruts drink, of this Self-luminous the Aśvins drink.
Rig Veda 8.83.5
वामस्य हि परचेतस ईशानाशो रिशादसः | नेमादित्या अघस्य यत
vāmasya hi pracetasa īśānāśo riśādasaḥ | nemādityā aghasya yat
Of this, moreover, purified, set in three places, procreant, Drink Varuṇa, Mitra, Aryaman.
Rig Veda 8.83.6
वयमिद वः सुदानवः कषियन्तो यान्तो अध्वन्ना | देवा वर्धाय हूमहे
vayamid vaḥ sudānavaḥ kṣiyanto yānto adhvannā | devā vṛdhāya hūmahe
And Indra, like the Herald Priest, desirous of the milky juice, At early morn will quaff thereof.
Rig Veda 8.83.7
अधि न इन्द्रैषां विष्णो सजात्यानाम | इता मरुतो अश्विना
adhi na indraiṣāṃ viṣṇo sajātyānām | itā maruto aśvinā
When have the Princes gleamed and shone through waters as through troops of foes'? When hasten they whose might ispure?
Rig Veda 8.83.8
पर भरात्र्त्वं सुदानवो.अध दविता समान्या | मातुर्गर्भे भरामहे
pra bhrātṛtvaṃ sudānavo.adha dvitā samānyā | māturgharbhe bharāmahe
What favour do I claim this day of you great Deities, you who are Wondrously splendid in yourselves?
Rig Veda 8.83.9
यूयं हि षठा सुदानव इन्द्रज्येष्ठा अभिद्यवः | अधाचिद व उत बरुवे
yūyaṃ hi ṣṭhā sudānava indrajyeṣṭhā abhidyavaḥ | adhācid va uta bruve
1 call, to drink the Soma, those Maruts who spread all realms of earth And luminous regions of the sky.
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