Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.38
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- Ṛgveda 1.38.1, English WHAT now? When will ye take us by both hands, as a dear sire his son, Gods, for whom sacred grass is clipped? Ralph T.H. Griffith
- Ṛgveda 1.38.2, English Now whither? To what goal of yours go ye in heaven, and not on earth? Where do your cows disport themselves? Ralph T.H. Griffith
- Ṛgveda 1.38.3, English Where are your newest favours shown? Where, Maruts, your prosperity? Where all your high felicities? Ralph T.H. Griffith
- Ṛgveda 1.38.4, English If, O ye Maruts, ye the Sons whom Prsni bore, were mortal, and Immortal he who sings your praise. Ralph T.H. Griffith
- Ṛgveda 1.38.5, English Then never were your praiser loathed like a wild beast in pasture-land, Nor should he go on Yama's path. Ralph T.H. Griffith
- Ṛgveda 1.38.6, English Let not destructive plague on plague hard to be conquered, strike its down: Let each, with drought, depart from us. Ralph T.H. Griffith
- Ṛgveda 1.38.7, English Truly, they the fierce and mighty Sons of Rudra send their windless Rain e'en on the desert places. Ralph T.H. Griffith
- Ṛgveda 1.38.8, English Like a cow the lightning lows and follows, motherlike, her youngling, When their rain-flood hath been loosened. Ralph T.H. Griffith
- Ṛgveda 1.38.9, English When they inundate the earth they spread forth darkness e'en in day time, With the water-laden rain-cloud. Ralph T.H. Griffith
- Ṛgveda 1.38.10, English O Maruts, at your voice's sound this earthly habitation shakes, And each man reels who dwells therein. Ralph T.H. Griffith
- Ṛgveda 1.38.11, English O Maruts, with your strong-hoofed steeds, unhindered in their courses, haste Along the bright embanked streams. Ralph T.H. Griffith
- Ṛgveda 1.38.12, English Firm be the fellies of your wheels, steady your horses and your cars, And may your reins be fashioned well. Ralph T.H. Griffith
- Ṛgveda 1.38.13, English Invite thou hither with this song, for praise, Agni the Lord of Prayer, Him who is fair as Mitra is. Ralph T.H. Griffith
- Ṛgveda 1.38.14, English Form in thy mouth the hymn of praise expand thee like, a rainy cloud Sing forth the measured eulogy. Ralph T.H. Griffith
- Ṛgveda 1.38.15, English Sing glory to the Marut host, praiseworthy, tuneful, vigorous: Here let the Strong Ones dwell with us. Ralph T.H. Griffith
- 1.38.1कद्ध॑ नू॒नं क॑धप्रियः पि॒ता पु॒त्रं न हस्त॑योः । द॒धि॒ध्वे वृ॑क्तबर्हिषः ॥
- 1.38.2क्व॑ नू॒नं कद्वो॒ अर्थं॒ गन्ता॑ दि॒वो न पृ॑थि॒व्याः । क्व॑ वो॒ गावो॒ न र॑ण्यन्ति ॥
- 1.38.3क्व॑ वः सु॒म्ना नव्यां॑सि॒ मरु॑त॒ः क्व॑ सुवि॒ता । क्वो॒३॒॑ विश्वा॑नि॒ सौभ॑गा ॥
- 1.38.4यद्यू॒यं पृ॑श्निमातरो॒ मर्ता॑स॒ः स्यात॑न । स्तो॒ता वो॑ अ॒मृत॑ः स्यात् ॥
- 1.38.5मा वो॑ मृ॒गो न यव॑से जरि॒ता भू॒दजो॑ष्यः । प॒था य॒मस्य॑ गा॒दुप॑ ॥
- 1.38.6मो षु ण॒ः परा॑परा॒ निरृ॑तिर्दु॒र्हणा॑ वधीत् । प॒दी॒ष्ट तृष्ण॑या स॒ह ॥
- 1.38.7स॒त्यं त्वे॒षा अम॑वन्तो॒ धन्व॑ञ्चि॒दा रु॒द्रिया॑सः । मिहं॑ कृण्वन्त्यवा॒ताम् ॥
- 1.38.8वा॒श्रेव॑ वि॒द्युन्मि॑माति व॒त्सं न मा॒ता सि॑षक्ति । यदे॑षां वृ॒ष्टिरस॑र्जि ॥
- 1.38.9दिवा॑ चि॒त्तम॑ः कृण्वन्ति प॒र्जन्ये॑नोदवा॒हेन॑ । यत्पृ॑थि॒वीं व्यु॒न्दन्ति॑ ॥
- 1.38.10अध॑ स्व॒नान्म॒रुतां॒ विश्व॒मा सद्म॒ पार्थि॑वम् । अरे॑जन्त॒ प्र मानु॑षाः ॥
- 1.38.11मरु॑तो वीळुपा॒णिभि॑श्चि॒त्रा रोध॑स्वती॒रनु॑ । या॒तेमखि॑द्रयामभिः ॥
- 1.38.12स्थि॒रा व॑ः सन्तु ने॒मयो॒ रथा॒ अश्वा॑स एषाम् । सुसं॑स्कृता अ॒भीश॑वः ॥
- 1.38.13अच्छा॑ वदा॒ तना॑ गि॒रा ज॒रायै॒ ब्रह्म॑ण॒स्पति॑म् । अ॒ग्निं मि॒त्रं न द॑र्श॒तम् ॥
- 1.38.14मि॒मी॒हि श्लोक॑मा॒स्ये॑ प॒र्जन्य॑ इव ततनः । गाय॑ गाय॒त्रमु॒क्थ्य॑म् ॥
- 1.38.15वन्द॑स्व॒ मारु॑तं ग॒णं त्वे॒षं प॑न॒स्युम॒र्किण॑म् । अ॒स्मे वृ॒द्धा अ॑सन्नि॒ह ॥