Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.39
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- Ṛgveda 1.39.1, English WHEN thus, like flame, from far away, Maruts, ye cast your measure forth, To whom go Ye, to whom, O shakers of the earth, moved by whose wisdom, whose design? Ralph T.H. Griffith
- Ṛgveda 1.39.2, English Strong let your weapons be to drive away your foes, firm for resistance let them be. Yea, passing glorious must be your warrior might, not as a guileful mortal's strength. Ralph T.H. Griffith
- Ṛgveda 1.39.3, English When what is strong ye overthrow, and whirl about each ponderous thing, Heroes, your course is through the forest trees of earth, and through the fissures of the rocks. Ralph T.H. Griffith
- Ṛgveda 1.39.4, English Consumers of your foes, no enemy of yours is found in heaven or on the earth: Ye Rudras, may the strength, held in this bond, be yours, to bid defiance even now. Ralph T.H. Griffith
- Ṛgveda 1.39.5, English They make the mountains rock and reel, they rend the forest-kings apart. Onward, ye Maruts, drive, like creatures drunk with wine, ye, Gods with all your company. Ralph T.H. Griffith
- Ṛgveda 1.39.6, English Ye to your chariot have yoked the spotted deer: a red deer, as a leader, draws. Even the Earth herself listened as ye came near, and men were sorely terrified. Ralph T.H. Griffith
- Ṛgveda 1.39.7, English O Rudras, quickly we desire your succour for this work of ours. Come to us with your aid as in the days of old, so now for frightened Kanva's sake. Ralph T.H. Griffith
- Ṛgveda 1.39.8, English Should any monstrous foe, O Maruts, sent by you or sent by mortals threaten us, Tear ye him from us with your power and with your might, and with the succours that are yours. Ralph T.H. Griffith
- Ṛgveda 1.39.9, English For ye, the worshipful and wise, have guarded Kanva perfectly. O Maruts, come to us with full protecting help, as lightning flashes seek the rain. Ralph T.H. Griffith
- Ṛgveda 1.39.10, English Whole strength have ye, O Bounteous Ones; perfect, earth-shakers, is your might. Maruts, against the poet's wrathful enemy send ye an enemy like a dart. Ralph T.H. Griffith
- 1.39.1प्र यदि॒त्था प॑रा॒वत॑ः शो॒चिर्न मान॒मस्य॑थ । कस्य॒ क्रत्वा॑ मरुत॒ः कस्य॒ वर्प॑सा॒ कं या॑थ॒ कं ह॑ धूतयः ॥
- 1.39.2स्थि॒रा व॑ः स॒न्त्वायु॑धा परा॒णुदे॑ वी॒ळू उ॒त प्र॑ति॒ष्कभे॑ । यु॒ष्माक॑मस्तु॒ तवि॑षी॒ पनी॑यसी॒ मा मर्त्य॑स्य मा॒यिन॑ः ॥
- 1.39.3परा॑ ह॒ यत्स्थि॒रं ह॒थ नरो॑ व॒र्तय॑था गु॒रु । वि या॑थन व॒निन॑ः पृथि॒व्या व्याशा॒ः पर्व॑तानाम् ॥
- 1.39.4न॒हि व॒ः शत्रु॑र्विवि॒दे अधि॒ द्यवि॒ न भूम्यां॑ रिशादसः । यु॒ष्माक॑मस्तु॒ तवि॑षी॒ तना॑ यु॒जा रुद्रा॑सो॒ नू चि॑दा॒धृषे॑ ॥
- 1.39.5प्र वे॑पयन्ति॒ पर्व॑ता॒न्वि वि॑ञ्चन्ति॒ वन॒स्पती॑न् । प्रो आ॑रत मरुतो दु॒र्मदा॑ इव॒ देवा॑स॒ः सर्व॑या वि॒शा ॥
- 1.39.6उपो॒ रथे॑षु॒ पृष॑तीरयुग्ध्वं॒ प्रष्टि॑र्वहति॒ रोहि॑तः । आ वो॒ यामा॑य पृथि॒वी चि॑दश्रो॒दबी॑भयन्त॒ मानु॑षाः ॥
- 1.39.7आ वो॑ म॒क्षू तना॑य॒ कं रुद्रा॒ अवो॑ वृणीमहे । गन्ता॑ नू॒नं नोऽव॑सा॒ यथा॑ पु॒रेत्था कण्वा॑य बि॒भ्युषे॑ ॥
- 1.39.8यु॒ष्मेषि॑तो मरुतो॒ मर्त्ये॑षित॒ आ यो नो॒ अभ्व॒ ईष॑ते । वि तं यु॑योत॒ शव॑सा॒ व्योज॑सा॒ वि यु॒ष्माका॑भिरू॒तिभि॑ः ॥
- 1.39.9असा॑मि॒ हि प्र॑यज्यव॒ः कण्वं॑ द॒द प्र॑चेतसः । असा॑मिभिर्मरुत॒ आ न॑ ऊ॒तिभि॒र्गन्ता॑ वृ॒ष्टिं न वि॒द्युत॑ः ॥
- 1.39.10असा॒म्योजो॑ बिभृथा सुदान॒वोऽसा॑मि धूतय॒ः शव॑ः । ऋ॒षि॒द्विषे॑ मरुतः परिम॒न्यव॒ इषुं॒ न सृ॑जत॒ द्विष॑म् ॥