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Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.53

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  1. Ṛgveda 5.53.1, English Who knows the birth of these, or who lived in the Maruts' favour in the days of old What time their spotted deer were yoked? Ralph T.H. Griffith
  2. Ṛgveda 5.53.2, English Who, when they stood upon their cars, hath heard them tell the way they went? Who was the bounteous man to whom their kindred rains flowed down with food of sacrifice? Ralph T.H. Griffith
  3. Ṛgveda 5.53.3, English To me they told it, and they came with winged steeds radiant to the draught, Youths, Heroes free from spot or stain: Behold us here and praise thou us; Ralph T.H. Griffith
  4. Ṛgveda 5.53.4, English Who shine self-luminous with ornaments and swords, with breastplates, armlets, and with wreaths, Arrayed on chariots and with bows. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  5. Ṛgveda 5.53.5, English O swift to pour your bounties down, ye Maruts, with delight I look upon your cars, Like splendours coming through the rain. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  6. Ṛgveda 5.53.6, English Munificent Heroes, they have cast heaven's treasury down for the worshipper's behoof: They set the storm-cloud free to stream through both the worlds, and rain floods flow o'er desert spots. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  7. Ṛgveda 5.53.7, English The bursting streams m billowy flood have spread abroad, like milch-kine, o'er the firmament. Like swift steeds hasting to their journey's resting-place, to every side run glittering brooks. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  8. Ṛgveda 5.53.8, English Hither, O Maruts, come from heaven, from mid-air, or from near at hand Tarry not far away from us. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  9. Ṛgveda 5.53.9, English So let not Rasa, Krumu, or Anitabha, Kubha, or Sindhu hold you back. Let not the watery Sarayti obstruct your way. With us be all the bliss ye give. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  10. Ṛgveda 5.53.10, English That brilliant gathering of your cars, the company of Maruts, of the Youthful Ones, The rain-showers, speeding on, attend. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  11. Ṛgveda 5.53.11, English With eulogies and hymns may we follow your army, troop by troop, and band by band, And company by company. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  12. Ṛgveda 5.53.12, English To what oblation-giver, sprung of noble ancestry, have sped The Maruts on this course to-day? Ralph T.H. Griffith
  13. Ṛgveda 5.53.13, English Vouchsafe to us the bounty, that which we implore, through which, for child and progeny, Ye give the seed of corn that wasteth not away, and bliss that reacheth to all life. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  14. Ṛgveda 5.53.14, English May we in safety pass by those who slander us, leaving behind disgrace and hate. Maruts, may we be there when ye, at dawn, in rest and toil, rain waters down and balm. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  15. Ṛgveda 5.53.15, English Favoured by Gods shall he the man, O Heroes, Maruts! and possessed of noble sons, Whom ye protect. Such may we be. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  16. Ṛgveda 5.53.16, English Praise the Free-givers. At this liberal patron's rite they joy like cattle in the mead. So call thou unto them who come as ancient Friends: hymn those who love thee with a song. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  1. 5.53.1को वे॑द॒ जान॑मेषां॒ को वा॑ पु॒रा सु॒म्नेष्वा॑स म॒रुता॑म् । यद्यु॑यु॒ज्रे कि॑ला॒स्य॑ः ॥
  2. 5.53.2ऐतान्रथे॑षु त॒स्थुष॒ः कः शु॑श्राव क॒था य॑युः । कस्मै॑ सस्रुः सु॒दासे॒ अन्वा॒पय॒ इळा॑भिर्वृ॒ष्टय॑ः स॒ह ॥
  3. 5.53.3ते म॑ आहु॒र्य आ॑य॒युरुप॒ द्युभि॒र्विभि॒र्मदे॑ । नरो॒ मर्या॑ अरे॒पस॑ इ॒मान्पश्य॒न्निति॑ ष्टुहि ॥
  4. 5.53.4ये अ॒ञ्जिषु॒ ये वाशी॑षु॒ स्वभा॑नवः स्र॒क्षु रु॒क्मेषु॑ खा॒दिषु॑ । श्रा॒या रथे॑षु॒ धन्व॑सु ॥
  5. 5.53.5यु॒ष्माकं॑ स्मा॒ रथाँ॒ अनु॑ मु॒दे द॑धे मरुतो जीरदानवः । वृ॒ष्टी द्यावो॑ य॒तीरि॑व ॥
  6. 5.53.6आ यं नर॑ः सु॒दान॑वो ददा॒शुषे॑ दि॒वः कोश॒मचु॑च्यवुः । वि प॒र्जन्यं॑ सृजन्ति॒ रोद॑सी॒ अनु॒ धन्व॑ना यन्ति वृ॒ष्टय॑ः ॥
  7. 5.53.7त॒तृ॒दा॒नाः सिन्ध॑व॒ः क्षोद॑सा॒ रज॒ः प्र स॑स्रुर्धे॒नवो॑ यथा । स्य॒न्ना अश्वा॑ इ॒वाध्व॑नो वि॒मोच॑ने॒ वि यद्वर्त॑न्त ए॒न्य॑ः ॥
  8. 5.53.8आ या॑त मरुतो दि॒व आन्तरि॑क्षाद॒मादु॒त । माव॑ स्थात परा॒वत॑ः ॥
  9. 5.53.9मा वो॑ र॒सानि॑तभा॒ कुभा॒ क्रुमु॒र्मा व॒ः सिन्धु॒र्नि री॑रमत् । मा व॒ः परि॑ ष्ठात्स॒रयु॑ः पुरी॒षिण्य॒स्मे इत्सु॒म्नम॑स्तु वः ॥
  10. 5.53.10तं व॒ः शर्धं॒ रथा॑नां त्वे॒षं ग॒णं मारु॑तं॒ नव्य॑सीनाम् । अनु॒ प्र य॑न्ति वृ॒ष्टय॑ः ॥
  11. 5.53.11शर्धं॑शर्धं व एषां॒ व्रातं॑व्रातं ग॒णंग॑णं सुश॒स्तिभि॑ः । अनु॑ क्रामेम धी॒तिभि॑ः ॥
  12. 5.53.12कस्मा॑ अ॒द्य सुजा॑ताय रा॒तह॑व्याय॒ प्र य॑युः । ए॒ना यामे॑न म॒रुत॑ः ॥
  13. 5.53.13येन॑ तो॒काय॒ तन॑याय धा॒न्यं१॒॑ बीजं॒ वह॑ध्वे॒ अक्षि॑तम् । अ॒स्मभ्यं॒ तद्ध॑त्तन॒ यद्व॒ ईम॑हे॒ राधो॑ वि॒श्वायु॒ सौभ॑गम् ॥
  14. 5.53.14अती॑याम नि॒दस्ति॒रः स्व॒स्तिभि॑र्हि॒त्वाव॒द्यमरा॑तीः । वृ॒ष्ट्वी शं योराप॑ उ॒स्रि भे॑ष॒जं स्याम॑ मरुतः स॒ह ॥
  15. 5.53.15सु॒दे॒वः स॑महासति सु॒वीरो॑ नरो मरुत॒ः स मर्त्य॑ः । यं त्राय॑ध्वे॒ स्याम॒ ते ॥
  16. 5.53.16स्तु॒हि भो॒जान्स्तु॑व॒तो अ॑स्य॒ याम॑नि॒ रण॒न्गावो॒ न यव॑से । य॒तः पूर्वाँ॑ इव॒ सखीँ॒रनु॑ ह्वय गि॒रा गृ॑णीहि का॒मिन॑ः ॥