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Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.20

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  1. Ṛgveda 8.20.1, English LET none, Swift Travellers! check you: come hither, like-spirited, stay not far away, Ye benders even of what is firm. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  2. Ṛgveda 8.20.2, English Maruts, Rbhuksans, Rudras come ye with your cars strong-fellied and exceeding bright. Come, ye for whom we long, with food, to sacrifice, come ye with love to Sobbari. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  3. Ṛgveda 8.20.3, English For well we know the vigorous might of Rudra's Sons, the Maruts, who are passing strong, Swift Visnu's band, who send the rain., Ralph T.H. Griffith
  4. Ṛgveda 8.20.4, English Islands are bursting forth and misery is stayed: the heaven and earth are joined in one. Decked with bright rings, ye spread the broad expanses out, when ye, Self. luminous, stirred yourselves. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  5. Ṛgveda 8.20.5, English Even things immovable shake and reel, the mountains and the forest trees at your approach, And the earth trembles as ye come. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  6. Ṛgveda 8.20.6, English To lend free course, O Maruts, to your furious rush, heaven high and higher still gives way, Where they, the Heroes mighty with their arms, display their gleaming ornaments on their forms. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  7. Ṛgveda 8.20.7, English After their Godlike nature they, the bull. like Heroes, dazzling and impetuous, wear Great splendour as they show erect. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  8. Ṛgveda 8.20.8, English The pivot of the Sobharis' chariot within the golden box is balmed with milk. May they the Well-born, Mighty, kindred of the Cow, aid us to food and to delight. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  9. Ṛgveda 8.20.9, English Bring, ye who sprinkle balmy drops. oblations to your vigorous Marut company, To those whose leader is the Bull. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  10. Ṛgveda 8.20.10, English Come hither, O ye Mares, on your strong horsed car, solid in look, with solid naves. Lightly like winged falcons, O ye Heroes, come, come to enjoy our offerings. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  11. Ṛgveda 8.20.11, English Their decoration is the same: their ornaments of gold are bright upon their arms; Their lances glitter splendidly. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  12. Ṛgveda 8.20.12, English They toil not to defend their bodies from attack, strong Heroes with their mighty arms. Strong are your bows and strong the weapons in your cars, and glory sits on every face. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  13. Ṛgveda 8.20.13, English Whose name extendeth like a sea, alone, resplendent, so that all have joy in it, And life-power like ancestral might. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  14. Ṛgveda 8.20.14, English Pay honour to these Maruts and sing praise to them, for of the wheel-spokes of the car Of these loud roarers none is last: this is their power, this moves them to give mighty gifts. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  15. Ṛgveda 8.20.15, English Blest by your favouring help was he, O Maruts, at the earlier flushings of the morn, And even now shall he be blest. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  16. Ṛgveda 8.20.16, English The strong man to whose sacrifice, O Heroes, ye approach that ye may taste thereof, With glories and with war that winneth spoil shall gain great bliss, ye Shakers of the world. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  17. Ṛgveda 8.20.17, English Even as Rudra's Sons, the brood of the Creator Dyaus, the Asura, desire, O Youthful Ones, so shall it be: Ralph T.H. Griffith
  18. Ṛgveda 8.20.18, English And these the bounteous, worthy of the Maruts who move onward pouring down the rain- Even for their sake, O Youthful Ones, with kindest heart take us to you to be your own. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  19. Ṛgveda 8.20.19, English O Sobhari, with newest song sing out unto the youthful purifying Bulls, Even as a plougher to his steers. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  20. Ṛgveda 8.20.20, English Who, like a celebrated boxer, overcome the challengers in every fight: They who, like shining bulls, are most illustrious-honour those Maruts with thy song. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  21. Ṛgveda 8.20.21, English Allied by common ancestry, ye Maruts, even the Cows, alike in energy, Lick, all by turns, each other's head. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  22. Ṛgveda 8.20.22, English Even mortal man, ye Dancers breast adorned with gold, attains to brotherhood with you. Mark ye and notice us, O Maruts; evermore your friendship is secured to us. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  23. Ṛgveda 8.20.23, English O Maruts, rich in noble gifts, bring us a portion of the Maruts' medicine, Ye Coursers who are Friends to us. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  24. Ṛgveda 8.20.24, English Haters of those who serve you not, bliss-bringers, bring us bliss with those auspicious aids Wherewith ye are victorious and guard Sindhu well, and succour Krvi in his need. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  25. Ṛgveda 8.20.25, English Maruts, who rest on fair trimmed grass, what balm soever Sindhu or Asikni hath, Or mountains or the seas contain. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  26. Ṛgveda 8.20.26, English Ye carry on your bodies, ye who see it all: so bless us graciously therewith. Cast, Maruts, to the ground our sick man's malady: replace the dislocated limb. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  1. 8.20.1आ ग॑न्ता॒ मा रि॑षण्यत॒ प्रस्था॑वानो॒ माप॑ स्थाता समन्यवः । स्थि॒रा चि॑न्नमयिष्णवः ॥
  2. 8.20.2वी॒ळु॒प॒विभि॑र्मरुत ऋभुक्षण॒ आ रु॑द्रासः सुदी॒तिभि॑ः । इ॒षा नो॑ अ॒द्या ग॑ता पुरुस्पृहो य॒ज्ञमा सो॑भरी॒यव॑ः ॥
  3. 8.20.3वि॒द्मा हि रु॒द्रिया॑णां॒ शुष्म॑मु॒ग्रं म॒रुतां॒ शिमी॑वताम् । विष्णो॑रे॒षस्य॑ मी॒ळ्हुषा॑म् ॥
  4. 8.20.4वि द्वी॒पानि॒ पाप॑त॒न्तिष्ठ॑द्दु॒च्छुनो॒भे यु॑जन्त॒ रोद॑सी । प्र धन्वा॑न्यैरत शुभ्रखादयो॒ यदेज॑थ स्वभानवः ॥
  5. 8.20.5अच्यु॑ता चिद्वो॒ अज्म॒न्ना नान॑दति॒ पर्व॑तासो॒ वन॒स्पति॑ः । भूमि॒र्यामे॑षु रेजते ॥
  6. 8.20.6अमा॑य वो मरुतो॒ यात॑वे॒ द्यौर्जिही॑त॒ उत्त॑रा बृ॒हत् । यत्रा॒ नरो॒ देदि॑शते त॒नूष्वा त्वक्षां॑सि बा॒ह्वो॑जसः ॥
  7. 8.20.7स्व॒धामनु॒ श्रियं॒ नरो॒ महि॑ त्वे॒षा अम॑वन्तो॒ वृष॑प्सवः । वह॑न्ते॒ अह्रु॑तप्सवः ॥
  8. 8.20.8गोभि॑र्वा॒णो अ॑ज्यते॒ सोभ॑रीणां॒ रथे॒ कोशे॑ हिर॒ण्यये॑ । गोब॑न्धवः सुजा॒तास॑ इ॒षे भु॒जे म॒हान्तो॑ न॒ः स्पर॑से॒ नु ॥
  9. 8.20.9प्रति॑ वो वृषदञ्जयो॒ वृष्णे॒ शर्धा॑य॒ मारु॑ताय भरध्वम् । ह॒व्या वृष॑प्रयाव्णे ॥
  10. 8.20.10वृ॒ष॒ण॒श्वेन॑ मरुतो॒ वृष॑प्सुना॒ रथे॑न॒ वृष॑नाभिना । आ श्ये॒नासो॒ न प॒क्षिणो॒ वृथा॑ नरो ह॒व्या नो॑ वी॒तये॑ गत ॥
  11. 8.20.11स॒मा॒नम॒ञ्ज्ये॑षां॒ वि भ्रा॑जन्ते रु॒क्मासो॒ अधि॑ बा॒हुषु॑ । दवि॑द्युतत्यृ॒ष्टय॑ः ॥
  12. 8.20.12त उ॒ग्रासो॒ वृष॑ण उ॒ग्रबा॑हवो॒ नकि॑ष्ट॒नूषु॑ येतिरे । स्थि॒रा धन्वा॒न्यायु॑धा॒ रथे॑षु॒ वोऽनी॑के॒ष्वधि॒ श्रिय॑ः ॥
  13. 8.20.13येषा॒मर्णो॒ न स॒प्रथो॒ नाम॑ त्वे॒षं शश्व॑ता॒मेक॒मिद्भु॒जे । वयो॒ न पित्र्यं॒ सह॑ः ॥
  14. 8.20.14तान्व॑न्दस्व म॒रुत॒स्ताँ उप॑ स्तुहि॒ तेषां॒ हि धुनी॑नाम् । अ॒राणां॒ न च॑र॒मस्तदे॑षां दा॒ना म॒ह्ना तदे॑षाम् ॥
  15. 8.20.15सु॒भग॒ः स व॑ ऊ॒तिष्वास॒ पूर्वा॑सु मरुतो॒ व्यु॑ष्टिषु । यो वा॑ नू॒नमु॒तास॑ति ॥
  16. 8.20.16यस्य॑ वा यू॒यं प्रति॑ वा॒जिनो॑ नर॒ आ ह॒व्या वी॒तये॑ ग॒थ । अ॒भि ष द्यु॒म्नैरु॒त वाज॑सातिभिः सु॒म्ना वो॑ धूतयो नशत् ॥
  17. 8.20.17यथा॑ रु॒द्रस्य॑ सू॒नवो॑ दि॒वो वश॒न्त्यसु॑रस्य वे॒धस॑ः । युवा॑न॒स्तथेद॑सत् ॥
  18. 8.20.18ये चार्ह॑न्ति म॒रुत॑ः सु॒दान॑व॒ः स्मन्मी॒ळ्हुष॒श्चर॑न्ति॒ ये । अत॑श्चि॒दा न॒ उप॒ वस्य॑सा हृ॒दा युवा॑न॒ आ व॑वृध्वम् ॥
  19. 8.20.19यून॑ ऊ॒ षु नवि॑ष्ठया॒ वृष्ण॑ः पाव॒काँ अ॒भि सो॑भरे गि॒रा । गाय॒ गा इ॑व॒ चर्कृ॑षत् ॥
  20. 8.20.20सा॒हा ये सन्ति॑ मुष्टि॒हेव॒ हव्यो॒ विश्वा॑सु पृ॒त्सु होतृ॑षु । वृष्ण॑श्च॒न्द्रान्न सु॒श्रव॑स्तमान्गि॒रा वन्द॑स्व म॒रुतो॒ अह॑ ॥
  21. 8.20.21गाव॑श्चिद्घा समन्यवः सजा॒त्ये॑न मरुत॒ः सब॑न्धवः । रि॒ह॒ते क॒कुभो॑ मि॒थः ॥
  22. 8.20.22मर्त॑श्चिद्वो नृतवो रुक्मवक्षस॒ उप॑ भ्रातृ॒त्वमाय॑ति । अधि॑ नो गात मरुत॒ः सदा॒ हि व॑ आपि॒त्वमस्ति॒ निध्रु॑वि ॥
  23. 8.20.23मरु॑तो॒ मारु॑तस्य न॒ आ भे॑ष॒जस्य॑ वहता सुदानवः । यू॒यं स॑खायः सप्तयः ॥
  24. 8.20.24याभि॒ः सिन्धु॒मव॑थ॒ याभि॒स्तूर्व॑थ॒ याभि॑र्दश॒स्यथा॒ क्रिवि॑म् । मयो॑ नो भूतो॒तिभि॑र्मयोभुवः शि॒वाभि॑रसचद्विषः ॥
  25. 8.20.25यत्सिन्धौ॒ यदसि॑क्न्यां॒ यत्स॑मु॒द्रेषु॑ मरुतः सुबर्हिषः । यत्पर्व॑तेषु भेष॒जम् ॥
  26. 8.20.26विश्वं॒ पश्य॑न्तो बिभृथा त॒नूष्वा तेना॑ नो॒ अधि॑ वोचत । क्ष॒मा रपो॑ मरुत॒ आतु॑रस्य न॒ इष्क॑र्ता॒ विह्रु॑तं॒ पुन॑ः ॥