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Rigveda 5.53

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 5.53

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Sanskrit

5.53.1

ko ve̍da̱ jāna̍m eṣā̱ṁ ko vā̍ pu̱rā su̱mneṣv ā̍sa ma̱rutā̍m |
yad yu̍yu̱jre ki̍lā̱sya̍ḥ ||

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 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

5.53.2

aitān rathe̍ṣu ta̱sthuṣa̱ḥ kaḥ śu̍śrāva ka̱thā ya̍yuḥ |
kasmai̍ sasruḥ su̱dāse̱ anv ā̱paya̱ iḻā̍bhir vṛ̱ṣṭaya̍ḥ sa̱ha ||

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 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

5.53.3

te ma̍ āhu̱r ya ā̍ya̱yur upa̱ dyubhi̱r vibhi̱r made̍ |
naro̱ maryā̍ are̱pasa̍ i̱mān paśya̱nn iti̍ ṣṭuhi ||

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 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

5.53.4

ye a̱ñjiṣu̱ ye vāśī̍ṣu̱ svabhā̍navaḥ sra̱kṣu ru̱kmeṣu̍ khā̱diṣu̍ |
śrā̱yā rathe̍ṣu̱ dhanva̍su ||

Who shine self-luminous with ornaments and swords, with breastplates, armlets, and with wreaths, Arrayed on chariots and with bows.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

5.53.5

yu̱ṣmāka̍ṁ smā̱ rathā̱m̐ anu̍ mu̱de da̍dhe maruto jīradānavaḥ |
vṛ̱ṣṭī dyāvo̍ ya̱tīr i̍va ||

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 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

5.53.6

ā yaṁ nara̍ḥ su̱dāna̍vo dadā̱śuṣe̍ di̱vaḥ kośa̱m acu̍cyavuḥ |
vi pa̱rjanya̍ṁ sṛjanti̱ roda̍sī̱ anu̱ dhanva̍nā yanti vṛ̱ṣṭaya̍ḥ ||

Munificent Heroes, they have cast heaven's treasury down for the worshipper's behoof: They set the storm-cloud free tostream through both the worlds, and rainfloods flow o'er desert spots.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

5.53.7

ta̱tṛ̱dā̱nāḥ sindha̍va̱ḥ kṣoda̍sā̱ raja̱ḥ pra sa̍srur dhe̱navo̍ yathā |
sya̱nnā aśvā̍ i̱vādhva̍no vi̱moca̍ne̱ vi yad varta̍nta e̱nya̍ḥ ||

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 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

5.53.8

ā yā̍ta maruto di̱va āntari̍kṣād a̱mād u̱ta |
māva̍ sthāta parā̱vata̍ḥ ||

Hither, O Maruts, come from heaven, from mid-air, or from near at hand Tarry not far away from us.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

5.53.9

mā vo̍ ra̱sāni̍tabhā̱ kubhā̱ krumu̱r mā va̱ḥ sindhu̱r ni rī̍ramat |
mā va̱ḥ pari̍ ṣṭhāt sa̱rayu̍ḥ purī̱ṣiṇy a̱sme it su̱mnam a̍stu vaḥ ||

So let not Rasâ, Krumu, or Anitabhâ, Kubhâ, 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 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

5.53.10

taṁ va̱ḥ śardha̱ṁ rathā̍nāṁ tve̱ṣaṁ ga̱ṇam māru̍ta̱ṁ navya̍sīnām |
anu̱ pra ya̍nti vṛ̱ṣṭaya̍ḥ ||

That brilliant gathering of your cars, the company of Maruts, of the Youthful Ones, The rain-showers, speeding on, attend.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

5.53.11

śardha̍ṁ-śardhaṁ va eṣā̱ṁ vrāta̍ṁ-vrātaṁ ga̱ṇaṁ-ga̍ṇaṁ suśa̱stibhi̍ḥ |
anu̍ krāmema dhī̱tibhi̍ḥ ||

With eulogies and hymns may we follow your army, troop by troop, and band by band, And company by company.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

5.53.12

kasmā̍ a̱dya sujā̍tāya rā̱taha̍vyāya̱ pra ya̍yuḥ |
e̱nā yāme̍na ma̱ruta̍ḥ ||

To what oblation-giver, sprung of noble ancestry, have sped The Maruts on this course to-day?

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

5.53.13

yena̍ to̱kāya̱ tana̍yāya dhā̱nya1̱̍m bīja̱ṁ vaha̍dhve̱ akṣi̍tam |
a̱smabhya̱ṁ tad dha̍ttana̱ yad va̱ īma̍he̱ rādho̍ vi̱śvāyu̱ saubha̍gam ||

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 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

5.53.14

atī̍yāma ni̱das ti̱raḥ sva̱stibhi̍r hi̱tvāva̱dyam arā̍tīḥ |
vṛ̱ṣṭvī śaṁ yor āpa̍ u̱sri bhe̍ṣa̱jaṁ syāma̍ marutaḥ sa̱ha ||

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 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

5.53.15

su̱de̱vaḥ sa̍mahāsati su̱vīro̍ naro maruta̱ḥ sa martya̍ḥ |
yaṁ trāya̍dhve̱ syāma̱ te ||

Favoured by Gods shall he the man, O Heroes, Marutr! and possessed of noble sons, Whom ye protect. Such may we be.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

5.53.16

stu̱hi bho̱jān stu̍va̱to a̍sya̱ yāma̍ni̱ raṇa̱n gāvo̱ na yava̍se |
ya̱taḥ pūrvā̍m̐ iva̱ sakhī̱m̐r anu̍ hvaya gi̱rā gṛ̍ṇīhi kā̱mina̍ḥ ||

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 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

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