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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 7 — Chapter 77

AV 7 77.1

सांतपना इदं हविर् मरुतस् तज् जुजुष्टन । अस्माकोती रिशादसः

sāṃtapanā idaṃ havir marutas taj jujuṣṭana | asmākotī riśādasaḥ

O Maruts who glow with heat, take pleasure in this oblation, with your aid, O you who destroy the foe.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Ye Maruts, full of fiery heat, accept this offering brought for you To help us, ye who slay the foe.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 7 77.2

यो नो मर्तो मरुतो दुर्हृणायुस् तिरश् चित्तानि वसवो जिघांसति । द्रुहः पाशान् प्रति मुञ्चतां सस् तपिष्ठेन तपसा हन्तना तम्

yo no marto maruto durhṛṇāyus tiraś cittāni vasavo jighāṃsati | druhaḥ pāśān prati muñcatāṃ sas tapiṣṭhena tapasā hantanā tam

Whatever mortal, O Maruts, malevolent, seeks to slay us, O Vasus, crossing our thoughts — let him put on the snares of Deceit; slay him with the hottest heat.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Maruts, the man who filled with rage against us beyond our thoughts would harm us, O ye Vasus, May he be tangled in the toils of Mischief: smite ye him down with your most flaming weapon.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 7 77.3

सम्वत्सरीणा मरुतः स्वर्का उरुक्षयाः सगणा मानुषासः । ते अस्मत् पाशान् प्र मुञ्चन्त्व् एनसस् सांतपना मत्सरा मादयिष्णवः

samvatsarīṇā marutaḥ svarkā urukṣayāḥ sagaṇā mānuṣāsaḥ | te asmat pāśān pra muñcantv enasas sāṃtapanā matsarā mādayiṣṇavaḥ

The year-long Maruts, of good song, dwelling wide, with their troop, descended from Manu — let them release us from the snares of guilt, the scorching ones, the exhilarating, the intoxicating.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Each year come, friends to man, the tuneful Maruts, dwelling in spacious mansions, trooped together. Exhilarating, gladdening full of fiery heat, may they deliver us from binding bonds of sin.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)