Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 1 — Chapter 167

RV 1 167.1

सहस्रꣳ त इन्द्रोतयो नः सहस्रम् इषो हरिवो गूर्ततमाः । सहस्रꣳ रायो मादयध्यै सहस्रिण उप नो यन्तु वाजाः

sahasraṁ ta indrotayo naḥ sahasram iṣo harivo gūrtatamāḥ | sahasraṁ rāyo mādayadhyai sahasriṇa upa no yantu vājāḥ

A thousand are your aids for us, Indra, a thousand most welcome refreshments, O possessor of the bay horses; a thousand riches to gladden (us) — let the thousandfold prizes come to us.

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RV 1 167.2

आ नो ऽवोभिर् मरुतो यान्त्व् अच्छा ज्येष्ठेभिर् वा बृहद्दिवैः सुमायाः । अध यद् एषाꣳ नियुतः परमाः समुद्रस्य चिद् धनयन्त पारे

ā no 'vobhir maruto yāntv acchā jyeṣṭhebhir vā bṛhaddivaiḥ sumāyāḥ | adha yad eṣāṁ niyutaḥ paramāḥ samudrasya cid dhanayanta pāre

Let the Maruts come here to us with their aids, or with the highest ones from the lofty heaven, they of good skill — then, when their farthest teams speed even to the shore of the sea.

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RV 1 167.3

मिम्यक्ष येषु सुधिता घृताची हिरण्यनिर्णिग् उपरा न ऋष्टिः । गुहा चरन्ती मनुषो न योषा सभावती विदथ्येव सꣳ वाक्

mimyakṣa yeṣu sudhitā ghṛtācī hiraṇyanirṇig uparā na ṛṣṭiḥ | guhā carantī manuṣo na yoṣā sabhāvatī vidathyeva saṁ vāk

She has clung close to them, the well-set, ghee-faced one, gold-garbed, like a spear held near; moving in secret like a man's young wife, like speech fit for the assembly at the council.

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RV 1 167.4

परा शुभ्रा अयासो यव्या साधारण्येव मरुतो मिमिक्षुः । न रोदसी अप नुदन्त घोरा जुषन्त वृधꣳ सख्याय देवाः

parā śubhrā ayāso yavyā sādhāraṇyeva maruto mimikṣuḥ | na rodasī apa nudanta ghorā juṣanta vṛdhaṁ sakhyāya devāḥ

The gleaming, untiring Maruts have mingled with the young woman as though with something held in common. The terrible ones do not push Rodasī away; the gods take pleasure in her increase, for companionship.

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RV 1 167.5

जोषद् यद् ईम् असुर्या सचध्यै विषितस्तुका रोदसी नृमणाः । आ सूर्येव विधतो रथꣳ गात् त्वेषप्रतीका नभसो नेत्या

joṣad yad īm asuryā sacadhyai viṣitastukā rodasī nṛmaṇāḥ | ā sūryeva vidhato rathaṁ gāt tveṣapratīkā nabhaso netyā

When she of asura nature chose to accompany them, with her tresses loosened, manly-minded, (belonging to) the two worlds — she came to the chariot of the worshipper like Sūryā, with flashing face, with the onset of the cloud.

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RV 1 167.6

आस्थापयन्त युवतिꣳ युवानः शुभे निमिश्लाꣳ विदथेषु पज्राम् । अर्को यद् वो मरुतो हविष्मान् गायद् गाथꣳ सुतसोमो दुवस्यन्

āsthāpayanta yuvatiṁ yuvānaḥ śubhe nimiślāṁ vidatheṣu pajrām | arko yad vo maruto haviṣmān gāyad gāthaṁ sutasomo duvasyan

The young men set the young woman in place, joined to splendour, firm in the rites, when your singer, O Maruts, bearing oblation and having pressed soma, sings the song in homage.

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RV 1 167.7

प्र तꣳ विवक्मि वक्म्यो य एषाम् मरुताम् महिमा सत्यो अस्ति । सचा यद् ईꣳ वृषमणा अहꣳयुः स्थिरा चिज् जनीर् वहते सुभागाः

pra taṁ vivakmi vakmyo ya eṣām marutām mahimā satyo asti | sacā yad īṁ vṛṣamaṇā ahaṁyuḥ sthirā cij janīr vahate subhāgāḥ

I proclaim that which is to be proclaimed: what is the true greatness of these Maruts — that each, bull-minded and self-assertive, carries along with him even the steadfast, well-favoured wives.

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RV 1 167.8

पान्ति मित्रावरुणाव् अवद्याच् चयत ईम् अर्यमो अप्रशस्तान् । उत च्यवन्ते अच्युता ध्रुवाणि वावृध ईम् मरुतो दातिवारः

pānti mitrāvaruṇāv avadyāc cayata īm aryamo apraśastān | uta cyavante acyutā dhruvāṇi vāvṛdha īm maruto dātivāraḥ

Mitra and Varuṇa protect (him) from blame; Aryaman requites those who are not praised. And the unshakeable, fixed things are shaken: the Marut host, giver of choice things, has grown strong.

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RV 1 167.9

नही नु वो मरुतो अन्त्य् अस्मे आरात्ताच् चिच् छवसो अन्तम् आपुः । ते धृष्णुना शवसा शूशुवाꣳसो ऽर्णो न द्वेषो धृषता परि ष्ठुः

nahī nu vo maruto anty asme ārāttāc cic chavaso antam āpuḥ | te dhṛṣṇunā śavasā śūśuvāṁso 'rṇo na dveṣo dhṛṣatā pari ṣṭhuḥ

Never indeed, Maruts, have they reached the limit of your power, whether near to us or from afar. They, grown strong with bold might, have boldly held off hatred like a flood.

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RV 1 167.10

वयम् अद्येन्द्रस्य प्रेष्ठा वयꣳ श्वो वोचेमहि समर्ये । वयम् पुरा महि च नो अनु द्यून् तन् न ऋभुक्षा नराम् अनु ष्यात्

vayam adyendrasya preṣṭhā vayaṁ śvo vocemahi samarye | vayam purā mahi ca no anu dyūn tan na ṛbhukṣā narām anu ṣyāt

May we be called Indra's dearest today, we tomorrow in the contest, we before — and greatly (so) for us day after day; may the Ṛbhukṣan be with us among men for that.

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RV 1 167.11

एष वः स्तोमो मरुत इयꣳ गीर् मान्दार्यस्य मान्यस्य कारोः । एषा यासीष्ट तन्वे वयाꣳ विद्यामेषꣳ वृजनꣳ जीरदानुम्

eṣa vaḥ stomo maruta iyaṁ gīr māndāryasya mānyasya kāroḥ | eṣā yāsīṣṭa tanve vayāṁ vidyāmeṣaṁ vṛjanaṁ jīradānum

This is your praise, Maruts, this the song of the poet Māndārya Mānya. Let it seek nourishment for the body. May we find refreshment, a strong community, quick-flowing (water).

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