Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 1 — Chapter 37
RV 1 37.1
क्रीऴꣳ वः शर्धो मारुतम् अनर्वाणꣳ रथेशुभम् । कण्वा अभि प्र गायत
krīḻaṁ vaḥ śardho mārutam anarvāṇaṁ ratheśubham | kaṇvā abhi pra gāyata
Your playful Marut troop, unassailable, splendid on the chariot—O Kaṇvas, sing forth to it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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SING forth, O Kaṇvas, to your band of Maruts unassailable, Sporting, resplendent on their car
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 1 37.2
ये पृषतीभिर् ऋष्टिभिः साकꣳ वाशीभिर् अञ्जिभिः । अजायन्त स्वभानवः
ye pṛṣatībhir ṛṣṭibhiḥ sākaṁ vāśībhir añjibhiḥ | ajāyanta svabhānavaḥ
They who, together with their dappled mares, with their spears, with their axes and their adornments, were born self-shining—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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They who, self-luminous, were born together, with the spotted deer, Spears, swords, and glittering ornaments.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 1 37.3
इहेव शृण्व एषाꣳ कशा हस्तेषु यद् वदान् । नि यामञ् चित्रम् ऋञ्जते
iheva śṛṇva eṣāṁ kaśā hasteṣu yad vadān | ni yāmañ citram ṛñjate
As if here (close by) I hear them, when the whips in their hands speak out; they make the brilliance bend down on their journey.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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One hears, as though 'twere close at hand, the cracking of the whips they hold They gather glory on their way.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 1 37.4
प्र वः शर्धाय घृष्वये त्वेषद्युम्नाय शुष्मिणे । देवत्तम् ब्रह्म गायत
pra vaḥ śardhāya ghṛṣvaye tveṣadyumnāya śuṣmiṇe | devattam brahma gāyata
Sing forth for your troop—eager, of glittering splendour, impetuous—the god-given formula.
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Now sing ye forth the God-given hymn to your exultant Marut host, The fiercely-vigorous, the strong.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 1 37.5
प्र शꣳसा गोष्व् अघ्न्यꣳ क्रीऴꣳ यच् छर्धो मारुतम् । जम्भे रसस्य वावृधे
pra śaṁsā goṣv aghnyaṁ krīḻaṁ yac chardho mārutam | jambhe rasasya vāvṛdhe
Praise (that which is) inviolable among the cattle, the Marut troop that is playful; it has grown strong in the jaw of the sap.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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Praise ye the Bull among the cows; for 'tis the Maruts' sportive band: It strengthened as it drank the rain.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 1 37.6
को वो वर्षिष्ठ आ नरो दिवश् च ग्मश् च धूतयः । यत् सीम् अन्तꣳ न धूनुथ
ko vo varṣiṣṭha ā naro divaś ca gmaś ca dhūtayaḥ | yat sīm antaṁ na dhūnutha
Which of you is the greatest, O men, O shakers of both heaven and earth, when you shake (them) as (one shakes) the hem of a garment?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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Who is your mightiest, Heroes, when, O shakers of the earth and heaven, Ye shake them like a garment's hem?
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 1 37.7
नि वो यामाय मानुषो दध्र उग्राय मन्यवे । जिहीत पर्वतो गिरिः
ni vo yāmāya mānuṣo dadhra ugrāya manyave | jihīta parvato giriḥ
Before your onslaught, before your mighty fury, the descendant of Manu has bowed down; the mountain, the hill, gives way.
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At your approach man holds him down before the fury of your wrath: The rugged-jointed mountain yields.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 1 37.8
येषाम् अज्मेषु पृथिवी जुजुर्वाꣳ इव विश्पतिः । भिया यामेषु रेजते
yeṣām ajmeṣu pṛthivī jujurvām̐ iva viśpatiḥ | bhiyā yāmeṣu rejate
At whose onrushes the earth trembles in fear on their journeys, like an aged clan-lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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They at whose racings forth the earth, like an age-weakened lord of men, Trembles in terror on their ways.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 1 37.9
स्थिरꣳ हि जानम् एषाꣳ वयो मातुर् निरेतवे । यत् सीम् अनु द्विता शवः
sthiraṁ hi jānam eṣāṁ vayo mātur niretave | yat sīm anu dvitā śavaḥ
For firm is their birth, and (theirs) the vigour to go forth from the mother, since their power (is) doubly along (with them).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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Strong is their birth: vigour have they to issue from their Mother; strength, Yea, even twice enough, is theirs.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 1 37.10
उद् उ त्ये सूनवो गिरः काष्ठा अज्मेष्व् अत्नत । वाश्रा अभिज्ञु यातवे
ud u tye sūnavo giraḥ kāṣṭhā ajmeṣv atnata | vāśrā abhijñu yātave
Those sons have stretched out songs (and) the (river-)beds on their marches, bellowing, to go on bent knee.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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And these, the Sons, the Singers, in their racings have enlarged the bounds, So that the kine must walk knee-deep.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 1 37.11
त्यꣳ चिद् घा दीर्घम् पृथुम् मिहो नपातम् अमृध्रम् । प्र च्यावयन्ति यामभिः
tyaṁ cid ghā dīrgham pṛthum miho napātam amṛdhram | pra cyāvayanti yāmabhiḥ
Even that long, broad, unfailing grandson of the mist they set in motion with their journeyings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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Before them, on the ways they go, they drop this offspring of the cloud, Long, broad, and inexhaustible.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 1 37.12
मरुतो यद् ध वो बलꣳ जनाꣳ अचुच्यवीतन । गिरीꣳर् अचुच्यवीतन
maruto yad dha vo balaṁ janām̐ acucyavītana | girīm̐r acucyavītana
O Maruts, when your force (came), you set the peoples in motion, you set the mountains in motion.
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O Maruts, as your strength is great, so have ye cast men down on earth, So have ye made the mountains fall.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 1 37.13
यद् ध यान्ति मरुतः सꣳ ह ब्रुवते ऽध्वन्न् आ । शृणोति कश् चिद् एषाम्
yad dha yānti marutaḥ saṁ ha bruvate 'dhvann ā | śṛṇoti kaś cid eṣām
When the Maruts go, they talk together on the way: does anyone hear them?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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The while the Maruts pass along, they talk together on the way: Doth any hear them as they speak?
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 1 37.14
प्र यात शीभम् आशुभिः सन्ति कण्वेषु वो दुवः । तत्रो षु मादयाध्वै
pra yāta śībham āśubhiḥ santi kaṇveṣu vo duvaḥ | tatro ṣu mādayādhvai
Drive forth swiftly with your quick (steeds): there is homage for you among the Kaṇvas; there indeed take your pleasure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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Come quick with swift steeds, for ye have worshippers among Kaṇva's sons May you rejoice among them well.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 1 37.15
अस्ति हि ष्मा मदाय वः स्मसि ष्मा वयम् एषाम् । विश्वꣳ चिद् आयुर् जीवसे
asti hi ṣmā madāya vaḥ smasi ṣmā vayam eṣām | viśvaṁ cid āyur jīvase
For there is (soma) here for your exhilaration; we are indeed theirs, that (we) may live a whole lifetime.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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All is prepared for your delight. We are their servants evermore, To live as long as life may last.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)