Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 1 — Chapter 38

RV 1 38.1

कद् ध नूनꣳ कधप्रियः पिता पुत्रꣳ न हस्तयोः । दधिध्वे वृक्तबर्हिषः

kad dha nūnaṁ kadhapriyaḥ pitā putraṁ na hastayoḥ | dadhidhve vṛktabarhiṣaḥ

What now, you of what-sort-of love, have you taken (us) into your hands, as a father his son, (us) who have twisted the barhis?

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RV 1 38.2

क्व नूनꣳ कद् वो अर्थꣳ गन्ता दिवो न पृथिव्याः । क्व वो गावो न रण्यन्ति

kva nūnaṁ kad vo arthaṁ gantā divo na pṛthivyāḥ | kva vo gāvo na raṇyanti

Where now, to what goal of yours will you go, of heaven (or) of earth? Where do your (cows) delight, like cattle?

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RV 1 38.3

क्व वः सुम्ना नव्याꣳसि मरुतः क्व सुविता । क्वो३ विश्वानि सौभगा

kva vaḥ sumnā navyāṁsi marutaḥ kva suvitā | kvo3 viśvāni saubhagā

Where are your newest favours, Maruts, where your good passages, where all your blessings?

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RV 1 38.4

यद् यूयम् पृश्निमातरो मर्तासः स्यातन । स्तोता वो अमृतः स्यात्

yad yūyam pṛśnimātaro martāsaḥ syātana | stotā vo amṛtaḥ syāt

If you, sons of Pṛśni, were mortals, your praiser would be immortal.

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RV 1 38.5

मा वो मृगो न यवसे जरिता भूद् अजोष्यः । पथा यमस्य गाद् उप

mā vo mṛgo na yavase jaritā bhūd ajoṣyaḥ | pathā yamasya gād upa

Let the singer not be unwelcome to you, like a wild beast in the pasture; let him not go along Yama's path.

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RV 1 38.6

मो षु णः परा-परा निरृतिर् दुर्हणा वधीत् । पदीष्ट तृष्णया सह

mo ṣu ṇaḥ parā-parā nirṛtir durhaṇā vadhīt | padīṣṭa tṛṣṇayā saha

Let not Nirṛti, hard to overcome, slay us further and further off; let her fall along with Thirst.

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RV 1 38.7

सत्यꣳ त्वेषा अमवन्तो धन्वञ् चिद् आ रुद्रियासः । मिहꣳ कृण्वन्त्य् अवाताम्

satyaṁ tveṣā amavanto dhanvañ cid ā rudriyāsaḥ | mihaṁ kṛṇvanty avātām

Truly, the glittering, forceful sons of Rudra make, even on the dry land, a windless mist.

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RV 1 38.8

वाश्रेव विद्युन् मिमाति वत्सꣳ न माता सिषक्ति । यद् एषाꣳ वृष्टिर् असर्जि

vāśreva vidyun mimāti vatsaṁ na mātā siṣakti | yad eṣāṁ vṛṣṭir asarji

The lightning bellows like a cow; like a mother her calf, she attends (it), when their rain has been let loose.

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RV 1 38.9

दिवा चित् तमः कृण्वन्ति पर्जन्येनोदवाहेन । यत् पृथिवीꣳ व्युन्दन्ति

divā cit tamaḥ kṛṇvanti parjanyenodavāhena | yat pṛthivīṁ vyundanti

Even by day they make darkness, with the water-bearing Parjanya, when they drench the earth.

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RV 1 38.10

अध स्वनान् मरुताꣳ विश्वम् आ सद्म पार्थिवम् । अरेजन्त प्र मानुषाः

adha svanān marutāṁ viśvam ā sadma pārthivam | arejanta pra mānuṣāḥ

Then at the roar of the Maruts the whole earthly dwelling (shook); the men trembled greatly.

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RV 1 38.11

मरुतो वीऴुपाणिभिश् चित्रा रोधस्वतीर् अनु । यातेम् अखिद्रयामभिः

maruto vīḻupāṇibhiś citrā rodhasvatīr anu | yātem akhidrayāmabhiḥ

Maruts, with your firm-hoofed (steeds), with your untiring courses, travel along the bright rivers with banks.

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RV 1 38.12

स्थिरा वः सन्तु नेमयो रथा अश्वास एषाम् । सुसꣳस्कृता अभीशवः

sthirā vaḥ santu nemayo rathā aśvāsa eṣām | susaṁskṛtā abhīśavaḥ

Let your wheel-rims be firm, (firm) their chariots and horses, (and) the reins well made ready.

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RV 1 38.13

अच्छा वदा तना गिरा जरायै ब्रह्मणस् पतिम् । अग्निम् मित्रꣳ न दर्शतम्

acchā vadā tanā girā jarāyai brahmaṇas patim | agnim mitraṁ na darśatam

Speak hither with continuous song, for praise, to Brahmaṇaspati, to Agni, fair to see like Mitra.

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RV 1 38.14

मिमीहि श्लोकम् आस्ये पर्जन्य इव ततनः । गाय गायत्रम् उक्थ्यम्

mimīhi ślokam āsye parjanya iva tatanaḥ | gāya gāyatram ukthyam

Measure out the song in (your) mouth; stretch (it) out like Parjanya. Sing the gāyatra chant fit for recitation.

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RV 1 38.15

वन्दस्व मारुतꣳ गणꣳ त्वेषम् पनस्युम् अर्किणम् । अस्मे वृद्धा असन्न् इह

vandasva mārutaṁ gaṇaṁ tveṣam panasyum arkiṇam | asme vṛddhā asann iha

Praise the Marut troop, glittering, eager for acclaim, singing; may they be grown strong here among us.

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