Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 5 — Chapter 53

RV 5 53.1

को वेद जानम् एषाꣳ को वा पुरा सुम्नेष्व् आस मरुताम् । यद् युयुज्रे किलास्यः

ko veda jānam eṣāṁ ko vā purā sumneṣv āsa marutām | yad yuyujre kilāsyaḥ

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?

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896) (public domain)

RV 5 53.2

ऐतान् रथेषु तस्थुषः कः शुश्राव कथा ययुः । कस्मै सस्रुः सुदासे अन्व् आपय इऴाभिर् वृष्टयः सह

aitān ratheṣu tasthuṣaḥ kaḥ śuśrāva kathā yayuḥ | kasmai sasruḥ sudāse anv āpaya iḻābhir vṛṣṭayaḥ saha

Who has heard these who stand upon their chariots? How did they drive? To which liberal giver did they run, like kinsmen following, the rains together with the refreshments?

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RV 5 53.3

ते म आहुर् य आययुर् उप द्युभिर् विभिर् मदे । नरो मर्या अरेपस इमान् पश्यन्न् इति ष्टुहि

te ma āhur ya āyayur upa dyubhir vibhir made | naro maryā arepasa imān paśyann iti ṣṭuhi

They told me, they who came up with their flashes, with their flights, in the exhilaration—men, youths, spotless: "Look at these and praise!"

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RV 5 53.4

ये अञ्जिषु ये वाशीषु स्वभानवः स्रक्षु रुक्मेषु खादिषु । श्राया रथेषु धन्वसु

ye añjiṣu ye vāśīṣu svabhānavaḥ srakṣu rukmeṣu khādiṣu | śrāyā ratheṣu dhanvasu

They who are self-shining in their ointments, in their axes, in their garlands, their gold discs, their bracelets, ... on their chariots, on their bows.

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RV 5 53.5

युष्माकꣳ स्मा रथाꣳ अनु मुदे दधे मरुतो जीरदानवः । वृष्टी द्यावो यतीर् इव

yuṣmākaṁ smā rathām̐ anu mude dadhe maruto jīradānavaḥ | vṛṣṭī dyāvo yatīr iva

After your chariots indeed I have set myself for joy, O Maruts of quick gifts—like heavens moving along with rain.

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RV 5 53.6

आ यꣳ नरः सुदानवो ददाशुषे दिवः कोशम् अचुच्यवुः । वि पर्जन्यꣳ सृजन्ति रोदसी अनु धन्वना यन्ति वृष्टयः

ā yaṁ naraḥ sudānavo dadāśuṣe divaḥ kośam acucyavuḥ | vi parjanyaṁ sṛjanti rodasī anu dhanvanā yanti vṛṣṭayaḥ

The men of good gifts who have shaken down the cask of heaven for the one who has offered—they let Parjanya loose over the two worlds; the rains go along over the dry land.

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RV 5 53.7

ततृदानाः सिन्धवः क्षोदसा रजः प्र सस्रुर् धेनवो यथा । स्यन्ना अश्वा इवाध्वनो विमोचने वि यद् वर्तन्त एन्यः

tatṛdānāḥ sindhavaḥ kṣodasā rajaḥ pra sasrur dhenavo yathā | syannā aśvā ivādhvano vimocane vi yad vartanta enyaḥ

The rivers, cut open, have streamed forth over the airy space with their flood like milch-cows; like horses set loose from the road at the unharnessing, when the dappled ones roll apart.

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RV 5 53.8

आ यात मरुतो दिव आन्तरिक्षाद् अमाद् उत । माव स्थात परावतः

ā yāta maruto diva āntarikṣād amād uta | māva sthāta parāvataḥ

Come here, Maruts, from heaven, from the midspace, and from home; do not stay away in the distance.

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RV 5 53.9

मा वो रसानितभा कुभा क्रुमुर् मा वः सिन्धुर् नि रीरमत् । मा वः परि ष्ठात् सरयुः पुरीषिण्य् अस्मे इत् सुम्नम् अस्तु वः

mā vo rasānitabhā kubhā krumur mā vaḥ sindhur ni rīramat | mā vaḥ pari ṣṭhāt sarayuḥ purīṣiṇy asme it sumnam astu vaḥ

Let not the Rasā, the Anitabhā, the Kubhā, the Krumu (hold) you, let not the Sindhu keep you back; let not the marshy Sarayu stand in your way: let your favour be for us alone.

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RV 5 53.10

तꣳ वः शर्धꣳ रथानाꣳ त्वेषꣳ गणम् मारुतꣳ नव्यसीनाम् । अनु प्र यन्ति वृष्टयः

taṁ vaḥ śardhaṁ rathānāṁ tveṣaṁ gaṇam mārutaṁ navyasīnām | anu pra yanti vṛṣṭayaḥ

After that troop of yours, (that troop) of chariots, that glittering Marut band of the newest ones, the rains go forth.

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RV 5 53.11

शर्धꣳ-शर्धꣳ व एषाꣳ व्रातꣳ-व्रातꣳ गणꣳ-गणꣳ सुशस्तिभिः । अनु क्रामेम धीतिभिः

śardhaṁ-śardhaṁ va eṣāṁ vrātaṁ-vrātaṁ gaṇaṁ-gaṇaṁ suśastibhiḥ | anu krāmema dhītibhiḥ

Troop by troop of yours, of these, band by band, host by host—may we come after (them) with good praises, with our thoughts.

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RV 5 53.12

कस्मा अद्य सुजाताय रातहव्याय प्र ययुः । एना यामेन मरुतः

kasmā adya sujātāya rātahavyāya pra yayuḥ | enā yāmena marutaḥ

To what well-born man who has granted the oblation have the Maruts gone forth today with this march?

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RV 5 53.13

येन तोकाय तनयाय धान्य१म् बीजꣳ वहध्वे अक्षितम् । अस्मभ्यꣳ तद् धत्तन यद् व ईमहे राधो विश्वायु सौभगम्

yena tokāya tanayāya dhānya1m bījaṁ vahadhve akṣitam | asmabhyaṁ tad dhattana yad va īmahe rādho viśvāyu saubhagam

That imperishable grain-seed which you carry for child and offspring—grant that to us, the bounty we beg of you, the lifelong good fortune.

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RV 5 53.14

अतीयाम निदस् तिरः स्वस्तिभिर् हित्वावद्यम् अरातीः । वृष्ट्वी शꣳ योर् आप उस्रि भेषजꣳ स्याम मरुतः सह

atīyāma nidas tiraḥ svastibhir hitvāvadyam arātīḥ | vṛṣṭvī śaṁ yor āpa usri bheṣajaṁ syāma marutaḥ saha

May we pass across the scorners, by means of (your) blessings, leaving behind blame and hostilities. Having rained—weal and health, waters at daybreak, remedy—may we be together with the Maruts.

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RV 5 53.15

सुदेवः समहासति सुवीरो नरो मरुतः स मर्त्यः । यꣳ त्रायध्वे स्याम ते

sudevaḥ samahāsati suvīro naro marutaḥ sa martyaḥ | yaṁ trāyadhve syāma te

Well attended by the gods indeed shall he be, rich in men, that mortal, O Marut men, whom you protect: may we be he.

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RV 5 53.16

स्तुहि भोजान् स्तुवतो अस्य यामनि रणन् गावो न यवसे । यतः पूर्वाꣳ इव सखीꣳर् अनु ह्वय गिरा गृणीहि कामिनः

stuhi bhojān stuvato asya yāmani raṇan gāvo na yavase | yataḥ pūrvām̐ iva sakhīm̐r anu hvaya girā gṛṇīhi kāminaḥ

Praise the bountiful ones; at the march of this man who praises they take delight like cows in pasture. Call them after (you) as if they were friends from of old; extol with song those who desire it.

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