Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 5 — Chapter 55

RV 5 55.1

प्रयज्यवो मरुतो भ्राजदृष्टयो बृहद् वयो दधिरे रुक्मवक्षसः । ईयन्ते अश्वैः सुयमेभिर् आशुभिः शुभꣳ याताम् अनु रथा अवृत्सत

prayajyavo maruto bhrājadṛṣṭayo bṛhad vayo dadhire rukmavakṣasaḥ | īyante aśvaiḥ suyamebhir āśubhiḥ śubhaṁ yātām anu rathā avṛtsata

The Maruts, receiving worship first, with flashing spears, with golden disks on their breasts, have taken on lofty vigour; they speed with easily guided, swift horses—the chariots have wheeled after the splendour of those who journey.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 5 55.2

स्वयꣳ दधिध्वे तविषीꣳ यथा विद बृहन् महान्त उर्विया वि राजथ । उतान्तरिक्षम् ममिरे व्य् ओजसा शुभꣳ याताम् अनु रथा अवृत्सत

svayaṁ dadhidhve taviṣīṁ yathā vida bṛhan mahānta urviyā vi rājatha | utāntarikṣam mamire vy ojasā śubhaṁ yātām anu rathā avṛtsata

You yourselves have put on your strength, as you know how; lofty and great, you rule out over the wide (space); and they have measured out the midspace with their might—the chariots have wheeled after the splendour of those who journey.

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RV 5 55.3

साकꣳ जाताः सुभ्वः साकम् उक्षिताः श्रिये चिद् आ प्रतरꣳ वावृधुर् नरः । विरोकिणः सूर्यस्येव रश्मयः शुभꣳ याताम् अनु रथा अवृत्सत

sākaṁ jātāḥ subhvaḥ sākam ukṣitāḥ śriye cid ā prataraṁ vāvṛdhur naraḥ | virokiṇaḥ sūryasyeva raśmayaḥ śubhaṁ yātām anu rathā avṛtsata

Born together, of goodly nature, grown strong together, the men have increased still further for splendour; shining out like the rays of the sun—the chariots have wheeled after the splendour of those who journey.

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RV 5 55.4

आभूषेण्यꣳ वो मरुतो महित्वनꣳ दिदृक्षेण्यꣳ सूर्यस्येव चक्षणम् । उतो अस्माꣳ अमृतत्वे दधातन शुभꣳ याताम् अनु रथा अवृत्सत

ābhūṣeṇyaṁ vo maruto mahitvanaṁ didṛkṣeṇyaṁ sūryasyeva cakṣaṇam | uto asmām̐ amṛtatve dadhātana śubhaṁ yātām anu rathā avṛtsata

Your greatness, O Maruts, is to be attended upon, your appearance is to be gazed at, like that of the sun; and set us too in immortality—the chariots have wheeled after the splendour of those who journey.

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RV 5 55.5

उद् ईरयथा मरुतः समुद्रतो यूयꣳ वृष्टिꣳ वर्षयथा पुरीषिणः । न वो दस्रा उप दस्यन्ति धेनवः शुभꣳ याताम् अनु रथा अवृत्सत

ud īrayathā marutaḥ samudrato yūyaṁ vṛṣṭiṁ varṣayathā purīṣiṇaḥ | na vo dasrā upa dasyanti dhenavaḥ śubhaṁ yātām anu rathā avṛtsata

You raise (it) up out of the sea, O Maruts; you rain down rain, you rich in waters. Your milk-cows do not run dry, O wondrous ones—the chariots have wheeled after the splendour of those who journey.

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RV 5 55.6

यद् अश्वान् धूर्षु पृषतीर् अयुग्ध्वꣳ हिरण्ययान् प्रत्य् अत्काꣳ अमुग्ध्वम् । विश्वा इत् स्पृधो मरुतो व्य् अस्यथ शुभꣳ याताम् अनु रथा अवृत्सत

yad aśvān dhūrṣu pṛṣatīr ayugdhvaṁ hiraṇyayān praty atkām̐ amugdhvam | viśvā it spṛdho maruto vy asyatha śubhaṁ yātām anu rathā avṛtsata

When you yoked the dappled mares to the yoke-poles, when you put on your golden mantles, you scatter apart all rivals, O Maruts—the chariots have wheeled after the splendour of those who journey.

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RV 5 55.7

न पर्वता न नद्यो वरन्त वो यत्राचिध्वम् मरुतो गच्छथेद् उ तत् । उत द्यावापृथिवी याथना परि शुभꣳ याताम् अनु रथा अवृत्सत

na parvatā na nadyo varanta vo yatrācidhvam maruto gacchathed u tat | uta dyāvāpṛthivī yāthanā pari śubhaṁ yātām anu rathā avṛtsata

Neither mountains nor rivers hold you back; wherever you have set your mind, O Maruts, you go just there; and you travel around heaven and earth—the chariots have wheeled after the splendour of those who journey.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 5 55.8

यत् पूर्व्यम् मरुतो यच् च नूतनꣳ यद् उद्यते वसवो यच् च शस्यते । विश्वस्य तस्य भवथा नवेदसः शुभꣳ याताम् अनु रथा अवृत्सत

yat pūrvyam maruto yac ca nūtanaṁ yad udyate vasavo yac ca śasyate | viśvasya tasya bhavathā navedasaḥ śubhaṁ yātām anu rathā avṛtsata

What is of old, O Maruts, and what is new, what is spoken forth, O Vasus, and what is recited—of all that you are aware—the chariots have wheeled after the splendour of those who journey.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 5 55.9

मृऴत नो मरुतो मा वधिष्टनास्मभ्यꣳ शर्म बहुलꣳ वि यन्तन । अधि स्तोत्रस्य सख्यस्य गातन शुभꣳ याताम् अनु रथा अवृत्सत

mṛḻata no maruto mā vadhiṣṭanāsmabhyaṁ śarma bahulaṁ vi yantana | adhi stotrasya sakhyasya gātana śubhaṁ yātām anu rathā avṛtsata

Be gracious to us, O Maruts, do not slay (us); stretch out abundant shelter for us; attend to our praise and our friendship—the chariots have wheeled after the splendour of those who journey.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 5 55.10

यूयम् अस्मान् नयत वस्यो अच्छा निर् अꣳहतिभ्यो मरुतो गृणानाः । जुषध्वꣳ नो हव्यदातिꣳ यजत्रा वयꣳ स्याम पतयो रयीणाम्

yūyam asmān nayata vasyo acchā nir aṁhatibhyo maruto gṛṇānāḥ | juṣadhvaṁ no havyadātiṁ yajatrā vayaṁ syāma patayo rayīṇām

Lead us toward the better state, out of the narrow straits, O Maruts, you who are being praised. Enjoy our offering of oblation, O you worthy of sacrifice; may we be the lords of riches.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition