Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 7 — Chapter 56

RV 7 56.1

क ईꣳ व्यक्ता नरः सनीऴा रुद्रस्य मर्या अध स्वश्वाः

ka īṁ vyaktā naraḥ sanīḻā rudrasya maryā adha svaśvāḥ

Who are these adorned men, of one nest, Rudra's young men, and with good horses?

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RV 7 56.2

नकिर् ह्य् एषाꣳ जनूꣳषि वेद ते अङ्ग विद्रे मिथो जनित्रम्

nakir hy eṣāṁ janūṁṣi veda te aṅga vidre mitho janitram

For no one knows their births; only they themselves know one another's origin.

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RV 7 56.3

अभि स्वपूभिर् मिथो वपन्त वातस्वनसः श्येना अस्पृध्रन्

abhi svapūbhir mitho vapanta vātasvanasaḥ śyenā aspṛdhran

With their own wings they strew (the sky) toward each other; roaring like the wind, like falcons they contended.

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RV 7 56.4

एतानि धीरो निण्या चिकेत पृश्निर् यद् ऊधो मही जभार

etāni dhīro niṇyā ciketa pṛśnir yad ūdho mahī jabhāra

The wise one has perceived these secrets—that the great dappled one (Pṛśni) bore the udder.

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RV 7 56.5

सा विट् सुवीरा मरुद्भिर् अस्तु सनात् सहन्ती पुष्यन्ती नृम्णम्

sā viṭ suvīrā marudbhir astu sanāt sahantī puṣyantī nṛmṇam

May that clan, rich in heroes through the Maruts, be ever conquering, thriving in manly power.

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RV 7 56.6

यामꣳ येष्ठाः शुभा शोभिष्ठाः श्रिया सम्मिश्ला ओजोभिर् उग्राः

yāmaṁ yeṣṭhāḥ śubhā śobhiṣṭhāḥ śriyā sammiślā ojobhir ugrāḥ

Foremost in going, most resplendent in splendour, blended with beauty, formidable with their strengths—

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RV 7 56.7

उग्रꣳ व ओजः स्थिरा शवाꣳस्य् अधा मरुद्भिर् गणस् तुविष्मान्

ugraṁ va ojaḥ sthirā śavāṁsy adhā marudbhir gaṇas tuviṣmān

Formidable is your might, firm your powers; and so through the Maruts the troop is strong.

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RV 7 56.8

शुभ्रो वः शुष्मः क्रुध्मी मनाꣳसि धुनिर् मुनिर् इव शर्धस्य धृष्णोः

śubhro vaḥ śuṣmaḥ krudhmī manāṁsi dhunir munir iva śardhasya dhṛṣṇoḥ

Bright is your fury, angry your minds; roaring, like a frenzied seer, (is the force) of the bold host.

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RV 7 56.9

सनेम्य् अस्मद् युयोत दिद्युम् मा वो दुर्मतिर् इह प्रणङ् नः

sanemy asmad yuyota didyum mā vo durmatir iha praṇaṅ naḥ

Keep the missile far away from us; let no ill-will of yours reach us here.

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RV 7 56.10

प्रिया वो नाम हुवे तुराणाम् आ यत् तृपन् मरुतो वावशानाः

priyā vo nāma huve turāṇām ā yat tṛpan maruto vāvaśānāḥ

I call on the dear names of you swift ones, so that the Maruts may be satisfied, they who bellow loudly.

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RV 7 56.11

स्वायुधास इष्मिणः सुनिष्का उत स्वयꣳ तन्व१ः शुम्भमानाः

svāyudhāsa iṣmiṇaḥ suniṣkā uta svayaṁ tanva1ḥ śumbhamānāḥ

Well-armed, arrow-bearing, wearing fine gold ornaments, and adorning their own bodies of themselves.

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RV 7 56.12

शुची वो हव्या मरुतः शुचीनाꣳ शुचिꣳ हिनोम्य् अध्वरꣳ शुचिभ्यः । ऋतेन सत्यम् ऋतसाप आयञ् छुचिजन्मानः शुचयः पावकाः

śucī vo havyā marutaḥ śucīnāṁ śuciṁ hinomy adhvaraṁ śucibhyaḥ | ṛtena satyam ṛtasāpa āyañ chucijanmānaḥ śucayaḥ pāvakāḥ

Pure are your oblations, Maruts, (oblations) of pure ones; a pure rite I set in motion for the pure. By ṛta they attained truth, they who tend ṛta, pure of birth, pure, purifying.

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RV 7 56.13

अꣳसेष्व् आ मरुतः खादयो वो वक्षःसु रुक्मा उपशिश्रियाणाः । वि विद्युतो न वृष्टिभी रुचाना अनु स्वधाम् आयुधैर् यच्छमानाः

aṁseṣv ā marutaḥ khādayo vo vakṣaḥsu rukmā upaśiśriyāṇāḥ | vi vidyuto na vṛṣṭibhī rucānā anu svadhām āyudhair yacchamānāḥ

On your shoulders, Maruts, are the clasps, on your chests the gold discs, fastened on; shining out like lightnings along with the rains, in accord with their own nature they wield their weapons.

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RV 7 56.14

प्र बुध्न्या व ईरते महाꣳसि प्र नामानि प्रयज्यवस् तिरध्वम् । सहस्रियꣳ दम्यम् भागम् एतꣳ गृहमेधीयम् मरुतो जुषध्वम्

pra budhnyā va īrate mahāṁsi pra nāmāni prayajyavas tiradhvam | sahasriyaṁ damyam bhāgam etaṁ gṛhamedhīyam maruto juṣadhvam

Your deep-rooted greatnesses press forward; extend forth your names, you who are first to be worshipped. Take pleasure, Maruts, in this thousandfold household portion, the share belonging to the domestic rite.

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RV 7 56.15

यदि स्तुतस्य मरुतो अधीथेत्था विप्रस्य वाजिनो हवीमन् । मक्षू रायः सुवीर्यस्य दात नू चिद् यम् अन्य आदभद् अरावा

yadi stutasya maruto adhīthetthā viprasya vājino havīman | makṣū rāyaḥ suvīryasya dāta nū cid yam anya ādabhad arāvā

If, Maruts, you have given heed to the invocation of the praised, inspired, prize-winning (singer), then quickly give riches consisting of good heroes—(riches) such as no other, no ungenerous one, shall ever damage.

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RV 7 56.16

अत्यासो न ये मरुतः स्वञ्चो यक्षदृशो न शुभयन्त मर्याः । ते हर्म्येष्ठाः शिशवो न शुभ्रा वत्सासो न प्रक्रीऴिनः पयोधाः

atyāso na ye marutaḥ svañco yakṣadṛśo na śubhayanta maryāḥ | te harmyeṣṭhāḥ śiśavo na śubhrā vatsāso na prakrīḻinaḥ payodhāḥ

(They) who, Maruts, move gracefully like steeds, and like young men make themselves beautiful, a sight to behold; they, dwelling in the firm house, gleaming like children, like calves at play, drinking milk.

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RV 7 56.17

दशस्यन्तो नो मरुतो मृऴन्तु वरिवस्यन्तो रोदसी सुमेके । आरे गोहा नृहा वधो वो अस्तु सुम्नेभिर् अस्मे वसवो नमध्वम्

daśasyanto no maruto mṛḻantu varivasyanto rodasī sumeke | āre gohā nṛhā vadho vo astu sumnebhir asme vasavo namadhvam

Let the Maruts, granting favour, be merciful to us, making wide room, (they and) the two well-founded worlds. Far off be your cow-slaying, man-slaying weapon; bend toward us with your kindnesses, O Vasus.

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RV 7 56.18

आ वो होता जोहवीति सत्तः सत्राचीꣳ रातिम् मरुतो गृणानः । य ईवतो वृषणो अस्ति गोपाः सो अद्वयावी हवते व उक्थैः

ā vo hotā johavīti sattaḥ satrācīṁ rātim maruto gṛṇānaḥ | ya īvato vṛṣaṇo asti gopāḥ so advayāvī havate va ukthaiḥ

The hotṛ, seated, calls you again and again, Maruts, singing of your all-encompassing gift. He who is the herdsman of such bulls, he, without duplicity, calls you with his verses.

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RV 7 56.19

इमे तुरम् मरुतो रामयन्तीमे सहः सहस आ नमन्ति । इमे शꣳसꣳ वनुष्यतो नि पान्ति गुरु द्वेषो अररुषे दधन्ति

ime turam maruto rāmayantīme sahaḥ sahasa ā namanti | ime śaṁsaṁ vanuṣyato ni pānti guru dveṣo araruṣe dadhanti

These Maruts bring the swift one to rest; these bend down the might of the mighty; these guard the recitation from the envious man; they lay heavy hatred upon the one who does not give.

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RV 7 56.20

इमे रध्रꣳ चिन् मरुतो जुनन्ति भृमिꣳ चिद् यथा वसवो जुषन्त । अप बाधध्वꣳ वृषणस् तमाꣳसि धत्त विश्वꣳ तनयꣳ तोकम् अस्मे

ime radhraṁ cin maruto junanti bhṛmiṁ cid yathā vasavo juṣanta | apa bādhadhvaṁ vṛṣaṇas tamāṁsi dhatta viśvaṁ tanayaṁ tokam asme

These Maruts urge on even the helpless one; even the restless one the Vasus favour thus. Thrust away the darknesses, O bulls; grant us every progeny and offspring.

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RV 7 56.21

मा वो दात्रान् मरुतो निर् अराम मा पश्चाद् दघ्म रथ्यो विभागे । आ नः स्पार्हे भजतना वसव्ये३ यद् ईꣳ सुजातꣳ वृषणो वो अस्ति

mā vo dātrān maruto nir arāma mā paścād daghma rathyo vibhāge | ā naḥ spārhe bhajatanā vasavye3 yad īṁ sujātaṁ vṛṣaṇo vo asti

May we not be excluded from your gifts, Maruts; may we not be left behind at the sharing out, O charioteers. Give us a portion in the coveted wealth, whatever well-born (possession) is yours, O bulls.

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RV 7 56.22

सꣳ यद् धनन्त मन्युभिर् जनासः शूरा यह्वीष्व् ओषधीषु विक्षु । अध स्मा नो मरुतो रुद्रियासस् त्रातारो भूत पृतनास्व् अर्यः

saṁ yad dhananta manyubhir janāsaḥ śūrā yahvīṣv oṣadhīṣu vikṣu | adha smā no maruto rudriyāsas trātāro bhūta pṛtanāsv aryaḥ

When peoples clash together in their furies, heroes, over the young plants and the settlements, then be our protectors, Maruts, sons of Rudra, in the battles with the stranger.

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RV 7 56.23

भूरि चक्र मरुतः पित्र्याण्य् उक्थानि या वः शस्यन्ते पुरा चित् । मरुद्भिर् उग्रः पृतनासु साऴ्हा मरुद्भिर् इत् सनिता वाजम् अर्वा

bhūri cakra marutaḥ pitryāṇy ukthāni yā vaḥ śasyante purā cit | marudbhir ugraḥ pṛtanāsu sāḻhā marudbhir it sanitā vājam arvā

Much have you done, Maruts, of what belongs to the fathers—the verses which are recited for you even from of old. With the Maruts (a man is) fierce, a conqueror in battles; with the Maruts indeed the steed wins the prize.

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RV 7 56.24

अस्मे वीरो मरुतः शुष्म्य् अस्तु जनानाꣳ यो असुरो विधर्ता । अपो येन सुक्षितये तरेमाध स्वम् ओको अभि वः स्याम

asme vīro marutaḥ śuṣmy astu janānāṁ yo asuro vidhartā | apo yena sukṣitaye taremādha svam oko abhi vaḥ syāma

Among us, Maruts, let there be a forceful hero, who as lord is the sustainer of men, by whom we may cross the waters to a good dwelling-place; and may we reach our own home, (which is) yours.

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RV 7 56.25

तन् न इन्द्रो वरुणो मित्रो अग्निर् आप ओषधीर् वनिनो जुषन्त । शर्मन् स्याम मरुताम् उपस्थे यूयम् पात स्वस्तिभिः सदा नः

tan na indro varuṇo mitro agnir āpa oṣadhīr vanino juṣanta | śarman syāma marutām upasthe yūyam pāta svastibhiḥ sadā naḥ

May Indra, Varuṇa, Mitra, Agni, the waters, the plants, the trees take pleasure in this of ours. May we be in shelter, in the lap of the Maruts. Do you protect us always with your blessings.

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