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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 7 — Chapter 57

RV 7 57.1

मध्वो वो नाम मारुतꣳ यजत्राः प्र यज्ञेषु शवसा मदन्ति । ये रेजयन्ति रोदसी चिद् उर्वी पिन्वन्त्य् उत्सꣳ यद् अयासुर् उग्राः

madhvo vo nāma mārutaṁ yajatrāḥ pra yajñeṣu śavasā madanti | ye rejayanti rodasī cid urvī pinvanty utsaṁ yad ayāsur ugrāḥ

Your Marut name is of honey, O worshipful ones; at the sacrifices they revel forth with power—they who make even the two wide worlds shake, and swell the spring when, fierce, they have set out.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

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YEA, through the power of your sweet juice, ye Holy! the Marut host is glad at sacrifices. They cause even spacious heaven and earth to tremble, they make the spring flow when they come, the Mighty.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 57.2

निचेतारो हि मरुतो गृणन्तम् प्रणेतारो यजमानस्य मन्म । अस्माकम् अद्य विदथेषु बर्हिर् आ वीतये सदत पिप्रियाणाः

nicetāro hi maruto gṛṇantam praṇetāro yajamānasya manma | asmākam adya vidatheṣu barhir ā vītaye sadata pipriyāṇāḥ

For the Maruts are those who take note of the singer, the leaders of the worshipper's thought. Today, well pleased, sit down at our rites on the barhis, to partake.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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The Maruts watch the man who sings their praises, promoters of the thought of him who worships. Seat you on sacred grass in our assembly, this day, with friendly minds, to share the banquet.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 57.3

नैतावद् अन्ये मरुतो यथेमे भ्राजन्ते रुक्मैर् आयुधैस् तनूभिः । आ रोदसी विश्वपिशः पिशानाः समानम् अञ्ज्य् अञ्जते शुभे कम्

naitāvad anye maruto yatheme bhrājante rukmair āyudhais tanūbhiḥ | ā rodasī viśvapiśaḥ piśānāḥ samānam añjy añjate śubhe kam

Not so much do others shine as these Maruts shine, with their gold discs, their weapons, their bodies; adorning the two worlds, adorned with every adornment, they anoint themselves with a common unguent for splendour.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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No others gleam so brightly as these Maruts with their own forms, their golden gauds, their weapons. With all adornments, decking earth and heaven, they heighten, for bright show, their common splendour.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 57.4

ऋधक् सा वो मरुतो दिद्युद् अस्तु यद् व आगः पुरुषता कराम । मा वस् तस्याम् अपि भूमा यजत्रा अस्मे वो अस्तु सुमतिश् चनिष्ठा

ṛdhak sā vo maruto didyud astu yad va āgaḥ puruṣatā karāma | mā vas tasyām api bhūmā yajatrā asme vo astu sumatiś caniṣṭhā

Let that missile of yours be turned aside, Maruts, when in human fashion we commit an offence against you. Let us not be caught in it, worshipful ones; let your most gratifying favour be with us.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Far from us be your blazing dart, O Maruts, when we, through human frailty, sin against you. Let us not he exposed to that, ye Holy! May your most loving favour still attend us.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 57.5

कृते चिद् अत्र मरुतो रणन्तानवद्यासः शुचयः पावकाः । प्र णो ऽवत सुमतिभिर् यजत्राः प्र वाजेभिस् तिरत पुष्यसे नः

kṛte cid atra maruto raṇantānavadyāsaḥ śucayaḥ pāvakāḥ | pra ṇo 'vata sumatibhir yajatrāḥ pra vājebhis tirata puṣyase naḥ

May the Maruts take delight here even in what has (already) been done—blameless, pure, purifying. Help us forward with your favours, worshipful ones; further us with prizes, that we may thrive.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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May even what we have done delight the Maruts, the blameless Ones, the bright, the purifying. Further us, O ye Holy, with your kindness: advance us mightily that we may prosper.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 57.6

उत स्तुतासो मरुतो व्यन्तु विश्वेभिर् नामभिर् नरो हवीꣳषि । ददात नो अमृतस्य प्रजायै जिगृत रायः सूनृता मघानि

uta stutāso maruto vyantu viśvebhir nāmabhir naro havīṁṣi | dadāta no amṛtasya prajāyai jigṛta rāyaḥ sūnṛtā maghāni

And let the Maruts, when praised, the men, go after the oblations with all their names. Grant us (a share) of immortality for our offspring; rouse up riches, liberal gifts, bounties.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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And may the Maruts, praised by all their titles, Heroes, enjoy the taste of our oblations. Give us of Amrit for the sake of offspring: awake the excellent fair stores of riches.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 57.7

आ स्तुतासो मरुतो विश्व ऊती अच्छा सूरीन् सर्वताता जिगात । ये नस् त्मना शतिनो वर्धयन्ति यूयम् पात स्वस्तिभिः सदा नः

ā stutāso maruto viśva ūtī acchā sūrīn sarvatātā jigāta | ye nas tmanā śatino vardhayanti yūyam pāta svastibhiḥ sadā naḥ

Praised, O Maruts, come all of you with (your) aid, in (your) entirety, toward the patrons — (you) who of yourselves increase us hundredfold. Do you protect us always with blessings.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Hither, ye Maruts, praised, with all your succours, with all felicity come to our princes, Who, of themselves, a hundredfold increase us. Preserve us evermore, ye Gods, with blessings.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)