Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 8 — Chapter 20

RV 8 20.1

आ गन्ता मा रिषण्यत प्रस्थावानो माप स्थाता समन्यवः । स्थिरा चिन् नमयिष्णवः

ā gantā mā riṣaṇyata prasthāvāno māpa sthātā samanyavaḥ | sthirā cin namayiṣṇavaḥ

Come here, do not fail (us); you who set out, do not stay away, you of one accord — you who bend even what is firm.

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RV 8 20.2

वीऴुपविभिर् मरुत ऋभुक्षण आ रुद्रासः सुदीतिभिः । इषा नो अद्या गता पुरुस्पृहो यज्ञम् आ सोभरीयवः

vīḻupavibhir maruta ṛbhukṣaṇa ā rudrāsaḥ sudītibhiḥ | iṣā no adyā gatā puruspṛho yajñam ā sobharīyavaḥ

With your strong-felloed (chariots), O Maruts, O Ṛbhukṣans, O Rudras, with your fair beams — come to us today with refreshment, you much-desired ones, come to the sacrifice, you who seek the Sobharis.

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RV 8 20.3

विद्मा हि रुद्रियाणाꣳ शुष्मम् उग्रम् मरुताꣳ शिमीवताम् । विष्णोर् एषस्य मीऴ्हुषाम्

vidmā hi rudriyāṇāṁ śuṣmam ugram marutāṁ śimīvatām | viṣṇor eṣasya mīḻhuṣām

For we know the mighty vehemence of the Maruts, sons of Rudra, the energetic ones, of Viṣṇu the impeller, the bountiful ones.

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RV 8 20.4

वि द्वीपानि पापतन् तिष्ठद् दुच्छुनोभे युजन्त रोदसी । प्र धन्वान्य् ऐरत शुभ्रखादयो यद् एजथ स्वभानवः

vi dvīpāni pāpatan tiṣṭhad ducchunobhe yujanta rodasī | pra dhanvāny airata śubhrakhādayo yad ejatha svabhānavaḥ

The islands fly apart, calamity comes to a halt, both worlds they yoke together; the desert lands you have raised up, you of bright bracelets, when you stir, self-shining ones.

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RV 8 20.5

अच्युता चिद् वो अज्मन्न् आ नानदति पर्वतासो वनस्पतिः । भूमिर् यामेषु रेजते

acyutā cid vo ajmann ā nānadati parvatāso vanaspatiḥ | bhūmir yāmeṣu rejate

Even the unshakable things roar out at your onrush, the mountains and the forest tree; the earth trembles at your journeyings.

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RV 8 20.6

अमाय वो मरुतो यातवे द्यौर् जिहीत उत्तरा बृहत् । यत्रा नरो देदिशते तनूष्व् आ त्वक्षाꣳसि बाह्वोजसः

amāya vo maruto yātave dyaur jihīta uttarā bṛhat | yatrā naro dediśate tanūṣv ā tvakṣāṁsi bāhvojasaḥ

For your driving with force, O Maruts, the lofty heaven above gives way, where the men display upon their bodies their vigours, they of strength in their arms.

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RV 8 20.7

स्वधाम् अनु श्रियꣳ नरो महि त्वेषा अमवन्तो वृषप्सवः । वहन्ते अह्रुतप्सवः

svadhām anu śriyaṁ naro mahi tveṣā amavanto vṛṣapsavaḥ | vahante ahrutapsavaḥ

According to their own nature the men carry great splendour — glittering, impetuous, of bull-like form, of unswerving shape.

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RV 8 20.8

गोभिर् वाणो अज्यते सोभरीणाꣳ रथे कोशे हिरण्यये । गोबन्धवः सुजातास इषे भुजे महान्तो नः स्परसे नु

gobhir vāṇo ajyate sobharīṇāṁ rathe kośe hiraṇyaye | gobandhavaḥ sujātāsa iṣe bhuje mahānto naḥ sparase nu

With cow-gut(-strings) the music of the Sobharis is anointed, in the chariot, in the golden vessel; kin of the cows, well-born, great ones — for our refreshment, our enjoyment, and now for our protection.

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RV 8 20.9

प्रति वो वृषदञ्जयो वृष्णे शर्धाय मारुताय भरध्वम् । हव्या वृषप्रयाव्णे

prati vo vṛṣadañjayo vṛṣṇe śardhāya mārutāya bharadhvam | havyā vṛṣaprayāvṇe

Bring your oblations, you anointed with bull-ointment, to the bull-like Marut host, to him who advances with bulls.

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RV 8 20.10

वृषणश्वेन मरुतो वृषप्सुना रथेन वृषनाभिना । आ श्येनासो न पक्षिणो वृथा नरो हव्या नो वीतये गत

vṛṣaṇaśvena maruto vṛṣapsunā rathena vṛṣanābhinā | ā śyenāso na pakṣiṇo vṛthā naro havyā no vītaye gata

With your bull-drawn, bull-formed, bull-naveled chariot, O Maruts, like winged falcons, readily, O men, come to the enjoyment of our oblations.

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RV 8 20.11

समानम् अञ्ज्य् एषाꣳ वि भ्राजन्ते रुक्मासो अधि बाहुषु । दविद्युतत्य् ऋष्टयः

samānam añjy eṣāṁ vi bhrājante rukmāso adhi bāhuṣu | davidyutaty ṛṣṭayaḥ

Their ointment is one and the same; the gold ornaments on their arms shine forth; their spears keep flashing.

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RV 8 20.12

त उग्रासो वृषण उग्रबाहवो नकिष् टनूषु येतिरे । स्थिरा धन्वान्य् आयुधा रथेषु वो ऽनीकेष्व् अधि श्रियः

ta ugrāso vṛṣaṇa ugrabāhavo nakiṣ ṭanūṣu yetire | sthirā dhanvāny āyudhā ratheṣu vo 'nīkeṣv adhi śriyaḥ

Those mighty bulls, mighty-armed — none have set themselves against their bodies; firm are the bows, the weapons in your chariots, and upon your faces are splendours.

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RV 8 20.13

येषाम् अर्णो न सप्रथो नाम त्वेषꣳ शश्वताम् एकम् इद् भुजे । वयो न पित्र्यꣳ सहः

yeṣām arṇo na sapratho nāma tveṣaṁ śaśvatām ekam id bhuje | vayo na pitryaṁ sahaḥ

They whose name is wide-extending like a flood, brilliant, the one thing for the enjoyment of all in succession; whose might is like ancestral vigour.

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RV 8 20.14

तान् वन्दस्व मरुतस् ताꣳ उप स्तुहि तेषाꣳ हि धुनीनाम् । अराणाꣳ न चरमस् तद् एषाꣳ दाना मह्ना तद् एषाम्

tān vandasva marutas tām̐ upa stuhi teṣāṁ hi dhunīnām | arāṇāṁ na caramas tad eṣāṁ dānā mahnā tad eṣām

Praise them, the Maruts; sing to them, for of these roarers — it is not the last of the spokes, that (gift) of theirs; by (their) giving, by (their) greatness, that is theirs.

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RV 8 20.15

सुभगः स व ऊतिष्व् आस पूर्वासु मरुतो व्युष्टिषु । यो वा नूनम् उतासति

subhagaḥ sa va ūtiṣv āsa pūrvāsu maruto vyuṣṭiṣu | yo vā nūnam utāsati

Blessed has that man been in your aids, O Maruts, at the former dawnings — or whoever shall be so now.

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RV 8 20.16

यस्य वा यूयम् प्रति वाजिनो नर आ हव्या वीतये गथ । अभि ष द्युम्नैर् उत वाजसातिभिः सुम्ना वो धूतयो नशत्

yasya vā yūyam prati vājino nara ā havyā vītaye gatha | abhi ṣa dyumnair uta vājasātibhiḥ sumnā vo dhūtayo naśat

Or he to whose oblations you come for the enjoying, O men of prize-winning strength — he shall attain your favours with splendours and with winnings of prizes, O shakers.

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RV 8 20.17

यथा रुद्रस्य सूनवो दिवो वशन्त्य् असुरस्य वेधसः । युवानस् तथेद् असत्

yathā rudrasya sūnavo divo vaśanty asurasya vedhasaḥ | yuvānas tathed asat

As the sons of Rudra, of heaven, of the Asura, the ordainer, wish — the young ones — so indeed shall it be.

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RV 8 20.18

ये चार्हन्ति मरुतः सुदानवः स्मन् मीऴ्हुषश् चरन्ति ये । अतश् चिद् आ न उप वस्यसा हृदा युवान आ ववृध्वम्

ye cārhanti marutaḥ sudānavaḥ sman mīḻhuṣaś caranti ye | ataś cid ā na upa vasyasā hṛdā yuvāna ā vavṛdhvam

And you Maruts who are worthy, of good gifts, and who go along with the bountiful one — from there too come near to us with a kindlier heart, O youths, and grow strong.

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RV 8 20.19

यून ऊ षु नविष्ठया वृष्णः पावकाꣳ अभि सोभरे गिरा । गाय गा इव चर्कृषत्

yūna ū ṣu naviṣṭhayā vṛṣṇaḥ pāvakām̐ abhi sobhare girā | gāya gā iva carkṛṣat

To the young ones, the bulls, the purifying ones, sing well, O Sobhari, with the newest song, like one ploughing repeatedly for cows.

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RV 8 20.20

साहा ये सन्ति मुष्टिहेव हव्यो विश्वासु पृत्सु होतृषु । वृष्णश् चन्द्रान् न सुश्रवस्तमान् गिरा वन्दस्व मरुतो अह

sāhā ye santi muṣṭiheva havyo viśvāsu pṛtsu hotṛṣu | vṛṣṇaś candrān na suśravastamān girā vandasva maruto aha

Those who are overpowering, to be invoked like a fist-fighter in all battles, among the hotṛs — the bulls, glittering, most renowned: praise indeed the Maruts with your song.

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RV 8 20.21

गावश् चिद् घा समन्यवः सजात्येन मरुतः सबन्धवः । रिहते ककुभो मिथः

gāvaś cid ghā samanyavaḥ sajātyena marutaḥ sabandhavaḥ | rihate kakubho mithaḥ

Even cows, O Maruts, of one anger, of one kinship by common descent, lick one another's humps.

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RV 8 20.22

मर्तश् चिद् वो नृतवो रुक्मवक्षस उप भ्रातृत्वम् आयति । अधि नो गात मरुतः सदा हि व आपित्वम् अस्ति निध्रुवि

martaś cid vo nṛtavo rukmavakṣasa upa bhrātṛtvam āyati | adhi no gāta marutaḥ sadā hi va āpitvam asti nidhruvi

Even a mortal, O dancers with gold on your breasts, comes near to brotherhood with you; take heed of us, Maruts, for your kinship with us is always firmly fixed.

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RV 8 20.23

मरुतो मारुतस्य न आ भेषजस्य वहता सुदानवः । यूयꣳ सखायः सप्तयः

maruto mārutasya na ā bheṣajasya vahatā sudānavaḥ | yūyaṁ sakhāyaḥ saptayaḥ

O Maruts, bring us of the Marut remedy, you of good gifts; you are companions, a team.

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RV 8 20.24

याभिः सिन्धुम् अवथ याभिस् तूर्वथ याभिर् दशस्यथा क्रिविम् । मयो नो भूतोतिभिर् मयोभुवः शिवाभिर् असचद्विषः

yābhiḥ sindhum avatha yābhis tūrvatha yābhir daśasyathā krivim | mayo no bhūtotibhir mayobhuvaḥ śivābhir asacadviṣaḥ

With which (aids) you help Sindhu, with which you overcome, with which you show favor to Krivi — with those aids be joy to us, you joy-bringing ones, with kindly (aids), you whom hatred does not attend.

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RV 8 20.25

यत् सिन्धौ यद् असिक्न्याꣳ यत् समुद्रेषु मरुतः सुबर्हिषः । यत् पर्वतेषु भेषजम्

yat sindhau yad asiknyāṁ yat samudreṣu marutaḥ subarhiṣaḥ | yat parvateṣu bheṣajam

What remedy is in the Sindhu, what in the Asiknī, what in the seas, O Maruts of the good barhis, what in the mountains —

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RV 8 20.26

विश्वम् पश्यन्तो बिभृथा तनूष्व् आ तेना नो अधि वोचत । क्षमा रपो मरुत आतुरस्य न इष्कर्ता विह्रुतम् पुनः

viśvam paśyanto bibhṛthā tanūṣv ā tenā no adhi vocata | kṣamā rapo maruta āturasya na iṣkartā vihrutam punaḥ

seeing all, you carry (it) in your bodies; with that speak on our behalf. Do away with the affliction, Maruts, of our sick one; set right again what has been twisted.

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