Ṛgveda · Sūkta 1.37

1.37.1

क्री॒ळं वः॒ शर्धो॒ मारु॑तमन॒र्वाणं॑ रथे॒शुभ॑म् ।
कण्वा॑ अ॒भि प्र गा॑यत ॥

O Kaṇvas, sing forth loudly toward the Maruts' playful, unconquerable host, adorned with chariot-ornaments.

ये पृष॑तीभिर्ऋ॒ष्टिभिः॑ सा॒कं वाशी॑भिर॒ञ्जिभिः॑ ।
अजा॑यन्त॒ स्वभा॑नवः ॥

Those who were born together with dappled rays and ruddy ornaments are self-radiant.

इ॒हेव॑ शृण्व एषां॒ कशा॒ हस्ते॑षु॒ यद्वदा॑न् ।
नि याम॑ञ्चि॒त्रमृ॑ञ्जते ॥

Here, as it were, their whips are heard, when they strike with whips in their hands and bring forth lightning along the course.

प्र वः॒ शर्धा॑य॒ घृष्व॑ये त्वे॒षद्यु॑म्नाय शु॒ष्मिणे॑ ।
दे॒वत्तं॒ ब्रह्म॑ गायत ॥

For that strong, gleaming, mighty host, sing forth the sacred formulation given by the gods.

प्र शं॑सा॒ गोष्वघ्न्यं॑ क्री॒ळं यच्छर्धो॒ मारु॑तम् ।
जम्भे॒ रस॑स्य वावृधे ॥

Among the cows, proclaim the inviolable, playful host of the Maruts, which grew strong in the cloud's jaw on the juice of the waters.

को वो॒ वर्षि॑ष्ठ॒ आ न॑रो दि॒वश्च॒ ग्मश्च॑ धूतयः ।
यत्सी॒मन्तं॒ न धू॑नु॒थ ॥

O men, shakers of the world, who among you is the foremost, when you shake the limits of heaven and earth to their very end?

नि वो॒ यामा॑य॒ मानु॑षो द॒ध्र उ॒ग्राय॑ म॒न्यवे॑ ।
जिही॑त॒ पर्व॑तो गि॒रिः ॥

O Maruts, for the mortal's journey and before your fierce wrath, let the mountain bow down and the hills tremble.

येषा॒मज्मे॑षु पृथि॒वी जु॑जु॒र्वाँ इ॑व वि॒श्पतिः॑ ।
भि॒या यामे॑षु॒ रेज॑ते ॥

In whose movements the earth trembles, like the lord of the clans; from fear it quakes in their paths.

स्थि॒रं हि जान॑मेषां॒ वयो॑ मा॒तुर्निरे॑तवे ।
यत्सी॒मनु॑ द्वि॒ता शवः॑ ॥

Firm indeed is the birth of these; there is strength to go forth from the mother, when it rises doubled.

उदु॒ त्ये सू॒नवो॒ गिरः॒ काष्ठा॒ अज्मे॑ष्वत्नत ।
वा॒श्रा अ॑भि॒ज्ञु यात॑वे ॥

Those sons raise up their songs; in their movements they stretch out the chariot-poles, gleaming, to go down to the knee.

त्यं चि॑द्घा दी॒र्घं पृ॒थुं मि॒हो नपा॑त॒ममृ॑ध्रम् ।
प्र च्या॑वयन्ति॒ याम॑भिः ॥

That long, broad, great one's grandson, the unfailing one, they indeed set shaking; by their paths they make him tremble.

मरु॑तो॒ यद्ध॑ वो॒ बलं॒ जनाँ॑ अचुच्यवीतन ।
गि॒रीँर॑चुच्यवीतन ॥

O Maruts, when your strength indeed sets the peoples shaking, you made the mountains tremble, you made them tremble.

यद्ध॒ यान्ति॑ म॒रुतः॒ सं ह॑ ब्रुव॒तेऽध्व॒न्ना ।
शृ॒णोति॒ कश्चि॑देषाम् ॥

When the Maruts go together on the road and speak to one another, someone among them hears.

प्र या॑त॒ शीभ॑मा॒शुभिः॒ सन्ति॒ कण्वे॑षु वो॒ दुवः॑ ।
तत्रो॒ षु मा॑दयाध्वै ॥

Go forth swiftly, O Maruts, with your swift steeds! Your call is at the house of the Kaṇvas; there let us rejoice well.

अस्ति॒ हि ष्मा॒ मदा॑य वः॒ स्मसि॑ ष्मा व॒यमे॑षाम् ।
विश्वं॑ चि॒दायु॑र्जी॒वसे॑ ॥

Indeed there is (soma) for your exhilaration, and indeed we belong to them. May we have a full lifetime for living.