Ṛgveda · Sūkta 8.94

8.94.1

गौर्ध॑यति म॒रुतां॑ श्रव॒स्युर्मा॒ता म॒घोना॑म् ।
यु॒क्ता वह्नी॒ रथा॑नाम् ॥

The cow of the Maruts, eager for glory, mother of bounties, nourishes; yoked, the bearer of the chariots.

यस्या॑ दे॒वा उ॒पस्थे॑ व्र॒ता विश्वे॑ धा॒रय॑न्ते ।
सूर्या॒मासा॑ दृ॒शे कम् ॥

In whose lap the gods uphold all ordinances; the sun and dawn, for seeing a little.

तत्सु नो॒ विश्वे॑ अ॒र्य आ सदा॑ गृणन्ति का॒रवः॑ ।
म॒रुतः॒ सोम॑पीतये ॥

Indeed all the noble ones always sing that for us; the poets praise the Maruts for the drinking of soma.

अस्ति॒ सोमो॑ अ॒यं सु॒तः पिब॑न्त्यस्य म॒रुतः॑ ।
उ॒त स्व॒राजो॑ अ॒श्विना॑ ॥

This soma is pressed; the Maruts drink it, and also the self-ruling Ashvins.

पिब॑न्ति मि॒त्रो अ॑र्य॒मा तना॑ पू॒तस्य॒ वरु॑णः ।
त्रि॒ष॒ध॒स्थस्य॒ जाव॑तः ॥

Mitra and Aryaman drink the purified soma with their bodies; Varuna too drinks the born one of the three-seated.

उ॒तो न्व॑स्य॒ जोष॒माँ इन्द्रः॑ सु॒तस्य॒ गोम॑तः ।
प्रा॒तर्होते॑व मत्सति ॥

And now may Indra rejoice in the delight of this pressed soma mixed with milk, at dawn, like the priest.

कद॑त्विषन्त सू॒रय॑स्ति॒र आप॑ इव॒ स्रिधः॑ ।
अर्ष॑न्ति पू॒तद॑क्षसः ॥

When the sun-like singers shone forth, the Maruts of purifying strength rush onward like streams of water.

कद्वो॑ अ॒द्य म॒हानां॑ दे॒वाना॒मवो॑ वृणे ।
त्मना॑ च द॒स्मव॑र्चसाम् ॥

When today shall I seek the protection of the great gods, and of the wondrously radiant Maruts by their own power?

आ ये विश्वा॒ पार्थि॑वानि प॒प्रथ॑न्रोच॒ना दि॒वः ।
म॒रुतः॒ सोम॑पीतये ॥

O Maruts, who spread out all earthly things and the lights of heaven, come for the drinking of soma.

त्यान्नु पू॒तद॑क्षसो दि॒वो वो॑ मरुतो हुवे ।
अ॒स्य सोम॑स्य पी॒तये॑ ॥

I now call you, O Maruts of pure strength who came from heaven, to drink this soma.

त्यान्नु ये वि रोद॑सी तस्त॒भुर्म॒रुतो॑ हुवे ।
अ॒स्य सोम॑स्य पी॒तये॑ ॥

I now call those Maruts who set apart and upheld the two worlds, to drink this soma.

त्यं नु मारु॑तं ग॒णं गि॑रि॒ष्ठां वृष॑णं हुवे ।
अ॒स्य सोम॑स्य पी॒तये॑ ॥

I now call that mighty Maruts' host, dwelling on the mountains, strong as a bull, to drink this soma.