Containing 15 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.
कद्ध॑ नू॒नं क॑धप्रियः पि॒ता पु॒त्रं न हस्त॑योः द॒धि॒ध्वे वृ॑क्तबर्हिषः
"WHAT now? When will ye take us by both hands, as a dear sire his son, Gods, for whom sacred grass is clipped?"
क्व॑ नू॒नं कद्वो॒ अर्थं॒ गन्ता॑ दि॒वो न पृ॑थि॒व्याः क्व॑ वो॒ गावो॒ न र॑ण्यन्ति
"Now whither? To what goal of yours go ye in heaven, and not on earth? Where do your cows disport themselves?"
क्व॑ वः सु॒म्ना नव्यां॑सि॒ मरु॑तः॒ क्व॑ सुवि॒ता क्वो॒३॒॑ विश्वा॑नि॒ सौभ॑गा
"Where are your newest favours shown? Where, Maruts, your prosperity? Where all your high felicities?"
यद्यू॒यं पृ॑श्निमातरो॒ मर्ता॑सः॒ स्यात॑न स्तो॒ता वो॑ अ॒मृतः॑ स्यात्
"If, O ye Maruts, ye the Sons whom Pr̥iṣni bore, were mortal, and Immortal he who sings your praise."
मा वो॑ मृ॒गो न यव॑से जरि॒ता भू॒दजो॑ष्यः प॒था य॒मस्य॑ गा॒दुप॑
"Then never were your praiser loathed like a wild beast in pasture-land, Nor should he go on Yama's path."
मो षु णः॒ परा॑परा॒ निर्ऋ॑तिर्दु॒र्हणा॑ वधीत् प॒दी॒ष्ट तृष्ण॑या स॒ह
"Let not destructive plague on plague hard to be conquered, strike its down: Let each, with drought, depart from us."
स॒त्यं त्वे॒षा अम॑वन्तो॒ धन्व॑ञ्चि॒दा रु॒द्रिया॑सः मिहं॑ कृण्वन्त्यवा॒ताम्
"Truly, they the fierce and mighty Sons of Rudra send their windless Rain e'en on the desert places."
वा॒श्रेव॑ वि॒द्युन्मि॑माति व॒त्सं न मा॒ता सि॑षक्ति यदे॑षां वृ॒ष्टिरस॑र्जि
"Like a cow the lightning lows and follows, motherlike, her youngling, When their rain-flood hath been loosened."
दिवा॑ चि॒त्तमः॑ कृण्वन्ति प॒र्जन्ये॑नोदवा॒हेन॑ यत्पृ॑थि॒वीं व्यु॒न्दन्ति॑
"When they inundate the earth they spread forth darkness e'en in day time, With the water-laden rain-cloud."
अध॑ स्व॒नान्म॒रुतां॒ विश्व॒मा सद्म॒ पार्थि॑वम् अरे॑जन्त॒ प्र मानु॑षाः
"O Maruts, at your voice's sound this earthly habitation shakes, And each man reels who dwells therein."
मरु॑तो वीळुपा॒णिभि॑श्चि॒त्रा रोध॑स्वती॒रनु॑ या॒तेमखि॑द्रयामभिः
"O Maruts, with your strong-hoofed steeds, unhindered in their courses, haste Along the bright embanked streams."
स्थि॒रा वः॑ सन्तु ने॒मयो॒ रथा॒ अश्वा॑स एषाम् सुसं॑स्कृता अ॒भीश॑वः
"Firm be the fellies of your wheels, steady your horses and your cars, And may your reins be fashioned well."
अच्छा॑ वदा॒ तना॑ गि॒रा ज॒रायै॒ ब्रह्म॑ण॒स्पति॑म् अ॒ग्निं मि॒त्रं न द॑र्श॒तम्
"Invite thou hither with this song, for praise, Agni the Lord of Prayer, Him who is fair as Mitra is."
मि॒मी॒हि श्लोक॑मा॒स्ये॑ प॒र्जन्य॑ इव ततनः गाय॑ गाय॒त्रमु॒क्थ्य॑म्
"Form in thy mouth the hymn of praise expand thee like, a rainy cloud Sing forth the measured eulogy."
वन्द॑स्व॒ मारु॑तं ग॒णं त्वे॒षं प॑न॒स्युम॒र्किण॑म् अ॒स्मे वृ॒द्धा अ॑सन्नि॒ह
"Sing glory to the Marut host, praiseworthy, tuneful, vigorous: Here let the Strong Ones dwell with us."