Containing 36 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.
प्र यद्व॑स्त्रि॒ष्टुभ॒मिषं॒ मरु॑तो॒ विप्रो॒ अक्ष॑रत् वि पर्व॑तेषु राजथ
"O MARUTS, when the sage hath poured the Trishṭup forth as food for you, Ye shine amid the mountain-clouds."
यद॒ङ्ग त॑विषीयवो॒ यामं॑ शुभ्रा॒ अचि॑ध्वम् नि पर्व॑ता अहासत
"When, Bright Ones, fain to show your might ye have determined on your course, The mountain-clouds have bent them down."
उदी॑रयन्त वा॒युभि॑र्वा॒श्रासः॒ पृश्नि॑मातरः धु॒क्षन्त॑ पि॒प्युषी॒मिष॑म्
"Loud roaring with the winds the Sons of Pr̥iṣni have upraised themselves: They have poured out the streaming food."
वप॑न्ति म॒रुतो॒ मिहं॒ प्र वे॑पयन्ति॒ पर्व॑तान् यद्यामं॒ यान्ति॑ वा॒युभिः॑
"The Maruts spread the mist abroad and make mountains rock and reel, When with the winds they go their way"
नि यद्यामा॑य वो गि॒रिर्नि सिन्ध॑वो॒ विध॑र्मणे म॒हे शुष्मा॑य येमि॒रे
"What time the rivers and the hills before your coming bowed them down, So to sustain your mighty force."
यु॒ष्माँ उ॒ नक्त॑मू॒तये॑ यु॒ष्मान्दिवा॑ हवामहे यु॒ष्मान्प्र॑य॒त्य॑ध्व॒रे
"We call on you for aid by night, on you for succour in the day, On you while sacrifice proceeds."
उदु॒ त्ये अ॑रु॒णप्स॑वश्चि॒त्रा यामे॑भिरीरते वा॒श्रा अधि॒ ष्णुना॑ दि॒वः
"These, verily, wondrous, red of hue, speed on their courses with a roar Over the ridges of the sky."
सृ॒जन्ति॑ र॒श्मिमोज॑सा॒ पन्थां॒ सूर्या॑य॒ यात॑वे ते भा॒नुभि॒र्वि त॑स्थिरे
"With might they drop the loosened rein so that the Sun may run his course, And spread themselves with beams of light."
इ॒मां मे॑ मरुतो॒ गिर॑मि॒मं स्तोम॑मृभुक्षणः इ॒मं मे॑ वनता॒ हव॑म्
"Accept, ye Maruts, this my song, accept ye this mine hymn of praise, Accept, R̥ibhukshans, this my call."
त्रीणि॒ सरां॑सि॒ पृश्न॑यो दुदु॒ह्रे व॒ज्रिणे॒ मधु॑ उत्सं॒ कव॑न्धमु॒द्रिण॑म्
"The dappled Cows have poured three lakes, meath for the Thunder-wielding God, From the great cask, the watery cloud."
मरु॑तो॒ यद्ध॑ वो दि॒वः सु॑म्ना॒यन्तो॒ हवा॑महे आ तू न॒ उप॑ गन्तन
"O Maruts, quickly come to us when, longing for felicity, We call you hither from the sky."
यू॒यं हि ष्ठा सु॑दानवो॒ रुद्रा॑ ऋभुक्षणो॒ दमे॑ उ॒त प्रचे॑तसो॒ मदे॑
"For, Rudras and R̥ibhukshans, ye, Most Bountiful, are in the house, Wise when the gladdening draught is drunk."
आ नो॑ र॒यिं म॑द॒च्युतं॑ पुरु॒क्षुं वि॒श्वधा॑यसम् इय॑र्ता मरुतो दि॒वः
"O Maruts, send us down from heaven riches distilling rapturous joy, With plenteous food, sustaining all."
अधी॑व॒ यद्गि॑री॒णां यामं॑ शुभ्रा॒ अचि॑ध्वम् सु॒वा॒नैर्म॑न्दध्व॒ इन्दु॑भिः
"When, Bright Ones, hither from the hills ye have resolved to take your way, Ye revel in the drops effused."
ए॒ताव॑तश्चिदेषां सु॒म्नं भि॑क्षेत॒ मर्त्यः॑ अदा॑भ्यस्य॒ मन्म॑भिः
"Man should solicit with his lauds happiness which belongs to them, So great a band invincible."
ये द्र॒प्सा इ॑व॒ रोद॑सी॒ धम॒न्त्यनु॑ वृ॒ष्टिभिः॑ उत्सं॑ दु॒हन्तो॒ अक्षि॑तम्
"They who like fiery sparks with showers of rain blow through the heaven and earth, Milking the spring that never fails."
उदु॑ स्वा॒नेभि॑रीरत॒ उद्रथै॒रुदु॑ वा॒युभिः॑ उत्स्तोमैः॒ पृश्नि॑मातरः
"With chariots and tumultuous roar, with tempests and with hymns of praise The Sons of Pr̥iṣni hurry forth."
येना॒व तु॒र्वशं॒ यदुं॒ येन॒ कण्वं॑ धन॒स्पृत॑म् रा॒ये सु तस्य॑ धीमहि
"For wealth, we think of that whereby ye aided Yadu, Turvaṣa, And Kaṇva who obtained the spoil."
इ॒मा उ॑ वः सुदानवो घृ॒तं न पि॒प्युषी॒रिषः॑ वर्धा॑न्का॒ण्वस्य॒ मन्म॑भिः
"May these our viands Bounteous Ones I that flow in streams like holy oil, With Kaṇva's hymns, increase your might."
क्व॑ नू॒नं सु॑दानवो॒ मद॑था वृक्तबर्हिषः ब्र॒ह्मा को वः॑ सपर्यति
"Where, Bounteous Lords for whom the grass is trimmed, are ye rejoicing now? What Brahman is adoring you?"
न॒हि ष्म॒ यद्ध॑ वः पु॒रा स्तोमे॑भिर्वृक्तबर्हिषः शर्धाँ॑ ऋ॒तस्य॒ जिन्व॑थ
"Is it not there where ye of old, supplied with sacred grass, for lauds Inspired the strong in sacrifice?"
समु॒ त्ये म॑ह॒तीर॒पः सं क्षो॒णी समु॒ सूर्य॑म् सं वज्रं॑ पर्व॒शो द॑धुः
"They brought together both the worlds, the mighty waters, and the Sun, And, joint by joint, the thunderbolt."
वि वृ॒त्रं प॑र्व॒शो य॑यु॒र्वि पर्व॑ताँ अरा॒जिनः॑ च॒क्रा॒णा वृष्णि॒ पौंस्य॑म्
"They sundered Vr̥itra limb from limb and split the gloomy mountain-clouds, Performing a heroic deed."
अनु॑ त्रि॒तस्य॒ युध्य॑तः॒ शुष्म॑मावन्नु॒त क्रतु॑म् अन्विन्द्रं॑ वृत्र॒तूर्ये॑
"They reinforced the power and strength of Trita as he fought, and helped Indra in battle with the foe."
वि॒द्युद्ध॑स्ता अ॒भिद्य॑वः॒ शिप्राः॑ शी॒र्षन्हि॑र॒ण्ययीः॑ शु॒भ्रा व्य॑ञ्जत श्रि॒ये
"They deck themselves for glory, bright, celestial, lightning in their hands, And helms of gold upon their heads."
उ॒शना॒ यत्प॑रा॒वत॑ उ॒क्ष्णो रन्ध्र॒मया॑तन द्यौर्न च॑क्रदद्भि॒या
"When eagerly ye from far away came to the cavern of the Bull, He bellowed in his fear like Heaven."
आ नो॑ म॒खस्य॑ दा॒वनेऽश्वै॒र्हिर॑ण्यपाणिभिः देवा॑स॒ उप॑ गन्तन
"Borne by your golden-footed steeds, O Gods, come hither to receive The sacrifice we offer you."
यदे॑षां॒ पृष॑ती॒ रथे॒ प्रष्टि॒र्वह॑ति॒ रोहि॑तः यान्ति॑ शु॒भ्रा रि॒णन्न॒पः
"When the red leader draws along their spotted deer yoked to the car. The Bright Ones come, and shed the rain."
सु॒षोमे॑ शर्य॒णाव॑त्यार्जी॒के प॒स्त्या॑वति य॒युर्निच॑क्रया॒ नरः॑
"Sushomâ, Ṣaryaṇâvân, and Ârjîka full of homes, have they. These Heroes, sought with downward car."
क॒दा ग॑च्छाथ मरुत इ॒त्था विप्रं॒ हव॑मानम् मा॒र्डी॒केभि॒र्नाध॑मानम्
"When, Maruts, ye come to him, the singer who invokes you thus, With favours to your suppliant?"