Containing 12 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.
गौर्ध॑यति म॒रुतां॑ श्रव॒स्युर्मा॒ता म॒घोना॑म् यु॒क्ता वह्नी॒ रथा॑नाम्
"THE Cow, the famous Mother of the wealthy Maruts, pours her milk: Both horses of the cars are yoked,– "
यस्या॑ दे॒वा उ॒पस्थे॑ व्र॒ता विश्वे॑ धा॒रय॑न्ते सूर्या॒मासा॑ दृ॒शे कम्
"She in whose bosom all the Gods, and Sun and Moon for men to see, Maintain their everlasting Laws."
तत्सु नो॒ विश्वे॑ अ॒र्य आ सदा॑ गृणन्ति का॒रवः॑ म॒रुतः॒ सोम॑पीतये
"This all the pious sing to us, and sacred poets evermore: The Maruts to the Soma-draught"
अस्ति॒ सोमो॑ अ॒यं सु॒तः पिब॑न्त्यस्य म॒रुतः॑ उ॒त स्व॒राजो॑ अ॒श्विना॑
"Here is the Soma ready pressed of this the Maruts drink, of this Self-luminous the Aṣvins drink."
पिब॑न्ति मि॒त्रो अ॑र्य॒मा तना॑ पू॒तस्य॒ वरु॑णः त्रि॒ष॒ध॒स्थस्य॒ जाव॑तः
"Of this, moreover, purified, set in three places, procreant, Drink Varuṇa, Mitra, Aryaman."
उ॒तो न्व॑स्य॒ जोष॒माँ इन्द्रः॑ सु॒तस्य॒ गोम॑तः प्रा॒तर्होते॑व मत्सति
"And Indra, like the Herald Priest, desirous of the milky juice, At early morn will quaff thereof."
कद॑त्विषन्त सू॒रय॑स्ति॒र आप॑ इव॒ स्रिधः॑ अर्ष॑न्ति पू॒तद॑क्षसः
"When have the Princes gleamed and shone through waters as through troops of foes? When hasten they whose might is pure?"
कद्वो॑ अ॒द्य म॒हानां॑ दे॒वाना॒मवो॑ वृणे त्मना॑ च द॒स्मव॑र्चसाम्
"What favour do I claim this day of you great Deities, you who are Wondrously splendid in yourselves?"
आ ये विश्वा॒ पार्थि॑वानि प॒प्रथ॑न्रोच॒ना दि॒वः म॒रुतः॒ सोम॑पीतये
"I call, to drink the Soma, those Maruts who spread all realms of earth And luminous regions of the sky."
त्यान्नु पू॒तद॑क्षसो दि॒वो वो॑ मरुतो हुवे अ॒स्य सोम॑स्य पी॒तये॑
"You, even such, pure in your might, you, O ye Maruts, I invoke From heaven to drink this Soma juice."
त्यान्नु ये वि रोद॑सी तस्त॒भुर्म॒रुतो॑ हुवे अ॒स्य सोम॑स्य पी॒तये॑
"The Maruts, those who have sustained and propped the heavens and earth apart, I call to drink this Soma juice."
त्यं नु मारु॑तं ग॒णं गि॑रि॒ष्ठां वृष॑णं हुवे अ॒स्य सोम॑स्य पी॒तये॑
"That vigorous baud of Maruts that abideth in the mountains, I Invoke to drink this Soma juice."