Rigveda 1.165.01
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 165 · Verse 1.165.1
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
कया॑ शु॒भा सव॑यसः॒ सनी॑ळाः समा॒न्या म॒रुतः॒ सं मि॑मिक्षुः । कया॑ म॒ती कुत॒ एता॑स ए॒तेऽर्च॑न्ति॒ शुष्मं॒ वृष॑णो वसू॒या
kayā śubhā savayasaḥ sanīḷāḥ samānyā marutaḥ saṃ mimikṣuḥ kayā matī kuta etāsa ete'rcanti śuṣmaṃ vṛṣaṇo vasūyā
By which auspicious, equaled brothers, by the blue ones equally, did the Maruts, O princes, seek me? By what counsel do these worship you—O house-protector—dry the streams, O bounteous one?
(Indra speaks): With what auspicious fortune have the Maruts, who are of one age, one residence, one dignity, watered (the earth) together; with what intention; whence have they come; showerers of rain, they venerate through desire of wealth, the energy (that is genitive rated in the world by rain).
WITH what bright beauty are the Maruts jointly invested, peers in age, who dwell together? From what place have they come? With what intention? Sing they their strength through love of wealth, these Heroes?