Who within himself, like the breath of the Maruts, flashes lightning and strikes with his mind and conquers with his tongue; he who with swift arrow does not stay in their paths — such a mighty one has not been elsewhere.

Maruts, lightning-armed, who, (standing) amongst you, sets you of yourselves in motion, as the jaws are (set in motion) by the tongue; as falling rains(are essential) for the obtaining of food, so (those, desirous of sustenance), excite you in various ways, like a horse in (his) daily (training).

Who among you, O Maruts armed with lightning-spears, moveth you by himself, as with the tongue his jaws? Ye rush from heaven's floor as though ye sought for food, on many errands like the Sun's diurnal Steed.