Rigveda 1.168.08
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 168 · Verse 1.168.8
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
प्रति॑ ष्टोभन्ति॒ सिन्ध॑वः प॒विभ्यो॒ यद॒भ्रियां॒ वाच॑मुदी॒रय॑न्ति । अव॑ स्मयन्त वि॒द्युतः॑ पृथि॒व्यां यदी॑ घृ॒तं म॒रुतः॑ प्रुष्णु॒वन्ति॑
prati ṣṭobhanti sindhavaḥ pavibhyo yadabhriyāṃ vācamudīrayanti ava smayanta vidyutaḥ pṛthivyāṃ yadī ghṛtaṃ marutaḥ pruṣṇuvanti
The Sindhavas praise (you) facing forward, from the waters, when the clouds release speech; the lightning smiles upon the earth, as if the Maruts have poured clarified butter.
The rivers are arrested by the thunderbolts when they utter the voice of the clouds; but the lightnings smile in the firmament when the Maruts sprinkle water on the earth.
The rivers roar before your chariot fellies when they are uttering the voice of rain-clouds. The lightnings laugh upon the earth beneath them, what time the Maruts scatter forth their fatness.