Rigveda 1.085.08
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 85 · Verse 1.85.8
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
शूरा॑ इ॒वेद्युयु॑धयो॒ न जग्म॑यः श्रव॒स्यवो॒ न पृत॑नासु येतिरे । भय॑न्ते॒ विश्वा॒ भुव॑ना म॒रुद्भ्यो॒ राजा॑न इव त्वे॒षसं॑दृशो॒ नरः॑
śūrā ivedyuyudhayo na jagmayaḥ śravasyavo na pṛtanāsu yetire bhayante viśvā bhuvanā marudbhyo rājāna iva tveṣasaṃdṛśo naraḥ
Like heroes they rushed to battle; they went not to the hearing-places nor to assemblies. All the worlds fear them like Maruts, men resembling kings among men.
Like heroes, like combatants, like men anxious for food, the swift-moving (Maruts) have engaged in battles; all beings fear the Maruts, who are the leaders (of the rain), and awful of aspect, like princes.
In sooth like heroes fain for fight they rush about, like combatants fame-seeking have they striven in war. Before the Maruts every creature is afraid: the men are like to Kings, terrible to behold.