Rigveda 5.054.08
Rigveda · Mandala 5, Sukta 54 · Verse 5.54.8
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
नि॒युत्व॑न्तो ग्राम॒जितो॒ यथा॒ नरो॑ऽर्य॒मणो॒ न म॒रुतः॑ कब॒न्धिनः॑ । पिन्व॒न्त्युत्सं॒ यदि॒नासो॒ अस्व॑र॒न्व्यु॑न्दन्ति पृथि॒वीं मध्वो॒ अन्ध॑सा
niyutvanto grāmajito yathā naro'ryamaṇo na marutaḥ kabandhinaḥ pinvantyutsaṃ yadināso asvaranvyundanti pṛthivīṃ madhvo andhasā
As conquerors of villages, like men yoked to the chariot—Maruts are not fettered. If they stretch forth their shining bows and, with resounding breath, pierce the earth, then darkness is inundated.
Lords of the Niyut steeds, overcomers of multitudes leaders (of rites), radiant as the Ādityas, are the dispensers of water; when sovereign lords, they fill the clouds, and, loud sounding, moisten the earth with sweet (watery) sustenance.
With harnessed team like heroes overcoming troops, the friendly Maruts, laden with their water-casks, Let the spring flow, and when impetuous' they roar they inundate the earth with floods of pleasant meath.