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1. SING boldly forth, Syavasva, with the
Maruts who are loud in song,
Who, holy, as their wont is, joy in glory that is free from
guile.
2 For in their boldness they are friends of
firm and sure heroic strength.
They in their course, bold-spirited, guard all men of their
own accord.
3 Like steers in rapid motion they advance
and overtake the nights;
And thus the Maruts' power in heaven and on the earth we
celebrate.
4 With boldness to your Maruts let us offer
laud and sacrifice:
Who all, through ages of mankind, guard mortal man from
injury.
5 Praiseworthy, givers of good gifts,
Heroes with full and perfect strength -
To Maruts, Holy Ones of heaven, will I extol the sacrifice.
6 The lofty Heroes cast their spears and weapons
bright with gleaming gold.
After these Maruts followed close, like laughing lightning
from the sky, a splendour of its own accord.
7 They who waxed mighty, of the earth, they
who are in the wide mid-air,
Or in the rivers' compass, or in the abode of ample heaven.
8 Praise thou the Maruts' company, the
valorous and truly strong,
The Heroes, hasting, by themselves have yoked their deer for
victory.
9 Fair-gleaming, on Parusni they have
clothed themselves in robes of wool,
And with their chariot tires they cleave the rock asunder in
their might.
10 Whether as wanderers from the way or
speeders on or to the path,
Under these names the spreading band tend well the sacrifice
for me.
11 To this the Heroes well attend, well do
their teams attend to this.
Visible are their varied forms. Behold, they are Paravatas.
12 Hymn-singing, seeking water, they,
praising, have danced about the spring.
What are they unto me? No thieves, but helpers, splendid to
behold.
13 Sublime, with lightnings for their
spears, Sages and Orderers are they.
Rsi, adore that Marut host, and make them happy with thy
song.
14 Rsi, invite the Marut band with offerings,
as a maid her friend.
From heaven, too, Bold Ones, in your might haste hither
glorified with songs.
15 Thinking of these now let him come, as
with the escort of the Gods,
And with the splendid Princes, famed for rapid courses, to
the gifts.
16 Princes, who, when I asked their kin,
named Prsni as their Mother-cow,
And the impetuous Rudra they, the Mighty Ones, declared
their Sire.
17 The mighty ones, the seven times seven,
have singly given me hundred gifts.
I have obtained on Yamuna famed wealth in kine and wealth in
steeds.
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