Atharva Veda
Praise and prayer to the Maruts
marutāṃ manve adhi me bruvantu premaṃ vājaṃ vājasāte avantu āśūn iva suyamān ahva ūtaye te no muñcantv aṃhasaḥ
Praise and prayer to the Maruts
The Maruts I reverence; let them bless me; let them favor this steed (? vā́ja) in the race (? vā́jasāta); I have called on them for aid, like easily-controlled swift [horses]: let them free us from distress.
utsam akṣitaṃ vyacanti ye sadā ya āsiñcanti rasam oṣadhīṣu puro dadhe marutaḥ pṛśnimātṝṃs te no muñcantv aṃhasaḥ
Who always open (vi-ac) an unexhausted fountain; who pour in sap into the herbs—I put forward the Maruts, sons of the spotted one: let them free us from distress.
payo dhenūnāṃ rasam oṣadhīnāṃ javam arvatāṃ kavayo ya invatha śagmā bhavantu maruto naḥ syonās te no muñcantv aṃhasaḥ
Ye, O poets, that send the milk of the kine, the sap of the herbs, the speed of the coursers—let the helpful (? çagmá) Maruts be pleasant to us; let them free us from distress.
apaḥ samudrād divam ud vahanti divas pṛthivīm abhi ye sṛjanti ye adbhir īśānā marutaś caranti te no muñcantv aṃhasaḥ
Waters from the ocean to the sky they carry up, they who pour [them] from the sky upon the earth—the Maruts who go about lording it with the waters: let them free us from distress.
ye kīlālena tarpayanti ye ghṛtena ye vā vayo medasā saṃsṛjanti ye adbhir īśānā maruto varṣayanti te no muñcantv aṃhasaḥ
They who gratify with sweet drink, who with ghee; or who combine (sam-sṛj) vigor (váyas) with fatness; the Maruts who, lording it with the waters, cause to rain: let them free us from distress.
yadīd idaṃ maruto mārutena yadi devā daivyenedṛg āra yūyam īśidhve vasavas tasya niṣkṛtes te no muñcantv aṃhasaḥ
If now indeed, O Maruts, by what relates to the Maruts—if, O gods, by what relates to the gods, I have fallen into such a plight: ye, O Vasus, are masters (īç) of the removal of that: let them free us from distress.
tigmam anīkam viditaṃ sahasvan mārutaṃ śardhaḥ pṛtanāsūgram staumi maruto nāthito johavīmi te no muñcantv aṃhasaḥ
A sharp front, known [as] powerful, [is] the troop (çárdhas) of Maruts, formidable in fights; I praise the Maruts, [as] a suppliant I call loudly on [them]: let them free us from distress.