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MANDALA I, HYMN 64.
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7. Mighty they are, powerful, of beautiful splendour, strong in themselves1 like mountains, (yet)|| swiftly gliding along;-you chew up forests, like wild elephants, when you have assumed your powers among the red flames 3.
8. Like lions they roar, the wise Maruts, they are handsome like gazelles1, the all-knowing. By night with their spotted deer (rain-clouds) and with their spears (lightnings) they rouse the companions together, they whose ire through strength is like the ire of serpents.
9. You who march in companies, the friends of man, heroes, whose ire through strength is like the ire of serpents1, salute heaven and earth 2! On the seats on your chariots, O Maruts, the lightning stands, visible like light".
10. All-knowing, surrounded with wealth, endowed with powers, singers1, men of endless prowess, armed with strong rings, they, the archers, have taken the arrow in their fists.
11. The Maruts who with the golden tires of their wheels increase the rain, stir up the clouds like wanderers on the road. They are brisk, indefatigable 1, they move by themselves; they throw down what is firm, the Maruts with their brilliant spears make (everything) to reel.
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12. We invoke with prayer1 the offspring of Rudra, the brisk, the pure, the worshipful, the active. Cling for happiness-sake to the strong company of the Maruts, the chasers of the sky, the powerful, the impetuous".
13. The mortal whom ye, Maruts, protected, he indeed surpasses people in strength through your protection. He carries off booty with his horses,
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| SR No. | 007685 |
| Book Title | Grihya Sutras |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Hermann Oldenberg |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1886 |
| Total Pages | 2642 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 49 MB |