{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/rigveda/rv01086.htm","path":"hin/rigveda/rv01086.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/rigveda/rv01086.htm","text":"Rig Veda, tr. by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1896]\n1. THE best of guardians hath that man within whose dwelling place ye drink,\n O Maruts, giants of the sky.\n 2 Honoured with sacrifice or with the worship of the sages\u2019 hymns,\n O Maruts, listen to the call.\n 3 Yea, the strong man to whom ye have vouchsafed to give a sage, shall move\n Into a stable rich in kine.\n 4 Upon this hero's sacred grass Soma is poured in daily rites:\n Praise and delight are sung aloud.\n 5 Let the strong Maruts hear him, him surpassing all men: strength be his\n That reaches even to the Sun.\n 6 For, through the swift Gods\u2019 loving help, in many an autumn, Maruts, we\n Have offered up our sacrifice.\n 7 Fortunate shall that mortal be, O Maruts most adorable,\n Whose offerings ye bear away.\n 8 O Heroes truly strong, ye know the toil of him who sings your praise,\n The heart's desire of him who loves.\n 9 O ye of true strength, make this thing manifest by your greatness: strike\n The demon with your thunderbolt.\n 10 Conceal the horrid darkness, drive far from us each devouring fiend.\n Create the light for which we long.","title":"Rig Veda: Rig-Veda Book 1: HYMN LXXXVI. Maruts.","type":"page"}