Maruts Hymns
A troop of storm gods, sons of Rudra and Pṛśni, who accompany Indra and embody the raw, dynamic energy of the wind and rain.
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Hymn 1.19
Addressed to: Agni and the Maruts
Rishi: Medhatithi
Here, the hymn delivers an enthusiastic, repeated call to Agni, urging him to attend the ritual, always accompanied by the formidable Maruts. It vividly describes the Maruts' awe-inspiring power—their radiance, their songs, their ability to toss clouds across the ocean—emphasizing Agni's strength when allied with these storm gods.
Hymn 1.37
Addressed to: The Maruts
Rishi: Kanva
A vibrant hymn to the Maruts, the playful yet unassailable storm gods. It depicts their magnificent arrival in chariots, shaking earth and sky, and bringing rain. Worshippers celebrate their self-luminous power, their spears, and their ability to instill both awe and joy, seeking their presence for a full life.
Hymn 1.38
Addressed to: The Maruts
Rishi: Kanva
This hymn is a heartfelt call to the Maruts, asking for their protective presence and swift favors. Worshippers express vulnerability, seeking refuge from misfortune and death. It vividly describes the storm gods' power to bring rain, make the earth tremble, and move with tireless steeds, imploring them to come and be praised.
Hymn 1.39
Addressed to: The Maruts
Rishi: Kanva
Here, the Maruts blaze forth as fierce, unchallengeable destroyers of foes. The hymn questions their immense power and movement, depicting them shaking mountains and tearing trees. Worshippers urgently call upon these Rudras for aid, seeking protection from powerful enemies and their decisive intervention.
Hymn 1.64
Addressed to: The Maruts
Rishi: Nodhas
This hymn brings a vibrant invocation to the Maruts, the shining, thunderous storm gods. Rudra's powerful sons are depicted with spears and golden ornaments, shaking mountains, unleashing winds and lightning, and pouring forth life-giving rain. It seeks their fierce protection and prosperity.
Hymn 1.85
Addressed to: The Maruts
Rishi: Gotama
Encounter the Maruts, powerful storm gods, shining with spears and making the earth shake. Sons of Rudra, they hurl thunderbolts, bring life-giving rain, and are feared warriors. They supported Indra’s feats and are invoked for shelter and wealth.
Hymn 1.86
Addressed to: The Maruts
Rishi: Gotama
This hymn seeks the Maruts' protective presence and favor. It assures that homes they grace will be prosperous. The supplicants ask the powerful Maruts to hear their calls, strike down evil, dispel darkness, and create the light they yearn for.
Hymn 1.87
Addressed to: The Maruts
Rishi: Gotama
Witness the Maruts in their full glory: unstoppable, brilliant, and manly. They shake the earth with their chariots, bringing sweet rain, and radiate strength. Pure and fearless, they uphold cosmic order, earning reverence for their radiant might and connection to Indra.
Hymn 1.88
Addressed to: The Maruts
Rishi: Gotama
An inviting hymn for the Maruts, describing their lightning-powered chariots and swift horses. They are called upon to bring nourishment, stirring forests and celebrating with thunderous might. It highlights Gotama's special song for them and their role in bringing forth water.
Hymn 1.165
Addressed to: Dialogue Between Indra, the Maruts and Agastya
Rishi: Agastya
This hymn captures a dynamic exchange between Indra and the Maruts. Indra initially questions their presence, emphasizing his solo heroic feats. But the Maruts assert their powerful companionship and past support, leading to a friendly resolution that reaffirms their shared strength.
Hymn 1.166
Addressed to: The Maruts
Rishi: Agastya
This hymn powerfully celebrates the Maruts, the storm-gods. It vividly describes their roaring might, their ability to shake mountains and heavens, and their formidable weapons. Yet, it also praises them as fierce protectors who generously bestow wealth and good fortune upon their worshippers.
Hymn 1.167
Addressed to: The Maruts
Rishi: Agastya
This hymn celebrates the Maruts, highlighting their powerful chariots and glorious retinue, which includes the radiant maiden Rodasî. It also calls upon Indra for aid, praising the storm-gods’ unwavering strength and generous spirit, all while seeking abundant blessings for their worshippers.
Hymn 1.168
Addressed to: The Maruts
Rishi: Agastya
Feel the power of the Maruts! This hymn vividly describes these self-born storm-gods, surging across the sky like mighty bulls. It highlights their gleaming weapons and their ability to shake the earth, bringing both thunderous might and life-giving rain to sustain all existence.
Hymn 1.170
Addressed to: Dialogue Between Agastya, Indra and the Maruts
Rishi: Agastya
This hymn unfolds a fascinating dialogue between Indra and the sage Agastya. Indra questions Agastya's intention to exclude the Maruts from the sacrifice, emphasizing their brotherhood. The discussion leads to a harmonious agreement to include the Maruts, ensuring all divine allies receive their rightful share.
Hymn 1.171
Addressed to: The Maruts and Indra
Rishi: Agastya
This hymn offers deep respect and a special song to the Maruts, asking for their favor, kindness, and strength. The poet also seeks forgiveness for past actions and implores Indra, alongside the Maruts, for glory, protection, and a release from anger, hoping for bright and victorious days ahead.
Hymn 1.172
Addressed to: The Maruts
Rishi: Agastya
This hymn directly addresses the generous Maruts, requesting their spectacular arrival and brilliant protection. The poet asks that their powerful arrows and stones stay far away, and that they bypass the people of Tr̥ṇaskanda, lifting the speaker up so they can survive and thrive.
Hymn 2.34
Addressed to: The Maruts
Rishi: Gritsamada Saunahotra
Experience the powerful Maruts in this hymn, depicted as fierce, golden-chested storm gods who bring rain and shake the earth. Praised for their dynamic energy, they are invoked to protect worshippers from enemies and bestow abundant wealth and vital strength, moving swiftly like chariots.
Hymn 5.52
Addressed to: The Maruts
Rishi: Atri Bhauma
Sing boldly to the mighty Maruts! This hymn vividly portrays the storm gods as courageous, splendid warriors with bright weapons, who leap over clouds and shake mountains. It praises their protective power and generosity, seeking their favor and celebrating their divine origins as children of Rudra and Prishni.
Hymn 5.53
Addressed to: The Maruts
Rishi: Atri Bhauma
This hymn marvels at the Maruts' mysterious origins and awesome power, especially their role in bringing life-giving rain. It describes them as moving swiftly in chariots, making rivers flow, and asks them to draw near, unhindered, to bestow wealth, prosperity, and protection on their devotees.
Hymn 5.54
Addressed to: The Maruts
Rishi: Atri Bhauma
This hymn reveres the Maruts as formidable, mountain-shaking storm gods. It portrays them as radiant warriors, swift as the wind, who unleash lightning and hail, yet offer unwavering protection to those they favor. The praise highlights their immense strength, golden adornments, and their power to bestow wealth and well-being.
Hymn 5.55
Addressed to: The Maruts
Rishi: Atri Bhauma
With a powerful, rhythmic refrain, this hymn celebrates the Maruts’ irresistible might and brilliant splendor. It describes them as mighty heroes, adorned in gold, who measure the sky and bring forth rain. Their chariots roll forward to victory, scattering foes and overcoming all obstacles, while the worshipper seeks their blessings for immortality.
Hymn 5.56
Addressed to: The Maruts
Rishi: Atri Bhauma
This hymn first invokes Agni to summon the mighty Maruts, then describes their terrifying and vigorous arrival. It portrays them as an incomparably numerous troop whose powerful onslaught shakes the earth and mountains. The poet calls them forth, detailing their chariots drawn by red steeds, carrying Rodasi, ready to answer the praise.
Hymn 5.57
Addressed to: The Maruts
Rishi: Atri Bhauma
This hymn calls upon the Maruts, allied with Indra, to arrive with their golden chariots for well-being. It vividly depicts them as formidable, well-armed warriors — sons of Prisni — who shake mountains, bring abundant rain, and are adorned in splendor. The poet seeks their divine protection, wealth, and high esteem.
Hymn 5.58
Addressed to: The Maruts
Rishi: Atri Bhauma
This hymn extols the Maruts as a strong, ever-youthful, self-ruling band, brilliant and joy-giving. They are depicted as stirrers of rain, whose approach makes waters churn and forests split. The hymn highlights their creative power, generating kings and heroes, and emphasizes their divine might as sons of Rudra.
Hymn 5.59
Addressed to: The Maruts
Rishi: Atri Bhauma
This hymn praises the Maruts for their prosperity-giving gifts, portraying their horses radiating splendor across the sky. Their mighty onset makes the earth tremble, and their glory rivals the sun’s eye. Described as ageless, radiant youths, they unleash streams of rain, dimming the sun, and shaking down heavenly clouds to bless humanity.
Hymn 5.60
Addressed to: The Maruts
Rishi: Atri Bhauma
This hymn praises Agni, then calls upon the Maruts, "the Rudras," to accept offerings. It vividly portrays their terrifying approach on swift chariots, causing forests, earth, and mountains to tremble. Described as golden-adorned brothers, sons of Rudra and Prisni, they are invited to join Agni in drinking Soma and bestowing wealth.
Hymn 5.61
Addressed to: The Maruts and Syavasva
Rishi: Atri Bhauma
This hymn bursts with the energetic arrival of heroic, youthful Maruts on their swift horses. It also praises a noble woman’s kindness and discernment, contrasting her generosity with a miserly man. The poet seeks treasures from the irresistible Maruts and invokes divine messengers for his patrons.
Hymn 5.87
Addressed to: The Maruts
Rishi: Atri Bhauma
This hymn praises the formidable Maruts, often associated with storm and strength, alongside the great Vishnu. It describes the Maruts as powerful, brilliant, and unassailable, whose thunderous presence makes all tremble. Worshippers seek their protection from danger and misfortune, calling upon their mighty, swift, and radiant force.
Hymn 6.48
Addressed to: Agni, the Maruts and Pusan
Rishi: Bharadvaja Barhaspatya
A multi-faceted hymn, it primarily praises Agni as an immortal, radiant hero, protector of homes, and bestower of wealth and offspring. It then extends invocations to the Maruts, Pushan, and other deities, seeking their blessings, guidance, and powerful protection against adversity.
Hymn 6.66
Addressed to: The Maruts
Rishi: Bharadvaja Barhaspatya
This hymn hails the formidable Maruts, sons of Rudra, as they shine brightly and grow in strength. Described as fierce storm gods with golden chariots, they unite heaven and earth. Invoked for protection in battle and against adversaries, they are unassailable, causing the earth to tremble.
Hymn 7.56
Addressed to: The Maruts
Rishi: Vasishtha Maitravaruni
This hymn exalts the Maruts, the radiant and swift storm-gods, sons of Rudra. It praises their immense power, mysterious origins, and warrior spirit, while seeking their protection, wealth, and heroic offspring, mindful of their awe-inspiring presence.
Hymn 7.57
Addressed to: The Maruts
Rishi: Vasishtha Maitravaruni
Invoking the mighty Maruts, this hymn praises their ability to shake earth and make springs flow. It urges them to accept offerings, forgive human shortcomings, and grant generous boons like offspring, riches, and glory, always seeking their protective favor.
Hymn 7.58
Addressed to: The Maruts
Rishi: Vasishtha Maitravaruni
This hymn celebrates the Maruts as a powerful, fearsome host that showers rain and commands the sky. It seeks their favor to grant strength, vitality, and victory against enemies, also humbly asking the wrathful sons of Rudra for forgiveness of faults.
Hymn 7.59
Addressed to: The Maruts
Rishi: Vasishtha Maitravaruni
A broad appeal for divine protection from multiple deities, including Agni, Maruts, and Mitra-Varuna. It seeks help in battle, invokes the Maruts to drink Soma, curses enemies, and concludes with a profound prayer to Tryambaka for release from death, but not immortality.
Hymn 8.7
Addressed to: The Maruts
Rishi: Vatsa
A vivid hymn depicting the awe-inspiring Maruts, storm gods, roaring as they make mountains tremble and scatter mist. It invokes them for aid and wealth, highlighting their power to unleash rain and bring light. The hymn recounts their protection of Indra, admiring their golden adornments and swift, destructive beauty.
Hymn 8.20
Addressed to: The Maruts
Rishi: Sobhari
This hymn fervently invites the Maruts, fierce and united storm-gods, to the sacrifice. It extols their mighty, earth-shaking power, their brilliant appearance, and their benevolent protection, eagerly seeking their healing and favor.
Hymn 8.94
Addressed to: The Maruts
Rishi: Others, Srutakaksu
This hymn extends an invitation to various deities—the Maruts, Ashvins, Mitra, Aryaman, Varuna, and Indra—to partake in the prepared Soma. It celebrates the Maruts’ pure strength and their cosmic role in separating heaven and earth, seeking their presence and favor at the ritual.
Hymn 10.77
Addressed to: The Maruts
Rishi: Syumarasmi
This hymn passionately praises the glorious Maruts, the storm gods, for their dazzling beauty and immense power. It describes their mighty movement, shaking the earth, and bringing rain and hidden wealth. The hymn invokes these divine protectors for blessings, emphasizing their strength and auspicious presence in sacrifices.
Hymn 10.78
Addressed to: The Maruts
Rishi: Syumarasmi
This hymn offers exuberant praise to the Maruts, describing them through a cascade of vivid similes. They are likened to wise kings, splendid Agni, swift winds, and powerful warriors. It celebrates their diverse qualities—from beauty to generosity—culminating in a fervent prayer for happiness, wealth, and their enduring friendship.