Lexicon of Rig Veda

Lexicon

of Rig Veda

The gods, born in the words of Heaven, 1.19.6, they desire to obtain our progress, 1.169.5; they are like a quiver of Asura, mighty Lord, with hero-mights of Heaven, 1.122.1, the hosts led by Indra, the gods giving increasing, 1.23.8, great givers, increasers of the Truth, 1.44.14, Flames-Hearings of the Truth, roaring sons of Rudra, dressed in bright robe of rains, like lions, with flaming will, well givers, 3.26.5. Dakshina-Discrimination widely expanded, blazing like Asurya (mighty Lady) is like your conquest of riches, forceful, bringing Svar, brilliant, making mature, O Maruts, crushing and auspicious, like your gift of fulfilling, 1.168.7; I proclaim that worthy of praising that true greatness of these Maruts, when now bull-minded, majestic, firmly established she leads men having good share together, 1.167.7. They bring to us good thinking by perfect consciousness, 1.166.6, spread thought from the Beyond like flaming light, 1.39.1, pour out honey clarity, 1.87.2, great givers, 1.15.2, do come to us with perfect hymns of illumination bearing lightnings, with chariots, with spears, with winged horses, with greatest impelling force, come flying like birds, O you, having perfect Maya, 1.88.1. The Maruts, good givers, who are born in knowledges, feed waters, a milk full of light. They rain down thundering inexhaustible spring, 1.64.6, immortal helpers the bestow the increase and riches, bring the Bliss (Mayas), sprinkle with milk mid-worlds, 1.166.3. That is your, O Maruts, greatness that your giving is long-lasting like laws of workings of Aditi, 1.166.12.

Maruts make the vast, delightful, mighty utterance a vehicle of rising to Heaven, win Svar for men, 1.52.9, impel living beings to movement, impel mountains (i.e. minds) to movement, 1.37.12, make mountains move over ocean, 1.19.7, shake mountains, uproot trees, 1.39.5, increase Waters, like impediments in their way push mountains by golden wheels, marching, going their way, shaking the immobile, impetuous Maruts with blazing lances, 1.64.11, spread out by rays, by force beyond the ocean, 1.19.8, blaze with spears, strong in sacrifice, shaking by force even the stable, quick by mind, 1.85.4, making to go forward mountain to plenitude and flow out currents flooding the Earth by waves, 1.85.5. Blades on your bodies – for hearing of the Truth; thought-powers become high like forests for you, O Maruts, well born, many-powered, they cause stone to move, 1.88.3, They have impelled upwards a well by force, split even fixed mountain, 1.85.10, choosing the rivers, furious in their might like terrible lions, blazing with powers, like fires, drinking soma pressed out the third time (i.e. in Svar), blowing storm, they released cows (supramental perceptions), 2.34.1, an army of Maruts, rushing forward in battle for Svar, 1.169.2, blazing, terrible, destroying the enemies, 1.19.5, swift in the march sons of Rudra, great workers, 1.85.1, born everywhere from sheet-lightning, 1.23.12, perfect conquerors, 1.40.1.