They gleam with armlets as the heavens are decked with stars;
Like cloud-born lightnings shine the torrents of their rain (ii. 34, 2).
They ride on golden cars which gleam with lightning, while they hold fiery lightnings in their hands:—
The lightnings smile upon the earth below them
What time the Maruts sprinkle forth their fatness.—(i. 168, 8).
They drive with coursers which are often described as spotted, and they are once said to have yoked the winds as steeds to their pole.
The Maruts are fierce and terrible, like lions or wild boars. With the fellies of their car they rend the hills:—
The Maruts spread the mist abroad,
And make the mountains rock and reel,