Parjanya (Sanskrit: पर्जन्य, IAST: parjánya) according to the Vedas is a deity of rain, thunder, lightning, and the one who fertilizes the earth.
[3] According to his 1965 Sanskrit–English Dictionary, Vaman Shivram Apte gives the following meanings: SING forth and laud Parjanya, son of Heaven, who sends the gift of rain.
Parjanya is the God who forms in kine, in mares, in plants of earth, And womankind, the germ of life.
[8] RV 5.83 in the translation of Jamison and Brereton:[9] 1 áchā vada tavásaṃ gīrbhír ābhí stuhí parjányaṃ námasâ vivāsa kánikradad vṛṣabhó jīrádānū réto dadhāty óṣadhīṣu gárbham Address the powerful one with these hymns.
3 rathîva káśayâśvāṁ abhikṣipánn āvír dūtân kṛṇute varṣyāaàṁ áha dūrât siṁhásya stanáthā úd īrate yát parjányaḥ kṛṇuté varṣyàṃ nábhaḥ Like a charioteer lashing out at his horses with a whip, he reveals his rain-bearing messengers.
4 prá vâtā vânti patáyanti vidyúta úd óṣadhīr jíhate pínvate svàḥ írā víśvasmai bhúvanāya jāyate yát parjányaḥ pṛthivîṃ rétasâvati The winds blow forth; the lightning bolts fly.
6 divó no vṛṣṭím maruto rarīdhvam prá pinvata vŕṣṇo áśvasya dhârāḥ arvâṅ eténa stanayitnúnéhy apó niṣiñcánn ásuraḥ pitâ naḥ Grant us rain from heaven, o Maruts; make the streams of the bullish stallion swell forth.
7 abhí kranda stanáya gárbham â dhā udanvátā pári dīyā ráthena dŕtiṃ sú karṣa víṣitaṃ nyàñcaṃ samâ bhavantūdváto nipādâḥ Roar!
8 mahântaṃ kóśam úd acā ní ṣiñca syándantāṃ kulyâ víṣitāḥ purástāt ghṛténa dyâvāpṛthivî vy ùndhi suprapāṇám bhavatv aghnyâbhyaḥ The great bucket—turn it up, pour it down.
9 yát parjanya kánikradat stanáyan háṁsi duṣkŕtaḥ prátīdáṃ víśvam modate yát kíṃ ca pṛthivyâm ádhi When, o Parjanya, constantly roaring, thundering you smash those who do ill, all of this here, whatever is on the earth, rejoices in response.