Marutas or Microorganisms Marutas or Microorganisms varies from 27 to sixty and three times sixty in RV 8.96.8. They are very violent and aggressive, described as armed with golden weapons i.e. lightning and thunderbolts, as having iron teeth and roaring like lions, as residing in the north, as riding in golden chariots drawn by ruddy horses. Vedas are first text in the world to record nexus between microbes and disease. Rig-Veda, Yajur-Veda, and Atharvaveda followed by Ayurveda provide rich insight into microbial sciences