Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 2 — Chapter 23

RV 2 23.1

गणानाꣳ त्वा गणपतिꣳ हवामहे कविꣳ कवीनाम् उपमश्रवस्तमम् । ज्येष्ठराजम् ब्रह्मणाम् ब्रह्मणस् पत आ नः शृण्वन्न् ऊतिभिः सीद सादनम्

gaṇānāṁ tvā gaṇapatiṁ havāmahe kaviṁ kavīnām upamaśravastamam | jyeṣṭharājam brahmaṇām brahmaṇas pata ā naḥ śṛṇvann ūtibhiḥ sīda sādanam

We call on you, lord of the troops of the troops, the seer of seers, of most surpassing renown, the chief king of formulations. O Brahmaṇaspati, hearing us, sit down at our seat with your aids.

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RV 2 23.2

देवाश् चित् ते असुर्य प्रचेतसो बृहस्पते यज्ञियम् भागम् आनशुः । उस्रा इव सूर्यो ज्योतिषा महो विश्वेषाम् इज् जनिता ब्रह्मणाम् असि

devāś cit te asurya pracetaso bṛhaspate yajñiyam bhāgam ānaśuḥ | usrā iva sūryo jyotiṣā maho viśveṣām ij janitā brahmaṇām asi

Even the gods, discerning ones, O lordly Bṛhaspati, have attained their sacrificial share from you. As Sūrya (brings forth) the dawn-rays with his light, so you are the begetter of all the great formulations.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

RV 2 23.3

आ विबाध्या परिरापस् तमाꣳसि च ज्योतिष्मन्तꣳ रथम् ऋतस्य तिष्ठसि । बृहस्पते भीमम् अमित्रदम्भनꣳ रक्षोहणꣳ गोत्रभिदꣳ स्वर्विदम्

ā vibādhyā parirāpas tamāṁsi ca jyotiṣmantaṁ ratham ṛtasya tiṣṭhasi | bṛhaspate bhīmam amitradambhanaṁ rakṣohaṇaṁ gotrabhidaṁ svarvidam

Having driven off the whisperings and the darknesses, you mount the light-filled chariot of ṛta — the fearsome one, O Bṛhaspati, that crushes foes, slays demons, splits the cow-pen, finds the sun-light.

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RV 2 23.4

सुनीतिभिर् नयसि त्रायसे जनꣳ यस् तुभ्यꣳ दाशान् न तम् अꣳहो अश्नवत् । ब्रह्मद्विषस् तपनो मन्युमीर् असि बृहस्पते महि तत् ते महित्वनम्

sunītibhir nayasi trāyase janaṁ yas tubhyaṁ dāśān na tam aṁho aśnavat | brahmadviṣas tapano manyumīr asi bṛhaspate mahi tat te mahitvanam

With good guidance you lead and protect the people; distress does not reach the man who is devoted to you. You are the scorcher of the hater of formulations, the crusher of wrath, O Bṛhaspati — great is that greatness of yours.

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RV 2 23.5

न तम् अꣳहो न दुरितꣳ कुतश् चन नारातयस् तितिरुर् न द्वयाविनः । विश्वा इद् अस्माद् ध्वरसो वि बाधसे यꣳ सुगोपा रक्षसि ब्रह्मणस् पते

na tam aṁho na duritaṁ kutaś cana nārātayas titirur na dvayāvinaḥ | viśvā id asmād dhvaraso vi bādhase yaṁ sugopā rakṣasi brahmaṇas pate

Neither distress nor difficulty from anywhere, nor hostilities, nor the double-dealing have overcome him; all crookednesses you drive away from him whom you guard, a good herdsman, O Brahmaṇaspati.

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RV 2 23.6

त्वꣳ नो गोपाः पथिकृद् विचक्षणस् तव व्रताय मतिभिर् जरामहे । बृहस्पते यो नो अभि ह्वरो दधे स्वा तम् मर्मर्तु दुच्छुना हरस्वती

tvaṁ no gopāḥ pathikṛd vicakṣaṇas tava vratāya matibhir jarāmahe | bṛhaspate yo no abhi hvaro dadhe svā tam marmartu ducchunā harasvatī

You are our herdsman, path-maker, far-seeing; for your ordinance we sing with our thoughts. O Bṛhaspati, whoever has set a crookedness against us — may his own fierce calamity crush him utterly.

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RV 2 23.7

उत वा यो नो मर्चयाद् अनागसो ऽरातीवा मर्तः सानुको वृकः । बृहस्पते अप तꣳ वर्तया पथः सुगꣳ नो अस्यै देववीतये कृधि

uta vā yo no marcayād anāgaso 'rātīvā martaḥ sānuko vṛkaḥ | bṛhaspate apa taṁ vartayā pathaḥ sugaṁ no asyai devavītaye kṛdhi

Or whatever mortal would harm us, the guiltless — the grudging one, the arrogant wolf — turn him away from the path, O Bṛhaspati; make good going for us for this invitation of the gods.

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RV 2 23.8

त्रातारꣳ त्वा तनूनाꣳ हवामहे ऽवस्पर्तर् अधिवक्तारम् अस्मयुम् । बृहस्पते देवनिदो नि बर्हय मा दुरेवा उत्तरꣳ सुम्नम् उन् नशन्

trātāraṁ tvā tanūnāṁ havāmahe 'vaspartar adhivaktāram asmayum | bṛhaspate devanido ni barhaya mā durevā uttaraṁ sumnam un naśan

We call on you as the protector of (our) bodies, O rescuer, as our advocate, well-disposed to us. O Bṛhaspati, lay low the revilers of the gods; let not the evil-doers attain the higher favour.

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RV 2 23.9

त्वया वयꣳ सुवृधा ब्रह्मणस् पते स्पार्हा वसु मनुष्या ददीमहि । या नो दूरे तऴितो या अरातयो ऽभि सन्ति जम्भया ता अनप्नसः

tvayā vayaṁ suvṛdhā brahmaṇas pate spārhā vasu manuṣyā dadīmahi | yā no dūre taḻito yā arātayo 'bhi santi jambhayā tā anapnasaḥ

With you, well-grown, as ally, O Brahmaṇaspati, may we take for ourselves goods that men desire. Those hostilities of ours that are far off, that are near at hand — crush them, the profitless ones.

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RV 2 23.10

त्वया वयम् उत्तमꣳ धीमहे वयो बृहस्पते पप्रिणा सस्निना युजा । मा नो दुःशꣳसो अभिदिप्सुर् ईशत प्र सुशꣳसा मतिभिस् तारिषीमहि

tvayā vayam uttamaṁ dhīmahe vayo bṛhaspate papriṇā sasninā yujā | mā no duḥśaṁso abhidipsur īśata pra suśaṁsā matibhis tāriṣīmahi

With you, O Bṛhaspati, as the filling, winning yokemate, may we gain the highest vitality. Let not the ill-speaking, treacherous man have power over us; may we, well-speaking, win through with our thoughts.

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RV 2 23.11

अनानुदो वृषभो जग्मिर् आहवꣳ निष्टप्ता शत्रुम् पृतनासु सासहिः । असि सत्य ऋणया ब्रह्मणस् पत उग्रस्य चिद् दमिता वीऴुहर्षिणः

anānudo vṛṣabho jagmir āhavaṁ niṣṭaptā śatrum pṛtanāsu sāsahiḥ | asi satya ṛṇayā brahmaṇas pata ugrasya cid damitā vīḻuharṣiṇaḥ

Unyielding bull, going to the fray, scorcher of the enemy, overwhelming in battles — you are true, an avenger of debt, O Brahmaṇaspati, tamer even of the fierce one who bristles strongly.

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RV 2 23.12

अदेवेन मनसा यो रिषण्यति शासाम् उग्रो मन्यमानो जिघाꣳसति । बृहस्पते मा प्रणक् तस्य नो वधो नि कर्म मन्युꣳ दुरेवस्य शर्धतः

adevena manasā yo riṣaṇyati śāsām ugro manyamāno jighāṁsati | bṛhaspate mā praṇak tasya no vadho ni karma manyuṁ durevasya śardhataḥ

Whoever with a godless mind seeks to injure — fierce, thinking himself (master) of those he should instruct, he seeks to kill: O Bṛhaspati, let his weapon not reach us; may we bring low the fury of the insolent evil-doer.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

RV 2 23.13

भरेषु हव्यो नमसोपसद्यो गन्ता वाजेषु सनिता धनꣳ-धनम् । विश्वा इद् अर्यो अभिदिप्स्वो३ मृधो बृहस्पतिर् वि ववर्हा रथाꣳ इव

bhareṣu havyo namasopasadyo gantā vājeṣu sanitā dhanaṁ-dhanam | viśvā id aryo abhidipsvo3 mṛdho bṛhaspatir vi vavarhā rathām̐ iva

To be invoked in the contests, to be approached with homage, going (to victory) in the prize-contests, winner of prize after prize — all the hostile, treacherous forces of the rival Bṛhaspati has torn apart like chariots.

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RV 2 23.14

तेजिष्ठया तपनी रक्षसस् तप ये त्वा निदे दधिरे दृष्टवीर्यम् । आविस् तत् कृष्व यद् असत् त उक्थ्य१म् बृहस्पते वि परिरापो अर्दय

tejiṣṭhayā tapanī rakṣasas tapa ye tvā nide dadhire dṛṣṭavīryam | āvis tat kṛṣva yad asat ta ukthya1m bṛhaspate vi parirāpo ardaya

With your hottest scorching, scorch the demons, those who have made you, whose might is seen, a target of scorn. Make manifest that in you which is worthy of hymns; O Bṛhaspati, shatter the whisperers.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

RV 2 23.15

बृहस्पते अति यद् अर्यो अर्हाद् द्युमद् विभाति क्रतुमज् जनेषु । यद् दीदयच् छवस ऋतप्रजात तद् अस्मासु द्रविणꣳ धेहि चित्रम्

bṛhaspate ati yad aryo arhād dyumad vibhāti kratumaj janeṣu | yad dīdayac chavasa ṛtaprajāta tad asmāsu draviṇaṁ dhehi citram

Bṛhaspati, whatever surpasses what the rival deserves, which shines brilliantly and full of resolve among men, whatever shines out from power — O you born of ṛta, set that brilliant wealth in us.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

RV 2 23.16

मा नः स्तेनेभ्यो ये अभि द्रुहस् पदे निरामिणो रिपवो ऽन्नेषु जागृधुः । आ देवानाम् ओहते वि व्रयो हृदि बृहस्पते न परः साम्नो विदुः

mā naḥ stenebhyo ye abhi druhas pade nirāmiṇo ripavo 'nneṣu jāgṛdhuḥ | ā devānām ohate vi vrayo hṛdi bṛhaspate na paraḥ sāmno viduḥ

(Give) us not up to the thieves, who at the seat of deceit, cheats and rogues, are greedy for (our) foods. He claims for himself (the share) of the gods, he covers over (what is) in the heart — Bṛhaspati, they know nothing beyond the chant.

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RV 2 23.17

विश्वेभ्यो हि त्वा भुवनेभ्यस् परि त्वष्टाजनत् साम्नः-साम्नः कविः । स ऋणचिद् ऋणया ब्रह्मणस् पतिर् द्रुहो हन्ता मह ऋतस्य धर्तरि

viśvebhyo hi tvā bhuvanebhyas pari tvaṣṭājanat sāmnaḥ-sāmnaḥ kaviḥ | sa ṛṇacid ṛṇayā brahmaṇas patir druho hantā maha ṛtasya dhartari

For Tvaṣṭar begot you beyond all the worlds, (you) the sage of chant after chant. He, Brahmaṇaspati, is the tracker of debt, the exactor of debt, the slayer of deceit, in the upholding of the great ṛta.

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RV 2 23.18

तव श्रिये व्य् अजिहीत पर्वतो गवाꣳ गोत्रम् उदसृजो यद् अङ्गिरः । इन्द्रेण युजा तमसा परीवृतम् बृहस्पते निर् अपाम् औब्जो अर्णवम्

tava śriye vy ajihīta parvato gavāṁ gotram udasṛjo yad aṅgiraḥ | indreṇa yujā tamasā parīvṛtam bṛhaspate nir apām aubjo arṇavam

For your glory the mountain opened wide, when you, O Aṅgiras, released the pen of the cows; with Indra as your yokemate you forced out the flood of the waters that was wrapped round with darkness, O Bṛhaspati.

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RV 2 23.19

ब्रह्मणस् पते त्वम् अस्य यन्ता सूक्तस्य बोधि तनयꣳ च जिन्व । विश्वꣳ तद् भद्रꣳ यद् अवन्ति देवा बृहद् वदेम विदथे सुवीराः

brahmaṇas pate tvam asya yantā sūktasya bodhi tanayaṁ ca jinva | viśvaṁ tad bhadraṁ yad avanti devā bṛhad vadema vidathe suvīrāḥ

Brahmaṇaspati, be you the guide of this well-spoken hymn, and quicken (our) offspring. All that which the gods favour is good. May we speak loudly at the council, rich in heroes.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition