Rig Veda · Mandala 6 · Sukta 73
Rig Veda 6.73 — Bṛhaspati
Deity: Bṛhaspati. Rishi family (Mandala 6): Bharadvaja and his descendants. This Sukta contains 3 verses presented below in Devanagari Sanskrit, IAST romanisation, and Ralph T. H. Griffith's English translation. Click any verse to read a fuller explanation.
Verses
Rig Veda 6.73.1
यो अद्रिभित परथमजा रतावा बर्हस्पतिराङगिरसो हविष्मान | दविबर्हज्मा पराघर्मसत पिता न आ रोदसी वर्षभो रोरवीति
yo adribhit prathamajā ṛtāvā bṛhaspatirāṅghiraso haviṣmān | dvibarhajmā prāgharmasat pitā na ā rodasī vṛṣabho roravīti
Rig Veda 6.73.2
जनाय चिद य ईवत उ लोकं बर्हस्पतिर्देवहूतौ चकार | घनन वर्त्राणि वि पुरो दर्दरीति जयञ्छत्रून्रमित्रान पर्त्सु साहन
janāya cid ya īvata u lokaṃ bṛhaspatirdevahūtau cakāra | ghnan vṛtrāṇi vi puro dardarīti jayañchatrūnramitrān pṛtsu sāhan
Bṛhaspati, who made for such a people wide room and verge when Gods were invocated, Slaying his enemies, breaks down their castles, quelling his foes and conquering those who hate him.
Rig Veda 6.73.3
बर्हस्पतिः समजयद वसूनि महो वरजान गोमतो देव एषः | अपः सिषासन सवरप्रतीतो बर्हस्पतिर्हन्त्यमित्रमर्कैः
bṛhaspatiḥ samajayad vasūni maho vrajān ghomato deva eṣaḥ | apaḥ siṣāsan svarapratīto bṛhaspatirhantyamitramarkaiḥ
Bṛhaspati in war hath won rich treasures, hath won, this God, the great stalls filled with cattle. Striving to win waters and light, resistless, Bṛhaspati with lightning smites the foeman.
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