Rig Veda · Chapter 2.023

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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