Rig Veda
anarvāṇaṃ vṛṣabham mandrajihvam bṛhaspatiṃ vardhayā navyam arkaiḥ gāthānyaḥ suruco yasya devā āśṛṇvanti navamānasya martāḥ
Glorify thou Brihaspati, the scatheless, who must be praised with hymns, sweet-tongued and mighty, To whom as leader of the song, resplendent, worthy of lauds, both Gods and mortals listen.
tam ṛtviyā upa vācaḥ sacante sargo na yo devayatām asarji bṛhaspatiḥ sa hy añjo varāṃsi vibhvābhavat sam ṛte mātariśvā
On him wait songs according to the season even as a stream of pious men set moving. Brihaspati—for he laid out the expanses—was, at the sacrifice, vast Matarisvan.
upastutiṃ namasa udyatiṃ ca ślokaṃ yaṃsat saviteva pra bāhū asya kratvāhanyo yo asti mṛgo na bhīmo arakṣasas tuviṣmān
The praise, the verse that offers adoration, may he bring forth, as the Sun sends his arms out, He who gives daily light through this God's wisdom, strong as a dread wild beast, and inoffensive.
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His song of praise pervades the earth and heaven: let the wise worshipper draw it, like a courser. These of Brihaspati, like hunters' arrows, go to the skies that change their hue like serpents.
ye tvā devosrikam manyamānāḥ pāpā bhadram upajīvanti pajrāḥ na dūḍhye anu dadāsi vāmam bṛhaspate cayasa it piyārum
Those, God, who count thee as a worthless bullock, and, wealthy sinners, live on thee the Bounteous,— On fools like these no blessing thou bestowest: Brihaspati, thou punishest the spiteful.
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Like a fair path is he, where grass is pleasant, though hard to win, a Friend beloved most early. Those who unharmed by enemies behold us, while they would make them bare, stood closely compassed.
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He to whom songs of praise go forth like torrents, as rivers eddying under banks flow sea-ward— Brihaspati the wise, the eager, closely looks upon both, the waters and the vessel.
evā mahas tuvijātas tuviṣmān bṛhaspatir vṛṣabho dhāyi devaḥ sa na stuto vīravad dhātu gomad vidyāmeṣaṃ vṛjanaṃ jīradānum
So hath Brihaspati, great, strong and mighty, the God exceeding powerful, been brought hither. May he thus lauded give us kine and horses. May we find strengthening food in full abundance.