Rigveda 2.023.11
Rigveda · Mandala 2, Sukta 23 · Verse 2.23.11
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
अ॒ना॒नु॒दो वृ॑ष॒भो जग्मि॑राह॒वं निष्ट॑प्ता॒ शत्रुं॒ पृत॑नासु सास॒हिः । असि॑ स॒त्य ऋ॑ण॒या ब्र॑ह्मणस्पत उ॒ग्रस्य॑ चिद्दमि॒ता वी॑ळुह॒र्षिणः॑
anānudo vṛṣabho jagmirāhavaṃ niṣṭaptā śatruṃ pṛtanāsu sāsahiḥ asi satya ṛṇayā brahmaṇaspata ugrasya ciddamitā vīḷuharṣiṇaḥ
A horned bull attacked me; I stood firm against the enemy in the battle. O Brihaspati, thou art true in thy vow; I am the renowned, exulting warrior of fierce might.
You, Brahmaṇaspati, who have no requiter (of your bounty), who are the showerer (of benefits), the repairer to combat, the consumer of foes, the victor in battles, you are true, the discharger of debts, the humiliator of the fierce and of the exulting.
Strong, never yielding, hastening to the battle-cry, consumer of the foe, victorious in the strife, Thou art sin's true avenger, Brahmanaspati, who tamest e'en the fierce, the wildly passionate.