Rigveda 2.023.03
Rigveda · Mandala 2, Sukta 23 · Verse 2.23.3
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
आ वि॒बाध्या॑ परि॒राप॒स्तमां॑सि च॒ ज्योति॑ष्मन्तं॒ रथ॑मृ॒तस्य॑ तिष्ठसि । बृह॑स्पते भी॒मम॑मित्र॒दम्भ॑नं रक्षो॒हणं॑ गोत्र॒भिदं॑ स्व॒र्विद॑म्
ā vibādhyā parirāpastamāṃsi ca jyotiṣmantaṃ rathamṛtasya tiṣṭhasi bṛhaspate bhīmamamitradambhanaṃ rakṣohaṇaṃ gotrabhidaṃ svarvidam
You dispel surrounding evils and stand as the radiant chariot of the immortal; Brihaspati, protect us who are fierce, foes-destroying, guarding our lineage and heavenly lore.
Having repelled revilers and (dispersed) the darkness you stand Bṛhaspati, on the radiant chariot of sacrifice, (which is) formidable (to foes), the humiliator of enemies, the destroyer of evil spirits, the cleaver of the clouds, the attainer of heaven.
When thou hast chased away revilers and the gloom, thou mountest the refulgent car of sacrifice; The awful car, Brhaspati, that quells the foe, slays demons, cleaves the stall of kine, and finds the light.