Rigveda 4.050.05
Rigveda · Mandala 4, Sukta 50 · Verse 4.50.5
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
स सु॒ष्टुभा॒ स ऋक्व॑ता ग॒णेन॑ व॒लं रु॑रोज फलि॒गं रवे॑ण । बृह॒स्पति॑रु॒स्रिया॑ हव्य॒सूदः॒ कनि॑क्रद॒द्वाव॑शती॒रुदा॑जत्
sa suṣṭubhā sa ṛkvatā gaṇena valaṃ ruroja phaligaṃ raveṇa bṛhaspatirusriyā havyasūdaḥ kanikradadvāvaśatīrudājat
He recited in Suṣṭubha and Ṛkvetas' metres with company; by the ray of the sun he brought forth fruit. Brihaspati, famed for oblations, loudly invoked and appointed scores of the singers.
(Aided) by the praised and brilliant troop (of the Aṅgirasas), he destroyed with sound the mischievous Bala, Bṛhaspati, shouting aloud, set free the boon-bestowing, oblation-supplying kine.
With the loud-shouting band who sang his praises, with thunder, he destroyed obstructive Vala. Brhaspati thundering drave forth the cattle, the lowing cows who make oblations ready.