Rigveda 7.097.02
Rigveda · Mandala 7, Sukta 97 · Verse 7.97.2
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
आ दैव्या॑ वृणीम॒हेऽवां॑सि॒ बृह॒स्पति॑र्नो मह॒ आ स॑खायः । यथा॒ भवे॑म मी॒ळ्हुषे॒ अना॑गा॒ यो नो॑ दा॒ता प॑रा॒वतः॑ पि॒तेव॑
ā daivyā vṛṇīmahe'vāṃsi bṛhaspatirno maha ā sakhāyaḥ yathā bhavema mīḷhuṣe anāgā yo no dātā parāvataḥ piteva
We choose the divine Bṛhaspati as our friend and great protector; as he was to us in former days may he be our giver and fatherly guide now.
Let us solicit, friends divine protections, for Bṛhaspati accepts our (oblations); so may we be withoutoffence towards that showerer (of benefits) whois our benefactor from afar, as a father (of a son).
We crave the heavenly grace of Gods to guard us-so may Brhaspati, O friends, exalt us- That he, the Bounteous God, may find us sintess, who giveth from a distance like a father.