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Ṛk 4.50.4

Bṛhaspati · Indra, Bṛhaspati · Vāmadeva Gautama

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Saṃhitā

बृह॒स्पतिः॑ प्रथ॒मं जाय॑मानो म॒हो ज्योति॑षः पर॒मे व्यो॑मन् ।
स॒प्तास्य॑स्तुविजा॒तो रवे॑ण॒ वि स॒प्तर॑श्मिरधम॒त्तमां॑सि ॥

बृहस्पतिः प्रथमं जायमानो महो ज्योतिषः परमे व्योमन् |
सप्तास्यस् तुविजातो रवेण वि सप्तरश्मिर् अधमत् तमांसि ||

bṛ́haspátiḥ prathamám jā́yamāno mahó jyótiṣaḥ paramé vyóman ǀ
saptā́syastuvijātó ráveṇa ví saptáraśmiradhamattámāṃsi ǁ

bṛhaspatiḥ prathamaṃ jāyamāno maho jyotiṣaḥ parame vyoman |
saptāsyas tuvijāto raveṇa vi saptaraśmir adhamat tamāṃsi ||

Padapāṭha

बृह॒स्पतिः॑ । प्र॒थ॒मम् । जाय॑मानः । म॒हः । ज्योति॑षः । प॒र॒मे । विऽओ॑मन् ।
स॒प्तऽआ॑स्यः । तु॒वि॒ऽजा॒तः । रवे॑ण । वि । स॒प्तऽर॑श्मिः । अ॒ध॒म॒त् । तमां॑सि ॥

बृहस्पतिः । प्रथमम् । जायमानः । महः । ज्योतिषः । परमे । विऽओमन् ।
सप्तऽआस्यः । तुविऽजातः । रवेण । वि । सप्तऽरश्मिः । अधमत् । तमांसि ॥

bṛ́haspátiḥ ǀ prathamám ǀ jā́yamānaḥ ǀ maháḥ ǀ jyótiṣaḥ ǀ paramé ǀ ví-oman ǀ
saptá-āsyaḥ ǀ tuvi-jātáḥ ǀ ráveṇa ǀ ví ǀ saptá-raśmiḥ ǀ adhamat ǀ támāṃsi ǁ

bṛhaspatiḥ ǀ prathamam ǀ jāyamānaḥ ǀ mahaḥ ǀ jyotiṣaḥ ǀ parame ǀ vi-oman ǀ
sapta-āsyaḥ ǀ tuvi-jātaḥ ǀ raveṇa ǀ vi ǀ sapta-raśmiḥ ǀ adhamat ǀ tamāṃsi ǁ

References

Maṇḍala · Sūkta · Ṛk
04.050.04
Aṣṭaka · Adhyāya · Varga · Ṛk
3.7.26.04
Maṇḍala · Anuvāka · Ṛk
04.05.026
Devatā देवता
1-9: Bṛhaspati; 10, 11: Indra, Bṛhaspati
Ṛṣi ऋषि
Vāmadeva Gautama
Chandas छन्दस्
Triṣṭubh, Jagatī
Svara स्वरः
धैवतः

Text and interpretations from the Ṛgveda database of theveda.org.in.

Ṛgveda 4.50.4

Interpretations

Sri Aurobindo

Brihaspati, coming first into birth from the great Light in the supreme ether, seven-mouthed, multiply-born, seven-rayed, dispelled the darkness;… (SABCL, Vol. 10, p.137)

Brihaspati coming first to birth out of the great Light in the highest heaven, born in many forms, seven-mouthed, seven-rayed (saptDsayaU saptaraQmiU), by his cry dipelled the darkness;,… (SABCL, Vol. 10, p. 161)

The Master of the Wisdom in his first coming to birth in the supreme ether of the great Light, — many his births, seven his mouths of the Word, seven his Rays, — scatters the darkness with his cry. (SABCL, Vol. 19, p. 726)