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अथर्ववेद - काण्ड 20/ सूक्त 88/ मन्त्र 4
बृह॒स्पतिः॑ प्रथ॒मं जाय॑मानो म॒हो ज्योति॑षः पर॒मे व्योमन्। स॒प्तास्य॑स्तुविजा॒तो रवे॑ण॒ वि स॒प्तर॑श्मिरधम॒त्तमां॑सि ॥
स्वर सहित पद पाठबृह॒स्पति॑: । प्र॒थ॒मम् । जाय॑मान: । म॒ह: । ज्योति॑ष: । प॒र॒मे । विऽओ॑मन् ॥ स॒प्तऽआ॑स्य: । तु॒वि॒ऽजा॒त: । रवे॑ण । वि । स॒प्तऽर॑श्मि: । अ॒ध॒म॒त् । तमां॑सि ॥८८.४॥
स्वर रहित मन्त्र
बृहस्पतिः प्रथमं जायमानो महो ज्योतिषः परमे व्योमन्। सप्तास्यस्तुविजातो रवेण वि सप्तरश्मिरधमत्तमांसि ॥
स्वर रहित पद पाठबृहस्पति: । प्रथमम् । जायमान: । मह: । ज्योतिष: । परमे । विऽओमन् ॥ सप्तऽआस्य: । तुविऽजात: । रवेण । वि । सप्तऽरश्मि: । अधमत् । तमांसि ॥८८.४॥
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Translation -
Just as a great commander of the army shatters with the thundering clatter of arms, the malignant besieging foe, equipped with all sorts of deadly weapons, by force of his intelligent hordes of armies, capable of smashing, the onslaught of the enemy, similarly does the highly learned person, well-f versed in Vedic learning, tears off the forces of evil and darkness, besetting the general people, by his swarms of wise and intelligent, learned persons, capable of checking the mischievous forces, through forceful preaching’s. He, preaching loudly, well explains the well-sung Vedic verses, showering knowledge, worth grasping, just as the lowing cows, shower milk and butter, worth having.
Footnote -
‘Vala’ is not a special demon of that name but it refers to any wicked for or force of evil nature.