Gritsamada (, ), was a Rigvedic sage. Most of Mandala 2 of the Rigveda is attributed to him. He was the son of à Âunahotra ÃÂá¹ girasa and the adopted son of à Âunaka BhÃÂrgava. According to Witzel, SomÃÂhuti BhÃÂrgava is a descendant of Gritsamada, because SomÃÂhuti states that he is one among the Gritsamadas. However according to Jamison and Brereton he belongs to the Bhá¹Âgu lineage of Gá¹Âtsamada's adopted father à Âunaka. The signature line of the Gritsamadas in the Rigveda was Gritsamada was known for connecting the deeds of Indra to the actions of the ritual.
In the Bá¹ÂhaddevatÃÂ, Gritsamada is stated to have become as large and strong as Indra through penances, which led to the daityas Dhuni and Cumiri to mistake him for such. When Gritsamada realized their hostile intentions, he praised Indra with hymns so that Indra could defeat them. According to the late medieval commentator Sayana, Gritsamada was captured by asuras and was released on Indra's command and by his was made the son of à Âunaka BhÃÂrgava. In the MahÃÂbhÃÂrata, not Vasishtha but Varishtha, curses Gritsamada to be a wild animal as a result of Gritsamada faltering in the recitation of formulae in a sacrifice. He cursed that he would be an animal divested of intelligence, subject to grief, ever filled with fear and that he would be an animal for ten thousand years with ten and eight hundred years in addition. However, à Âiva restores him to his normal form and grants him immortality. Gritsamada later shared this story to Yudhishthira.