Adhyaya 16 Mantra 35 - Shukla Yajurveda | Arabic | Vedapath

Mantra 35

Rishi: Śatarudriya tradition (Śukla line; commonly linked with Yājñavalkya transmission)

Devata: Rudra

Chandas: Yajus (prose)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

नमो॑ बि॒ल्मिने॑ च कव॒चिने॑ च॒ नमो॑ व॒र्मिणे॑ च वरू॒थिने॑ च॒ नम॑ः श्रु॒ताय॑ च श्रुतसे॒नाय॑ च॒ नमो॑ दुन्दु॒भ्या॒य चाहन॒न्या॒य च

Transliteration

námo bilmíne ca kavacíne ca námo varmíṇe ca varūthíne ca námaḥ śrutā̀ya ca śrutásenāya ca námo dundubhyā̀ya cāhananyā̀ya ca

Translation

سجودٌ (نمو) لذي الخوذة ولذي الدرع؛ سجودٌ لذي الزَّرَد ولذي الحِمى؛ سجودٌ للمشهور ولذي الجيشِ المشهور؛ سجودٌ للطبل ولغيرِ المقهور.

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

नमः । बिल्मिने । च । कवचिने । च । नमः । वर्मिणे । च । वरूथिने । च । नमः । श्रुताय । च । श्रुतसेनाय । च । नमः । दुन्दुभ्याय । च । अहनन्याय । च

Word by Word

नमःobeisance, salutation

बिल्मिनेto the ‘bilmin’ (armoured/covered one)

चand

कवचिनेto the armoured one

चand

नमःobeisance

वर्मिणेto the mailed/armoured one

चand

वरूथिनेto the protector/sheltering one

चand

नमःobeisance

श्रुतायto the renowned/heard-of one

चand

श्रुतसेनायto Śrutasenā (he whose host/army is famed)

चand

नमःobeisance

दुन्दुभ्यायto the drum (dundubhi)

चand

अहनन्यायto the unstruck/unsmitten one

चand

Entities Mentioned

Rudra (Śatarudrīya Rudra)

Śrutasena (Rudra’s ‘renowned host’)

Dundubhi (War-drum as Rudra’s power)

Ritual Context

Viniyoga (Ritual Application)

Commentary Summary

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