Adhyaya 16 Mantra 24 - Shukla Yajurveda | Bengali | Vedapath

Various Rishis

Shukla Yajur Veda — Adhyaya 16, Mantra 24

Rishi: Traditional attribution within the Vājasaneyin transmission (Śatarudriya section; often linked in later tradition with Yājñavalkya’s school-lineage).

Devata: Rudra and his gaṇas (attendant powers).

Chandas: Yajus (prose formulae; not a fixed metrical chandas).

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

नम॑: स॒भाभ्य॑: स॒भाप॑तिभ्यश्च वो॒ नमो॒ नमोऽश्वे॒भ्यो ऽश्व॑पतिभ्यश्च वो॒ नमो॒ नम॑ आव्या॒धिनी॑भ्यो वि॒विध्य॑न्तीभ्यश्च वो॒ नमो॒ नम॒ उग॑णाभ्यस्तृᳪह॒तीभ्य॑श्च वो॒ नम॑:

Transliteration

námaḥ sabhā́bhyaḥ sabhā́patibhyaś ca vo námo námo’śvébhyo ’śvápatibhyaś ca vo námo náma āvyā́dhinībhyo vivídhyantībhyaś ca vo námo náma ugáṇābhyas tṛ́ṃhatībhyaś ca vo námaḥ

Translation

সভাসমূহকে নমঃ; এবং সভাপতিদেরও তোমাদের নমঃ। অশ্বদের নমঃ; এবং অশ্বপতিদেরও তোমাদের নমঃ। বিদ্ধকারীদের নমঃ; এবং নানাভাবে আঘাতকারীদেরও তোমাদের নমঃ। উগ্র গণদের নমঃ; এবং প্রবল, দমনকারীদেরও তোমাদের নমঃ।

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

नमः । सभाभ्यः । सभापतिभ्यः । च । वः । नमः । नमः । अश्वेभ्यः । अश्वपतिभ्यः । च । वः । नमः । नमः । आव्याधिनीभ्यः । विविध्यन्तीभ्यः । च । वः । नमः । नमः । उगणाभ्यः । तृंहतीभ्यः । च । वः । नमः ।

Word by Word

नमःobeisance; salutation

सभाभ्यःto/for the assemblies

सभापतिभ्यःto/for the lords of the assemblies

चand

वःof you; your

नमःobeisance

अश्वेभ्यःto/for the horses

अश्वपतिभ्यःto/for the lords of horses

चand

वःof you; your

नमःobeisance

आव्याधिनीभ्यःto/for the piercers/strikers (fem.)

विविध्यन्तीभ्यःto/for those (fem.) who are piercing

चand

वःof you; your

नमःobeisance

उगणाभ्यःto/for the groups/companies (ugāṇāḥ)

तृंहतीभ्यःto/for the overpowering/crushing (fem.) ones

चand

वःof you; your

नमःobeisance

Entities Mentioned

Rudra

Sabhyāḥ (Assemblies)

Sabhāpati (Lords of assemblies)

Aśvāḥ (Horses)

Aśvapati (Lords of horses)

Āvyādhinī / Vividhyantī (Piercers; those who strike in diverse ways)

Ugaṇāḥ / Tṛṃhatīḥ (Fierce companies; overpowering ones)

Ritual Context

Viniyoga (Ritual Application)

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