Rishi: Traditional attribution within the Śatarudriya complex (Rudra-hymn lineage; often treated as revealed to/through Yājñavalkya in Śukla tradition)
Devata: Rudra (as many-formed, localized and functional epithets)
Chandas: Yajus (prose formulae; not a fixed metrical chandas)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
नमो॒ वन्या॑य च॒ कक्ष्या॑य च॒ नम॑ः श्र॒वाय॑ च प्रतिश्र॒वाय॑ च॒ नम॑ आ॒शुषे॑णाय चा॒शुर॑थाय च॒ नम॒ः शूरा॑य चावभे॒दिने॑ च
Transliteration
námo vanyā̀ya ca kakṣyā̀ya ca námaḥ śrávāya ca pratiśravā̀ya ca náma āśuṣeṇā̀ya cāśúrathāya ca námaḥ śūrā̀ya cāvabhedíne ca
Translation
Ehrerbietung dem Wilden (Vanya) und dem im Dickicht Weilenden (Kakṣyā); Ehrerbietung dem Ruhm (Śrava) und dem antwortenden Widerhall (Pratiśrava); Ehrerbietung dem Herrn des schnellen Heeres (Āśuṣeṇa) und dem Herrn des schnellen Wagens (Āśuratha); Ehrerbietung dem Helden (Śūra) und dem Durchbohrer (Avabhedin).
Padapatha (Word Analysis)
नमः । वन्याय । च । कक्ष्याय । च । नमः । श्रवाय । च । प्रतिश्रवाय । च । नमः । आशुषेणाय । च । आशुरथाय । च । नमः । शूराय । च । अवभेदिने । च
Word by Word
नमःobeisance, salutation
नमः:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनमस्
वन्यायto the wild/forest(-dwelling) one
वन्याय:
Sampradāna
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootवन्य
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
कक्ष्यायto (him of) the thicket/brushwood (kakṣyā)
कक्ष्याय:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootकक्ष्या
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
नमःobeisance
नमः:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनमस्
श्रवायto the fame/renown
श्रवाय:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootश्रव
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
प्रतिश्रवायto the echo/answering sound
प्रतिश्रवाय:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootप्रतिश्रव
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
नमःobeisance
नमः:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनमस्
आशुषेणायto the swift-hosted/with swift army one
आशुषेणाय:
Sampradāna
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootआशुषेण
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
आशुरथायto the swift-charioted one
आशुरथाय:
Sampradāna
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootआशुरथ
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
नमःobeisance
नमः:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनमस्
शूरायto the hero/brave one
शूराय:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootशूर
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
अवभेदिनेto the splitter/piercer (one who breaks through)