Adhyaya 16 Mantra 39 - Shukla Yajurveda | German | Vedapath

Various Rishis

Mantra 39

Rishi: Traditionally associated with Yājñavalkya’s transmission; Śatarudriya is treated as a revealed litany rather than a single-author hymn

Devata: Rudra (with Soma conjoined in one member)

Chandas: Mixed/prose-litany (yajus-style anuvāka)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

नमो॒ वात्या॑य च॒ रेष्म्या॑य च॒ नमो॑ वास्त॒व्या॒य च वास्तु॒पाय॑ च॒ नम॒: सोमा॑य च रु॒द्राय॑ च॒ नम॑स्ता॒म्राय॑ चारु॒णाय॑ च

Transliteration

námo vā́tyāya ca réṣmyāya ca námo vāstav·yā́ya ca vāstupā́ya ca námaḥ sómāya ca rudrā́ya ca námas tā́mrāya cāruṇā́ya ca

Translation

Ehrerbietung dem Vātya, dem Sturmwind, und dem Reśmya, dem Zügelträger. Ehrerbietung dem Vāstavya, dem im Haus Wohnenden, und dem Vāstupā, dem Hüter der Heimstatt. Ehrerbietung Soma und Rudra. Ehrerbietung dem Tāmra, dem kupferroten, und dem Aruṇa, dem rötlichen.

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

नमः । वात्याय । च । रेष्म्याय । च । नमः । वास्तव्याय । च । वास्तुपाय । च । नमः । सोमाय । च । रुद्राय । च । नमः । ताम्राय । च । अरुणाय । च

Word by Word

नमःobeisance, salutation

वात्यायto the whirlwind / storm-wind

चand

रेष्म्यायto the corded/filamented one (having reins/threads; ‘stringy’ wind)

चand

नमःobeisance

वास्तव्यायto the one belonging to the dwelling / to the resident

चand

वास्तुपायto the protector of the dwelling (Vāstupá)

चand

नमःobeisance

सोमायto Soma

चand

रुद्रायto Rudra

चand

नमःobeisance

ताम्रायto the copper-red one

चand

अरुणायto the tawny/reddish one

चand

Entities Mentioned

Rudra

Soma

Vātyā (Storm-wind aspect)

Vāstupā (Protector of the dwelling)

Ritual Context

Viniyoga (Ritual Application)

Commentary Summary

Philosophical Concepts

Vedic Cosmology

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