Rishi: Traditional attribution within the Śatarudriya complex (Rudra-hymn lineage; often transmitted without a single fixed ṛṣi in ritual handbooks)
Devata: Rudra (in multiple epithets/functional sovereignties)
Chandas: Mixed/prose-nivṛt style typical of Yajus-formulas (not a single fixed metrical chandas)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari) नमो॒ रोहि॑ताय स्थ॒पत॑ये वृ॒क्षाणां॒ पत॑ये॒ नमो॒ नमो॑ भुव॒न्तये॑ वारिवस्कृ॒तायौष॑धीनां॒ पत॑ये॒ नमो॒ नमो॑ म॒न्त्रिणे॑ वाणि॒जाय॒ कक्षा॑णां॒ पत॑ये॒ नमो॒ नम॑ उ॒च्चैर्घो॑षायाक्र॒न्दय॑ते पत्ती॒नां पत॑ये॒ नम॑:
Transliteration námo róhitāya sthapátaye vṛkṣā́ṇāṃ pátaye námo námo bhuvantáye vārivaskṛtā́yauṣádhīnāṃ pátaye námo námo mantríṇe vāṇijā́ya kákṣāṇāṃ pátaye námo náma uccáirghoṣāyākrandáyate pattīnā́ṃ pátaye námaḥ
Translation Hommage à Rohita, au Maître-bâtisseur, au Seigneur des arbres ! Hommage, hommage à Celui-qui-devient, au bienfaisant dispensateur de libre cours, au Seigneur des plantes ! Hommage, hommage au Conseiller, au Marchand, au Seigneur des fourrés ! Hommage, hommage à Celui qui a la voix haute, qui fait crier, au Seigneur des guerriers !
Padapatha (Word Analysis) नमः । रोहिताय । स्थपतये । वृक्षाणाम् । पतये । नमः । नमः । भुवन्तये । वारिवस्कृताय । ओषधीनाम् । पतये । नमः । नमः । मन्त्रिणे । वाणिजाय । कक्षाणाम् । पतये । नमः । नमः । उच्चैः-घोषाय । आक्रन्दयते । पत्तीनाम् । पतये । नमः ।
Word by Word रोहिताय to Rohita (the Rudra-form ‘Rohita’) स्थपतये to the lord/overseer (master-builder) भुवन्तये to the existing one / to the being वारिवस्कृताय to the beneficent one / the one who provides good dwelling/protection मन्त्रिणे to the counsellor / possessor of mantras वाणिजाय to the trader/merchant कक्षाणाम् of girdles/belts (or boundary-strips) उच्चैर्घोषाय to the loud-sounding one आक्रन्दयते he cries out / he makes a loud cry पत्तीनाम् of foot-soldiers / retainers Entities Mentioned R
Rudra (Rohita / Sthapati / Vṛkṣāṇāṃ Pati) R
Rudra (Bhuvant / Vārivaskṛta / Auṣadhīnāṃ Pati) R
Rudra (Mantrin / Vāṇij / Kakṣāṇāṃ Pati) R
Rudra (Uccairghoṣa / Ākrandayat / Pattīnām Pati) Viniyoga (Ritual Application)