Mantra 29
Rishi: Traditionally transmitted within the Yājñavalkya-lineage for the Vājasaneyin Śukla Yajurveda
Devata: Rudra (Śiva), in manifold epithets
Chandas: Mixed/prose-like yajus-formulae (yajus), not a single fixed metrical chandas
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
नम॑: कप॒र्दिने॑ च॒ व्यु॒प्तकेशाय च॒ नम॑: सहस्रा॒क्षाय॑ च श॒तध॑न्वने च॒ नमो॑ गिरिश॒याय॑ च शिपिवि॒ष्टाय॑ च॒ नमो॑ मी॒ढुष्ट॑माय॒ चेषु॑मते च
Transliteration
námaḥ kapardíne ca vyùptakeśāya ca námaḥ sahasrā́kṣāya ca śatádhanvane ca námo giriśayā́ya ca śipiviṣṭā́ya ca námo mīḍhúṣṭamāya ceṣúmate ca
Translation
कपर्दिन् (जटाधारी) को नमः, और व्युप्तकेश (खुले केशों वाले) को नमः। सहस्राक्ष (हज़ार नेत्रों वाले) को नमः, और शतधन्वन् (सौ धनुषों वाले) को नमः। गिरिशय (पर्वत-निवासी) को नमः, और शिपिविष्ट (तेज में प्रविष्ट) को नमः। मीढुष्टम (अत्यन्त दाता) को नमः, और इषुमत् (बाणों से युक्त) को नमः।
Padapatha (Word Analysis)
नमः । कपर्दिने । च । व्युप्त-केशाय । च । नमः । सहस्र-अक्षाय । च । शत-धन्वने । च । नमः । गिरि-शयाय । च । शिपि-विश्टाय । च । नमः । मीढुष्टमाय । च । इषु-मतॆ । च
Word by Word
नमःobeisance; salutation
नमः:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनमस्
कपर्दिनेto the one with braided/knotted hair
कपर्दिने:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootकपर्दिन्
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
व्युप्तकेशायto the one whose hair is shaven/closely cut
व्युप्तकेशाय:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootव्युप्तकेश
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
नमःobeisance
नमः:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनमस्
सहस्राक्षायto the thousand-eyed one
सहस्राक्षाय:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootसहस्राक्ष
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
शतधन्वनेto the one with a hundred bows
शतधन्वने:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootशतधन्वन्
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
नमःobeisance
नमः:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनमस्
गिरिशयायto the mountain-dweller
गिरिशयाय:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootगिरिशय
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
शिपिविष्टायto the one entered into/abiding in ‘शिपि’ (radiance/spotless form)
शिपिविष्टाय:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootशिपिविष्ट
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
नमःobeisance
नमः:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनमस्
मीढुष्टमायto the most bountiful/greatest giver
मीढुष्टमाय:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootमीढुष्टम
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
इषुमतेto the arrow-possessing one
इषुमते:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootइषुमत्
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
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