Adhyaya 16 Mantra 39 - Shukla Yajurveda | Kannada | 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

ವಾತ್ಯ (ಬಿರುಗಾಳಿ)ಗೆ ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ, ರೇಷ್ಮ್ಯ (ರಶ್ಮಿ/ಲಗಾಮಧಾರಿ)ಗೆ ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ. ವಾಸ್ತವ್ಯ (ಅಂತರ್ನಿವಾಸಿ)ಗೆ ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ, ವಾಸ್ತುಪ (ಗೃಹರಕ್ಷಕ)ಗೆ ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ. ಸೋಮಗೆ ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ, ರುದ್ರಗೆ ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ. ತಾಮ್ರ (ತಾಮ್ರವರ್ಣ)ಗೆ ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ, ಅರುಣ (ರುದ್ರವರ್ಣ)ಗೆ ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ.

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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