Rishi: Vājasaneyin tradition (Śatarudriya corpus).
Devata: Rudra and his attendant powers manifest as social/martial functions.
Chandas: Yajus (prose).
Samhita Patha (Devanagari) नम॒: सेना॑भ्यः सेना॒निभ्य॑श्च वो॒ नमो॒ नमो॑ र॒थिभ्यो॑ अर॒तेभ्य॑श्च वो॒ नमो॒ नम॑: क्ष॒त्तृभ्य॑: संग्रही॒तृभ्य॑श्च वो॒ नमो॒ नमो॑ म॒हद्भ्यो॑ अर्भ॒केभ्य॑श्च वो॒ नम॑:
Transliteration námaḥ sénābhyaḥ senāńibhyaś ca vo námo námo rathíbhyo aratébhyaś ca vo námo námaḥ kṣattṛ́bhyaḥ saṃgrahītṛ́bhyaś ca vo námo námo mahádbhyo arbhakébhyaś ca vo námaḥ
Translation സേനകൾക്കും സേനാനികൾക്കും നിങ്ങള്ക്ക് നമസ്കാരം! രഥികൾക്കും പദാതികൾക്കും നിങ്ങള്ക്ക് നമസ്കാരം! ക്ഷത്തൃകൾക്കും സംഗ്രഹീതൃകൾക്കും നിങ്ങള്ക്ക് നമസ്കാരം! മഹത്തന്മാർക്കും അർഭകർക്ക് (ചെറുതന്മാർക്ക്) നിങ്ങള്ക്ക് നമസ്കാരം!
Padapatha (Word Analysis) नमः । सेनाभ्यः । सेनानिभ्यः । च । वः । नमः । नमः । रथिभ्यः । अरतेभ्यः । च । वः । नमः । नमः । क्षत्तृभ्यः । संग्रहीतृभ्यः । च । वः । नमः । नमः । महद्भ्यः । अर्भकेभ्यः । च । वः । नमः ।
Word by Word सेनाभ्यः to/for (or from) the armies सेनानिभ्यः to/for (or from) the commanders रथिभ्यः to/for the charioteers अरतेभ्यः to/for the foot-soldiers (fighters on foot) क्षत्तृभ्यः to/for the chamberlains/attendants (kṣattṛs) संग्रहीतृभ्यः to/for the collectors/keepers (those who take charge) महद्भ्यः to/for the great (ones) अर्भकेभ्यः to/for the small/young (ones) Entities Mentioned R
Rudra (Śiva) as the indwelling power in martial and civic order R
Rudra’s gaṇas / attendant powers (as functional classes: senā, senānī, rathin, aratī, kṣattṛ, saṅgrahītṛ) Viniyoga (Ritual Application)