Adhyaya 16 Mantra 24 - Shukla Yajurveda | Tagalog | Vedapath

Various Rishis

Mantra 24

Rishi: Traditional attribution within the Vājasaneyin transmission (Śatarudriya section; often linked in later tradition with Yājñavalkya’s school-lineage).

Devata: Rudra and his gaṇas (attendant powers).

Chandas: Yajus (prose formulae; not a fixed metrical chandas).

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

नम॑: स॒भाभ्य॑: स॒भाप॑तिभ्यश्च वो॒ नमो॒ नमोऽश्वे॒भ्यो ऽश्व॑पतिभ्यश्च वो॒ नमो॒ नम॑ आव्या॒धिनी॑भ्यो वि॒विध्य॑न्तीभ्यश्च वो॒ नमो॒ नम॒ उग॑णाभ्यस्तृᳪह॒तीभ्य॑श्च वो॒ नम॑:

Transliteration

námaḥ sabhā́bhyaḥ sabhā́patibhyaś ca vo námo námo’śvébhyo ’śvápatibhyaś ca vo námo náma āvyā́dhinībhyo vivídhyantībhyaś ca vo námo náma ugáṇābhyas tṛ́ṃhatībhyaś ca vo námaḥ

Translation

Homage to the assemblies, and homage to the lords of assemblies be unto you! Homage to the horses, and homage to the lords of horses be unto you! Homage to the piercers, and to those that smite in divers ways be unto you! Homage to the fierce companies, and to the overpowering ones be unto you!

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

नमः । सभाभ्यः । सभापतिभ्यः । च । वः । नमः । नमः । अश्वेभ्यः । अश्वपतिभ्यः । च । वः । नमः । नमः । आव्याधिनीभ्यः । विविध्यन्तीभ्यः । च । वः । नमः । नमः । उगणाभ्यः । तृंहतीभ्यः । च । वः । नमः ।

Word by Word

नमःobeisance; salutation

सभाभ्यःto/for the assemblies

सभापतिभ्यःto/for the lords of the assemblies

चand

वःof you; your

नमःobeisance

अश्वेभ्यःto/for the horses

अश्वपतिभ्यःto/for the lords of horses

चand

वःof you; your

नमःobeisance

आव्याधिनीभ्यःto/for the piercers/strikers (fem.)

विविध्यन्तीभ्यःto/for those (fem.) who are piercing

चand

वःof you; your

नमःobeisance

उगणाभ्यःto/for the groups/companies (ugāṇāḥ)

तृंहतीभ्यःto/for the overpowering/crushing (fem.) ones

चand

वःof you; your

नमःobeisance

Entities Mentioned

Rudra

Sabhyāḥ (Assemblies)

Sabhāpati (Lords of assemblies)

Aśvāḥ (Horses)

Aśvapati (Lords of horses)

Āvyādhinī / Vividhyantī (Piercers; those who strike in diverse ways)

Ugaṇāḥ / Tṛṃhatīḥ (Fierce companies; overpowering ones)

Ritual Context

Viniyoga (Ritual Application)

Commentary Summary

Philosophical Concepts

Vedic Cosmology

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