Adhyaya 16 Mantra 16 - Shukla Yajurveda | Urdu | Vedapath

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Mantra 16

Rishi: Vājasaneyin tradition

Devata: Rudra

Chandas: Yajus (cadenced formula)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

मा न॑स्तो॒के तन॑ये॒ मा न॒ आयु॑षि॒ मा नो॒ गोषु॒ मा नो॒ अश्वे॑षु रीरिषः । मा नो॑ वी॒रान् रु॑द्र भा॒मिनो॑ वधीर्ह॒विष्म॑न्त॒: सद॒मित् त्वा॑ हवामहे

Transliteration

mā́ nas tóke tánaye mā́ na ā́yuṣi mā́ no góṣu mā́ no áśveṣu rīriṣaḥ | mā́ no vīrā́n rudra bhā́mino vadhīr havíṣmantaḥ sádám ít tvā havāmahe

Translation

In our offspring and in our children, in our life, in our kine, in our horses—injure us not. Slay not our heroes, O Rudra the fierce; we, possessed of oblation, ever call upon thee.

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

मा । नः । स्तोके । तनये । मा । नः । आयुषि । मा । नः । गोषु । मा । नः । अश्वेषु । रीरिषः । मा । नः । वीरान् । रुद्र । भामिनः । वधीः । हविष्मन्तः । सदम् । इत् । त्वा । हवामहे

Word by Word

माdo not / may (it) not

नःof us / our

तोकेin (our) offspring/children

तनयेin (our) son/descendant

माdo not

नःof us

आयुषिin (our) life-span

माdo not

नःof us

गोषुamong (our) cows/cattle

माdo not

नःof us

अश्वेषुamong (our) horses

रीरिषःharm (us) / injure

माdo not

नःof us

वीरान्heroes/men (our men)

रुद्रO Rudra

भामिनःO fierce/terrible one

वधीःstrike/kill

हविष्मन्तःwe who possess oblation / oblation-bearers

सदमित्always indeed

त्वाyou

हवामहेwe invoke/call upon

Entities Mentioned

Rudra

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