Adhyaya 16 Mantra 18 - Shukla Yajurveda | Urdu | Vedapath

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Mantra 18

Rishi: Vājasaneyin tradition

Devata: Rudra/Bhava (and Rudra’s hetí as personified weapon-power)

Chandas: Yajus (litany-style)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

नमो॑ बभ्लु॒शाय॑ व्या॒धिने ऽन्ना॑नां॒ पत॑ये॒ नमो॒ नमो॑ भ॒वस्य॑ हेत्यै॒ जग॑तां॒ पत॑ये॒ नमो॒ नमो॑ रु॒द्राया॑तता॒यिने॒ क्षेत्रा॑णां॒ पत॑ये॒ नमो॒ नम॑: सू॒तायाह॑न्त्यै॒ वना॑नां॒ पत॑ये॒ नम॑:

Transliteration

námo babhluśā́ya vyā́dhine 'nnā́nāṃ pátaye námo | námo bhavásya hétyai jágatāṃ pátaye námo | námo rudrā́yātatāyíne kṣétrāṇāṃ pátaye námo | námaḥ sūtā́yāhántyai vánānāṃ pátaye námaḥ

Translation

Homage to the brown one, the hunter, the lord of foods—homage! Homage to Bhava’s missile, to the lord of all that moves—homage! Homage to Rudra the assailant, the lord of fields—homage! Homage to the charioteer, the slayer, the lord of forests—homage!

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

नमः । बभ्लुशाय । व्याधिने । अन्नानाम् । पतये । नमः । नमः । भवस्य । हेत्यै । जगताम् । पतये । नमः । नमः । रुद्राय । आततायिने । क्षेत्राणाम् । पतये । नमः । नमः । सूताय । अहन्त्यै । वनानाम् । पतये । नमः

Word by Word

नमःobeisance, homage

बभ्लुशायto Babhluśa (the tawny one; an epithet)

व्याधिनेto the hunter / to the one who strikes

अन्नानाम्of foods

पतयेto the lord

नमःobeisance

भवस्यof Bhava

हेत्यैto the weapon / missile

जगताम्of beings / of the moving world

पतयेto the lord

नमःobeisance

रुद्रायto Rudra

अततायिनेto the assailant / to the aggressor

क्षेत्राणाम्of fields

पतयेto the lord

नमःobeisance

सूतायto the charioteer / driver

अहन्त्यैto the slayer / to the striking (power)

वनानाम्of forests

पतयेto the lord

नमःobeisance

Entities Mentioned

Rudra

Bhava

Hetí (Rudra’s missile/weapon-power)

Babhluśa (the ‘brown one’ aspect of Rudra)

Sūtā (charioteer aspect)

Ritual Context

Viniyoga (Ritual Application)

Commentary Summary

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Vedic Cosmology

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