Adhyaya 16 Mantra 34 - Shukla Yajurveda | Urdu | Vedapath

Various Rishis

Mantra 34

Rishi: Traditional attribution within the Śatarudriya complex (Rudra-hymn lineage; often treated as revealed to/through Yājñavalkya in Śukla tradition)

Devata: Rudra (as many-formed, localized and functional epithets)

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

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

नमो॒ वन्या॑य च॒ कक्ष्या॑य च॒ नम॑ः श्र॒वाय॑ च प्रतिश्र॒वाय॑ च॒ नम॑ आ॒शुषे॑णाय चा॒शुर॑थाय च॒ नम॒ः शूरा॑य चावभे॒दिने॑ च

Transliteration

námo vanyā̀ya ca kakṣyā̀ya ca námaḥ śrávāya ca pratiśravā̀ya ca náma āśuṣeṇā̀ya cāśúrathāya ca námaḥ śūrā̀ya cāvabhedíne ca

Translation

Homage to the Wild One and to him of the thicket; homage to Fame and to the answering Echo; homage to him of the swift host and to him of the swift car; homage to the Hero and to the Piercer-through.

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

नमः । वन्याय । च । कक्ष्याय । च । नमः । श्रवाय । च । प्रतिश्रवाय । च । नमः । आशुषेणाय । च । आशुरथाय । च । नमः । शूराय । च । अवभेदिने । च

Word by Word

नमःobeisance, salutation

वन्यायto the wild/forest(-dwelling) one

चand

कक्ष्यायto (him of) the thicket/brushwood (kakṣyā)

चand

नमःobeisance

श्रवायto the fame/renown

चand

प्रतिश्रवायto the echo/answering sound

चand

नमःobeisance

आशुषेणायto the swift-hosted/with swift army one

चand

आशुरथायto the swift-charioted one

चand

नमःobeisance

शूरायto the hero/brave one

चand

अवभेदिनेto the splitter/piercer (one who breaks through)

चand

Entities Mentioned

Rudra (Vanya/Kakṣya)

Rudra (Śrava/Pratiśrava)

Rudra (Āśuṣeṇa/Āśuratha)

Rudra (Śūra/Avabhedin)

Ritual Context

Viniyoga (Ritual Application)

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