Adhyaya 16 Mantra 43 - Shukla Yajurveda | Urdu | Vedapath

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Mantra 43

Rishi: Śatarudriya tradition

Devata: Rudra in terrestrial/topographic forms

Chandas: Yajus-litany (mixed/prose)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

नम॑: सिक॒त्या॒य च प्रवा॒ह्या॒य च॒ नम॑: किᳪशि॒लाय॑ च क्षय॒णाय॑ च॒ नम॑: कप॒र्दिने॑ च पुल॒स्तये॑ च॒ नम॑ इरि॒ण्या॒य च प्रप॒थ्या॒य च

Transliteration

námaḥ sikatyā́ya ca pravāhyā́ya ca námaḥ kiṃśilā́ya ca kṣáyaṇāya ca námaḥ kapardíne ca pulástaye ca námaḥ iriṇyā́ya ca prapáthyāya ca

Translation

Obeisance to the Sandy One and to the Stream-swept One! Obeisance to the Gravelly One and to the Abiding (or Decaying) One! Obeisance to the Matted-haired One and to Pulastya! Obeisance to him of the saline waste and to him of the highway!

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

नमः । सिकत्याय । च । प्रवाह्याय । च । नमः । किंशिलाय । च । क्षयणाय । च । नमः । कपर्दिने । च । पुलस्तये । च । नमः । इरिण्याय । च । प्रपथ्याय । च

Word by Word

नमःobeisance, salutation

सिकत्यायto the sandy (one)/to the sandy ground

चand

प्रवाह्यायto the one that is to be carried/borne along (by a current); to the flowing one

चand

नमःobeisance

किंशिलायto the gravel/pebbly (ground)

चand

क्षयणायto the dwelling-place/abode

चand

नमःobeisance

कपर्दिनेto the one with braided hair/topknot

चand

पुलस्तयेto Pulastya (name/epithet); to the tufted/rough-haired one

चand

नमःobeisance

इरिण्यायto the desert/waste-land one; to the barren-ground (deity/aspect)

चand

प्रपथ्यायto the one of the highway/road; to the broad path

चand

Entities Mentioned

Rudra (Śatarudrīya)

Pulastya

Ritual Context

Viniyoga (Ritual Application)

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