White Yajurveda — Vajasaneyi Samhita — Chapter 16

VS 16.1

नमस् ते रुद्र मन्यव उतो त इषवे नमः बाहुभ्याम् उत ते नमः

namas te rudra manyava uto ta iṣave namaḥ bāhubhyām uta te namaḥ

Homage to thy wrath, O Rudra, and homage also to thy arrow, and homage to thy two arms.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 16.2

या ते रुद्र शिवा तनूर् अघोरापापकाशिनी तया नस् तन्वा शंतमया गिरिशन्ताभि चाकशीहि

yā te rudra śivā tanūr aghorāpāpakāśinī tayā nas tanvā śaṃtamayā giriśantābhi cākaśīhi

That form of yours, Rudra, which is kindly, not terrible, showing nothing evil — with that most benign body, O dweller on the mountain, look upon us.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 16.3

याम् इषुं गिरिशन्त हस्ते बिभर्ष्य् अस्तवे शिवां गिरित्र तां कुरु मा हिꣳसीः पुरुषं जगत्

yām iṣuṃ giriśanta haste bibharṣy astave śivāṃ giritra tāṃ kuru mā hiṁsīḥ puruṣaṃ jagat

The arrow that you carry in your hand to shoot, O dweller on the mountain — make it kindly, O guardian of the mountain; do not harm man or beast.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 16.4

शिवेन वचसा त्वा गिरिशाच्छा वदामसि यथा नः सर्वम् इज् जगद् अयक्ष्मꣳ सुमना असत्

śivena vacasā tvā giriśācchā vadāmasi yathā naḥ sarvam ij jagad ayakṣmaṁ sumanā asat

With kindly speech we address you, O mountain-dweller, so that all our world may be free of disease and well-disposed.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 16.5

अध्य् अवोचद् अधिवक्ता प्रथमो दैव्यो भिषक् अहीꣳश् च सर्वान् जम्भयन्त् सर्वाश् च यातुधान्यो धराचीः परा सुव

adhy avocad adhivaktā prathamo daivyo bhiṣak ahīṁś ca sarvān jambhayant sarvāś ca yātudhānyo dharācīḥ parā suva

The advocate has spoken for (us), the first divine physician, crushing all the serpents; and drive away all the sorceresses, turned downward.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 16.6

असौ यस् ताम्रो अरुण उत बभ्रुः सुमङ्गलः ये चैनꣳ रुद्रा अभितो दिक्षु श्रिताः सहस्रशो वैषाꣳ हेड ईमहे

asau yas tāmro aruṇa uta babhruḥ sumaṅgalaḥ ye cainaṁ rudrā abhito dikṣu śritāḥ sahasraśo vaiṣāṁ heḍa īmahe

He yonder who is copper-coloured, ruddy, and also brown, of good fortune — and those Rudras who, by the thousands, are stationed about him in the quarters: their wrath we beg off.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 16.7

असौ यो वसर्पति नीलग्रीवो विलोहितः उतैनं गोपा अदृश्रन्न् अदृश्रन्न् उदहार्यः स दृष्तो मृडयाति नः

asau yo vasarpati nīlagrīvo vilohitaḥ utainaṃ gopā adṛśrann adṛśrann udahāryaḥ sa dṛṣto mṛḍayāti naḥ

He yonder who creeps down, blue-necked, very red — the cowherds have seen him, the water-carriers have seen him; seen, may he be gracious to us.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 16.8

नमो स्तु नीलग्रीवाय सहस्राक्षाय मीढुषे अथो ये अस्य सत्वानो हं तेभ्यो करं नमः

namo stu nīlagrīvāya sahasrākṣāya mīḍhuṣe atho ye asya satvāno haṃ tebhyo karaṃ namaḥ

Homage be to the blue-necked one, the thousand-eyed, the bountiful; and to those who are his followers I too render homage.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 16.9

प्र मुञ्च धन्वनस् त्वम् उभयोर् आर्त्न्योर् ज्याम् याश् च ते हस्त इषवः परा ता भगवो वप

pra muñca dhanvanas tvam ubhayor ārtnyor jyām yāś ca te hasta iṣavaḥ parā tā bhagavo vapa

Loose the bowstring from both ends of your bow, and the arrows that are in your hand — scatter them away, O bounteous one.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 16.10

विज्यं धनुः कपर्दिनो विशल्यो वाणवाꣳ उत अनेशन्न् अस्य या इषव आभुर् अस्य निषङ्गधिः

vijyaṃ dhanuḥ kapardino viśalyo vāṇavāṁ uta aneśann asya yā iṣava ābhur asya niṣaṅgadhiḥ

Unstrung be the bow of the braided-haired one, and his quiver of arrows without points; his arrows have vanished, and empty is his arrow-sheath.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 16.11

या ते हेतिर् मीढुष्टम हस्ते बभूव ते धनुः तयास्मान् विश्वतस् त्वम् अयक्ष्मया परि भुज

yā te hetir mīḍhuṣṭama haste babhūva te dhanuḥ tayāsmān viśvatas tvam ayakṣmayā pari bhuja

The missile which is yours, most bounteous one, and the bow which is in your hand — with that, being free of harm, protect us on every side.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 16.12

परि ते धन्वनो हेतिर् अस्मान् वृणक्तु विश्वतः अथो य इषुधिस् तवारे अस्मन् नि धेहि तम्

pari te dhanvano hetir asmān vṛṇaktu viśvataḥ atho ya iṣudhis tavāre asman ni dhehi tam

May the missile of your bow avoid us on every side, and the quiver that is yours — set that down far from us.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 16.13

अवतत्य धनुष् ट्वꣳ सहस्राक्ष शतेषुधे निशीर्य शल्यानां मुखा शिवो नः सुमना भव

avatatya dhanuṣ ṭvaṁ sahasrākṣa śateṣudhe niśīrya śalyānāṃ mukhā śivo naḥ sumanā bhava

Having unstrung your bow, O thousand-eyed one with a hundred quivers, having blunted the points of the arrow-heads, be kindly and well-disposed to us.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 16.14

नमस् त आयुधायानातताय धृष्णवे उभाभ्याम् उत ते नमो बाहुभ्यां तव धन्वने

namas ta āyudhāyānātatāya dhṛṣṇave ubhābhyām uta te namo bāhubhyāṃ tava dhanvane

Homage to your weapon, unstrung (yet) bold, and homage to your two arms and to your bow.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 16.15

मा नो महान्तम् उत मा नो अर्भकं मा न उक्षन्तम् उत मा न उक्षितम् मा नो वधीः पितरं मोत मातरं मा नः प्रियास् तन्वो रुद्र रीरिषः

mā no mahāntam uta mā no arbhakaṃ mā na ukṣantam uta mā na ukṣitam mā no vadhīḥ pitaraṃ mota mātaraṃ mā naḥ priyās tanvo rudra rīriṣaḥ

Do not (slay) our great one, nor our little one, nor our grown one, nor our full-grown one; do not slay our father nor our mother; do not injure our own dear bodies, Rudra.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 16.16

मा नस् तोके तनये मा न आयुषि मा नो गोषु मा नो अश्वेषु रीरिषः मा नो वीरान् रुद्र भामिनो वधीर् हविष्मन्तः सदम् इत् त्वा हवामहे

mā nas toke tanaye mā na āyuṣi mā no goṣu mā no aśveṣu rīriṣaḥ mā no vīrān rudra bhāmino vadhīr haviṣmantaḥ sadam it tvā havāmahe

Do not injure us in our children or offspring, nor in our life, nor in our cattle, nor in our horses; do not, Rudra, in anger slay our men — with oblations we invoke you always.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 16.17

नमो हिरण्यबाहवे सेनान्ये दिशां च पतये नमो नमो वृक्षेभ्यो हरिकेशेभ्यः पशूनां पतये नमो नमः शष्पिञ्जराय त्विषीमते पथीनां पतये नमो नम्प् हरिकेशायोपवीतिने पुष्टानां पतये नमः

namo hiraṇyabāhave senānye diśāṃ ca pataye namo namo vṛkṣebhyo harikeśebhyaḥ paśūnāṃ pataye namo namaḥ śaṣpiñjarāya tviṣīmate pathīnāṃ pataye namo namp harikeśāyopavītine puṣṭānāṃ pataye namaḥ

Homage to him of the golden arms, the leader of armies, and homage to the lord of the quarters; homage to the trees with green hair, homage to the lord of animals; homage to the one tawny as young grass, the vehement, homage to the lord of paths; homage to the green-haired one wearing the sacred thread, homage to the lord of the prosperous.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 16.18

नमो बभ्लुशाय व्याधिने न्नानां पतये नमो नमो भवस्य हेत्यै जगतां पतये नमो नमो रुद्रायाततायिने क्षेत्राणां पतये नमो नमः सूतायाहन्त्यैवनानां पतये नमः

namo babhluśāya vyādhine nnānāṃ pataye namo namo bhavasya hetyai jagatāṃ pataye namo namo rudrāyātatāyine kṣetrāṇāṃ pataye namo namaḥ sūtāyāhantyaivanānāṃ pataye namaḥ

Homage to the brownish one, the piercer, homage to the lord of foods; homage to the missile of Bhava, homage to the lord of moving creatures; homage to Rudra with drawn bow, homage to the lord of the fields; homage to the charioteer, the unslayable, homage to the lord of the woods.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

VS 16.19

नमो रोहिताय स्थपतये वृक्षाणां पतये नमो नमो भुवन्तये वारिवस्कृतायौषधीनां पतये नमो नमो मन्त्रिणे वाणिजाय कक्षाणां पतये नमो नम उच्चैर्घोषायाक्रन्दयते पत्तीनां पतये नमः

namo rohitāya sthapataye vṛkṣāṇāṃ pataye namo namo bhuvantaye vārivaskṛtāyauṣadhīnāṃ pataye namo namo mantriṇe vāṇijāya kakṣāṇāṃ pataye namo nama uccairghoṣāyākrandayate pattīnāṃ pataye namaḥ

Homage to the red one, the master builder, homage to the lord of trees; homage to Bhuvantī, the maker of space, homage to the lord of plants; homage to the counsellor, the merchant, homage to the lord of thickets; homage to him of loud noise, who makes (others) cry out, homage to the lord of foot-soldiers.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

VS 16.20

नमः कृत्स्नायतया धावते सत्वनां पतये नमो नमः सहमानाय निव्याधिन आव्याधिनीनां पतये नमो नमो निषङ्गिणे ककुभाय स्तेनानां पतये नमो नम् निचेरवे परिचरायारण्यानां पतये नमः

namaḥ kṛtsnāyatayā dhāvate satvanāṃ pataye namo namaḥ sahamānāya nivyādhina āvyādhinīnāṃ pataye namo namo niṣaṅgiṇe kakubhāya stenānāṃ pataye namo nam nicerave paricarāyāraṇyānāṃ pataye namaḥ

Homage to him who runs with bow fully drawn, homage to the lord of warriors; homage to the overpowering one, the piercer, homage to the lord of the piercing (arrows/hosts); homage to him with sword, the eminent, homage to the lord of thieves; homage to the prowler, the roamer, homage to the lord of forests.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

VS 16.21

नमो वञ्चते परिवञ्चते स्तायूनां पतये नमो नमो निषङ्गिण इषुधिमते तस्कराणां पतये नमो नमः सृकायिभ्यो जिघाꣳसद्भ्यो मुष्णतां पतये नमो नमो सिमद्भ्यो नक्तं चरद्भ्यो विकृन्तानां पतये नमः

namo vañcate parivañcate stāyūnāṃ pataye namo namo niṣaṅgiṇa iṣudhimate taskarāṇāṃ pataye namo namaḥ sṛkāyibhyo jighāṁsadbhyo muṣṇatāṃ pataye namo namo simadbhyo naktaṃ caradbhyo vikṛntānāṃ pataye namaḥ

Homage to the deceiver, to him who deceives about, homage to the lord of sneak-thieves; homage to him bearing sword and quiver, homage to the lord of robbers; homage to those with spears, those intent on killing, homage to the lord of plunderers; homage to those who go together, who roam by night, homage to the lord of cutpurses.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

VS 16.22

नम उष्णीषिणे गिरिचराय कुलुञ्चानां पतये नमो नम इषुमध्ब्यो धन्वायिभ्यश् च वो नमो नम आतन्वानेभ्यः प्रतिदधानेभ्यश् च वो नमो नम आयच्छद्भ्यो स्यद्भ्यश् च वो नमः

nama uṣṇīṣiṇe giricarāya kuluñcānāṃ pataye namo nama iṣumadhbyo dhanvāyibhyaś ca vo namo nama ātanvānebhyaḥ pratidadhānebhyaś ca vo namo nama āyacchadbhyo syadbhyaś ca vo namaḥ

Homage to the turban-wearer, the mountain-roamer, and homage to the lord of those who steal (kuluñcas); homage to you who bear arrows and to you who carry bows; homage to you who stretch (the bow) and to you who fit (the arrow to it); homage to you who draw (the bowstring) and to you who let fly.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 16.23

नमो विसृजद्भ्यो विध्यद्भ्यश् च वो नमो नमः स्वपद्भ्यो जाग्रद्भ्यश् च वो नमो नमः शयानेभ्य आसीनेभ्यश् च वो नमो नमस् तिष्ठद्भ्यो धावद्भ्यश् च वो नमः

namo visṛjadbhyo vidhyadbhyaś ca vo namo namaḥ svapadbhyo jāgradbhyaś ca vo namo namaḥ śayānebhya āsīnebhyaś ca vo namo namas tiṣṭhadbhyo dhāvadbhyaś ca vo namaḥ

Homage to you who loose (the arrow) and to you who pierce; homage to you who sleep and to you who wake; homage to you who lie down and to you who sit; homage to you who stand and to you who run.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 16.24

नमः सभाभ्यः सभापतिभ्यश् च वो नमो नमो श्वेभ्यो श्वपतिभ्यश् च वो नमो नम आव्याधिनीभ्यो विविध्यन्तीभ्यश् च वो नमो नम उगणाभ्यस् तृꣳहतीभ्यश् च वो नमः

namaḥ sabhābhyaḥ sabhāpatibhyaś ca vo namo namo śvebhyo śvapatibhyaś ca vo namo nama āvyādhinībhyo vividhyantībhyaś ca vo namo nama ugaṇābhyas tṛṁhatībhyaś ca vo namaḥ

Homage to you assemblies and to you lords of assemblies; homage to you horses and to you lords of horses; homage to you female attackers and to you who pierce through; homage to you (hosts) with troops and to you who crush.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

VS 16.25

नमो गणेभ्यो गणपतिभ्यश् च वो नमो नमो व्रातेभ्यो व्रातपतिभ्यश् च वो नमो नम्गृत्सेभ्यो गृत्सपतिभ्यश् च वो नमो नमो विरूपेभ्यो विश्वरूपेभ्यश् च वो नमः

namo gaṇebhyo gaṇapatibhyaś ca vo namo namo vrātebhyo vrātapatibhyaś ca vo namo namgṛtsebhyo gṛtsapatibhyaś ca vo namo namo virūpebhyo viśvarūpebhyaś ca vo namaḥ

Homage to you troops and to you lords of troops; homage to you bands and to you lords of bands; homage to you clever ones and to you lords of the clever; homage to you of diverse forms and to you of all forms.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 16.26

नमः सेनाभ्यः सेनानिभ्यश् च वो नमो नमो रथिभ्यो अरतेभ्यश् च वो नमो नमः क्षत्तृभ्यः संग्रहीतृभ्यश् च वो नमो नमो महद्भ्यो अर्भकेभ्यश् च वो नमः

namaḥ senābhyaḥ senānibhyaś ca vo namo namo rathibhyo aratebhyaś ca vo namo namaḥ kṣattṛbhyaḥ saṃgrahītṛbhyaś ca vo namo namo mahadbhyo arbhakebhyaś ca vo namaḥ

Homage to you armies and to you army-leaders; homage to you charioteers and to you who are without chariots; homage to you chamberlains (kṣattṛ) and to you drivers; homage to you great ones and to you small ones.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 16.27

नमस् तक्षभ्यो रथकारेभ्यश् च वो नमो नमः कुलालेभ्यः कुर्मारेभ्यश् च वो नमो नमो निषादेभ्यः पुञ्जिष्टेभ्यश् च वो नमो नमः श्वनिभ्यो मृगयुभ्यश् च वो नमः

namas takṣabhyo rathakārebhyaś ca vo namo namaḥ kulālebhyaḥ kurmārebhyaś ca vo namo namo niṣādebhyaḥ puñjiṣṭebhyaś ca vo namo namaḥ śvanibhyo mṛgayubhyaś ca vo namaḥ

Homage to you carpenters and to you chariot-makers; homage to you potters and to you smiths; homage to you Niṣādas and to you fishermen; homage to you dog-keepers and to you hunters.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 16.28

नमः श्वभ्यः श्वपतिभ्यश् च वो नमो नमो भवाय च रुद्राय च नमः शर्वाय च पशुपतये च नमो नीलग्रीवाय च शितिकण्ठाय च

namaḥ śvabhyaḥ śvapatibhyaś ca vo namo namo bhavāya ca rudrāya ca namaḥ śarvāya ca paśupataye ca namo nīlagrīvāya ca śitikaṇṭhāya ca

Homage to you dogs and to you lords of dogs; and homage to Bhava and to Rudra; homage to Śarva and to the lord of cattle; homage to the blue-necked one and to the white-throated one.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 16.29

नमः कपर्दिने च व्युप्तकेशाय च नमः सहस्राक्षाय च शतधन्वने च नमो गिरिशयाय च शिपिविष्टाय च नमो मीढुष्टमाय चेषुमते च

namaḥ kapardine ca vyuptakeśāya ca namaḥ sahasrākṣāya ca śatadhanvane ca namo giriśayāya ca śipiviṣṭāya ca namo mīḍhuṣṭamāya ceṣumate ca

Homage to him with braided hair and to him with shaven head; homage to the thousand-eyed one and to him of a hundred bows; homage to him who lies on the mountain and to Śipiviṣṭa; homage to the most bounteous one and to him who bears the arrow.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 16.30

नमो ह्रस्वाय च वामनाय च नमो बृहते च वर्षीयसे च नमो वृद्धाय च सवृधे च नमो ग्र्याय च प्रथमाय च

namo hrasvāya ca vāmanāya ca namo bṛhate ca varṣīyase ca namo vṛddhāya ca savṛdhe ca namo gryāya ca prathamāya ca

Homage to the short one and to the dwarfish one; homage to the tall one and to the taller one; homage to the grown one and to the one grown along with (others); homage to the foremost one and to the first one.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 16.31

नम आशवे चाजिराय च नमः शीघ्र्याय च शीभ्याय च नम ऊर्म्याय चावस्वन्याय च नमो नादेयाय च द्वीप्याय च

nama āśave cājirāya ca namaḥ śīghryāya ca śībhyāya ca nama ūrmyāya cāvasvanyāya ca namo nādeyāya ca dvīpyāya ca

Homage to the swift one and to the nimble one; homage to the hasty one and to the impetuous one; homage to him of the wave and to him of the (river's) roar; homage to him of the river and to him of the island.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

VS 16.32

नमो ज्येष्ठाय च कनिष्ठाय च नमः पूर्वजाय चापरजाय च नमो मध्यमाय चापगल्भाय च नमो जघन्याय च बुध्न्याय च

namo jyeṣṭhāya ca kaniṣṭhāya ca namaḥ pūrvajāya cāparajāya ca namo madhyamāya cāpagalbhāya ca namo jaghanyāya ca budhnyāya ca

Homage to the eldest and to the youngest; homage to the firstborn and to the later-born; homage to the middle one and to the undeveloped one; homage to the hindmost one and to him of the depths.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 16.33

नमः सोम्याय च प्रतिसर्याय च नमो याम्याय च क्षेम्याय च नमः श्लोक्याय चावसान्याय च नम उर्वर्याय च खल्याय च

namaḥ somyāya ca pratisaryāya ca namo yāmyāya ca kṣemyāya ca namaḥ ślokyāya cāvasānyāya ca nama urvaryāya ca khalyāya ca

Homage to him of the soma and to him of the amulet-cord; homage to him of the (southern) course and to him of security; homage to him of fame and to him of the resting-place; homage to him of the field and to him of the threshing-floor.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

VS 16.34

नमो वन्याय च कक्ष्ण्याय च नमः श्रवाय च प्रतिश्रवाय च नम आशुषेणाय चाशुरथाय च नमः शूराय चावभेदिने च

namo vanyāya ca kakṣṇyāya ca namaḥ śravāya ca pratiśravāya ca nama āśuṣeṇāya cāśurathāya ca namaḥ śūrāya cāvabhedine ca

Homage to him of the forest and to him of the thicket; homage to sound and to echo; homage to him with a swift army and to him with a swift chariot; homage to the hero and to the cleaver.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 16.35

नमो बिल्मिने च कवचिने च नमो वर्मिणे च वरूथिने च नमः श्रुताय च श्रुतसेनाय च नमो दुन्दुभ्याय चाहनन्याय च

namo bilmine ca kavacine ca namo varmiṇe ca varūthine ca namaḥ śrutāya ca śrutasenāya ca namo dundubhyāya cāhananyāya ca

Homage to him with a helmet and to him with a coat of mail; homage to him with armour and to him with a shield; homage to the renowned one and to him of renowned army; homage to him of the drum and to him of the drumstick.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 16.36

नमो धृष्णवे च प्रमृशाय च नमो निषङ्गिणे चेषुधिमते च नमस् तीक्ष्णेषवे चायुधिने च नमः स्वायुधाय च सुधन्वने च

namo dhṛṣṇave ca pramṛśāya ca namo niṣaṅgiṇe ceṣudhimate ca namas tīkṣṇeṣave cāyudhine ca namaḥ svāyudhāya ca sudhanvane ca

Homage to the bold one and to the one who presses forward; homage to him with the sword and to him with the quiver; homage to him with the sharp arrow and to him with weapons; homage to him with good weapons and to him with a good bow.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 16.37

नमः स्रुत्याय च पथ्याय च नमः काट्याय च नीप्याय च नमः कुल्याय च सरस्याय च नमो नादेयाय च वैशन्ताय च

namaḥ srutyāya ca pathyāya ca namaḥ kāṭyāya ca nīpyāya ca namaḥ kulyāya ca sarasyāya ca namo nādeyāya ca vaiśantāya ca

Homage to him of the footpath and to him of the road; homage to him of the ravine and to him of the water-pool; homage to him of the stream and to him of the lake; homage to him of the river and to him of the pond.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 16.38

नमः कूप्याय चावट्याय च नमो वीध्र्याय चातप्याय च नमो मेघ्याय च च विद्युत्याय नमो वर्ष्याय चावर्ष्याय च

namaḥ kūpyāya cāvaṭyāya ca namo vīdhryāya cātapyāya ca namo meghyāya ca ca vidyutyāya namo varṣyāya cāvarṣyāya ca

Homage to him of the well and to him of the pit; homage to him of the cloudless (sky?) and to him of the heat; homage to him of the cloud and to him of the lightning; homage to him of rain and to him of the rainless time.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

VS 16.39

नमो वात्याय च रेष्म्याय च नमो वास्तव्याय च वास्तुपाय च नमः सोमाय च रुद्राय च नमस् ताम्राय चारुणाय च

namo vātyāya ca reṣmyāya ca namo vāstavyāya ca vāstupāya ca namaḥ somāya ca rudrāya ca namas tāmrāya cāruṇāya ca

Homage to him of the wind and to him of the storm; homage to him of the dwelling and to the protector of the dwelling; homage to Soma and to Rudra; homage to the dark-red one and to the ruddy one.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 16.40

नमः शंगवे च पशुपतये च नम उग्राय च भीमाय च नमो अग्रेवधाय च दूरेवधाय च नमो हन्त्रे च हनीयसे च नमो वृक्षेभ्यो हरिकेशेभ्यो नमस् ताराय

namaḥ śaṃgave ca paśupataye ca nama ugrāya ca bhīmāya ca namo agrevadhāya ca dūrevadhāya ca namo hantre ca hanīyase ca namo vṛkṣebhyo harikeśebhyo namas tārāya

Homage to the bringer of welfare to cattle and to the lord of cattle; homage to the fierce one and to the terrible one; homage to him who slays in front and to him who slays from afar; homage to the slayer and to the more slaying one; homage to the trees with green hair; homage to the deliverer.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 16.41

नमः शम्भवाय च मयोभवाय च नमः शंकराय च मयस्कराय च नमः शिवाय च शिवतराय च

namaḥ śambhavāya ca mayobhavāya ca namaḥ śaṃkarāya ca mayaskarāya ca namaḥ śivāya ca śivatarāya ca

Homage to the bringer of welfare and to the bringer of delight; homage to the maker of welfare and to the maker of delight; homage to the auspicious one and to the more auspicious one.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 16.42

नमः पार्याय चावार्याय च नमः प्रतरणाय चोत्तरणाय च नमस् तीर्थ्याय च कूल्याय च नमः शष्प्याय च फेन्याय च

namaḥ pāryāya cāvāryāya ca namaḥ prataraṇāya cottaraṇāya ca namas tīrthyāya ca kūlyāya ca namaḥ śaṣpyāya ca phenyāya ca

Homage to him of the far bank and to him of the near bank, homage to him who carries across and to him who brings up out, homage to him of the ford and to him of the river-bank, homage to him of the young grass and to him of the foam.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 16.43

नमः सिकत्याय च प्रवाह्याय च नमः किꣳशिलाय च क्षयणाय च नमः कपर्दिने च पुलस्तये च नम इरिण्याय च प्रपथ्याय च

namaḥ sikatyāya ca pravāhyāya ca namaḥ kiṁśilāya ca kṣayaṇāya ca namaḥ kapardine ca pulastaye ca nama iriṇyāya ca prapathyāya ca

Homage to him of the sand and to him of the current, homage to him of the stony ground and to him of the dwelling-place, homage to him with braided hair and to him with hair smoothed back, homage to him of the salt waste and to him of the highway.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

VS 16.44

नमो व्रज्याय च गोष्ठ्याय च नमस् तल्प्याय च गेह्याय च नमो हृदय्याय च निवेष्याय च नमः काट्याय च गह्वरेष्ठाय च

namo vrajyāya ca goṣṭhyāya ca namas talpyāya ca gehyāya ca namo hṛdayyāya ca niveṣyāya ca namaḥ kāṭyāya ca gahvareṣṭhāya ca

Homage to him of the cattle-track and to him of the cow-pen, homage to him of the couch and to him of the house, homage to him of the pool and to him of the eddy, homage to him of the pit and to him who stands in the chasm.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

VS 16.45

नमः शुष्क्याय च हरित्याय च नमः पाꣳसव्याय च रजस्याय च नमो लोप्याय चोलप्याय च नम ऊर्व्याय च सूर्व्याय च

namaḥ śuṣkyāya ca harityāya ca namaḥ pāṁsavyāya ca rajasyāya ca namo lopyāya colapyāya ca nama ūrvyāya ca sūrvyāya ca

Homage to him of the dry ground and to him of the green (ground), homage to him of the dust and to him of the dust-cloud, homage to him of broken ground and to him of the grass-patch, homage to him of the earth and to him of the good soil.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

VS 16.46

नमः पर्णाय च पर्णशदाय च नम उद्गुरमाणाय चाभिघ्नते च नम आखिदते च प्रखिदते च नम इषुकृद्भ्यो धनुष्कृद्भ्यस् च वो नमो नमो वः किरिकेभ्यो देवानाꣳ हृदयेभ्यो नमो विचिन्वत्केभ्यो नमो विक्षिणत्केभ्यो नम आनिर्हतेभ्यः

namaḥ parṇāya ca parṇaśadāya ca nama udguramāṇāya cābhighnate ca nama ākhidate ca prakhidate ca nama iṣukṛdbhyo dhanuṣkṛdbhyas ca vo namo namo vaḥ kirikebhyo devānāṁ hṛdayebhyo namo vicinvatkebhyo namo vikṣiṇatkebhyo nama ānirhatebhyaḥ

Homage to him of the leaf and to him of the falling leaves, homage to him who raises (his weapon) up and to him who strikes down, homage to him who tears and to him who tears apart, homage to you, arrow-makers and bow-makers, homage to you, scatterers, hearts of the gods; homage to those who sort out, homage to those who destroy, homage to those who are not driven away.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

VS 16.47

द्रापे अन्धसस् पते दरिद्र नीललोहित आसां प्रजानाम् एषां पशूनां मा भेर् मा रोङ् मो च नः किं चनाममत्

drāpe andhasas pate daridra nīlalohita āsāṃ prajānām eṣāṃ paśūnāṃ mā bher mā roṅ mo ca naḥ kiṃ canāmamat

O Drāpi, lord of food, poor one, dark-red one: do not frighten, do not injure these creatures of ours, these cattle, and let nothing of ours fall sick.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

VS 16.48

इमा रुद्राय तवसे कपर्दिने क्षयद्वीराय प्र भरामहे मतीः यथा शम् असद् द्विपदे चतुष्पदे विश्वं पुष्टं ग्रामे अस्मिन्न् अनातुरम्

imā rudrāya tavase kapardine kṣayadvīrāya pra bharāmahe matīḥ yathā śam asad dvipade catuṣpade viśvaṃ puṣṭaṃ grāme asminn anāturam

To Rudra, the strong, with braided hair, ruling over men, we bring forward these thoughts, so that there may be well-being for the two-footed and the four-footed, and that all in this village may be thriving and free from sickness.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 16.49

या ते रुद्र शिवा तनूः शिवा विश्वाहा भेषजी शिवा रुतस्य भेषजी तया नो मृड जीवसे

yā te rudra śivā tanūḥ śivā viśvāhā bheṣajī śivā rutasya bheṣajī tayā no mṛḍa jīvase

That body of yours, Rudra, which is kindly, kindly and healing always, kindly and healing of what is broken — with that be gracious to us, that (we) may live.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

VS 16.50

परि नो रुद्रस्य हेतिर् वृणक्तु परि त्वेषस्य दुर्मतिर् अघायोः अव स्थिरा मघवद्भ्यस् तनुष्व मीढ्वस् तोकाय तनयाय मृड

pari no rudrasya hetir vṛṇaktu pari tveṣasya durmatir aghāyoḥ ava sthirā maghavadbhyas tanuṣva mīḍhvas tokāya tanayāya mṛḍa

May Rudra's missile pass us by, may the ill-will of the fierce, malevolent one pass by; slacken your firm (bow) for the liberal patrons, O bountiful one, be gracious to (our) offspring and progeny.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 16.51

मीढुष्टम शिवतम शिवो नः सुमना भव परमे वृक्ष आयुधं निधाय कृत्तिं वसान आ चर पिनाकं बिभ्रद् आ गहि

mīḍhuṣṭama śivatama śivo naḥ sumanā bhava parame vṛkṣa āyudhaṃ nidhāya kṛttiṃ vasāna ā cara pinākaṃ bibhrad ā gahi

Most bountiful, most kindly, be kindly and well-disposed to us; laying down your weapon in the highest tree, clothed in a hide, come near; bearing the pināka bow, come here.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 16.52

विकिरिद्र विलोहित नमस् ते अस्तु भगवः यास् ते सहस्रꣳ हेतयो न्यम् अस्मन् नि वपन्तु ताः

vikiridra vilohita namas te astu bhagavaḥ yās te sahasraṁ hetayo nyam asman ni vapantu tāḥ

O scattering one, O very red one, homage be to you, O lord; those thousand missiles of yours — let them fall down upon another, away from us.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 16.53

सहस्राणि सहस्रशो बाह्वोस् तव हेतयः तासाम् ईशानो भगवः पराचीना मुखा कृधि

sahasrāṇi sahasraśo bāhvos tava hetayaḥ tāsām īśāno bhagavaḥ parācīnā mukhā kṛdhi

Thousands by thousands are the missiles in your two arms; being lord of them, O blessed one, turn their mouths away (from us).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 16.54

असंख्याता सहस्राणि ये रुद्रा अधि भूम्याम् तेषाꣳ सहस्रयोजने व धन्वानि तन्मसि

asaṃkhyātā sahasrāṇi ye rudrā adhi bhūmyām teṣāṁ sahasrayojane va dhanvāni tanmasi

The Rudras who are upon the earth in uncounted thousands — we unstring their bows a thousand leagues away.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 16.55

अस्मिन् महत्य् अर्णवे न्तरिक्षे भवा अधि तेषाꣳ सहस्रयोजने व धन्वानि तन्मसि

asmin mahaty arṇave ntarikṣe bhavā adhi teṣāṁ sahasrayojane va dhanvāni tanmasi

The Bhavas who are in this great flood, in the mid-air — we unstring their bows a thousand leagues away.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 16.56

नीलग्रीवाः शितिकण्ठा दिवꣳ रुद्रा उपाश्रिताः तेषाꣳ सहस्रयोजने व धन्वानि तन्मसि

nīlagrīvāḥ śitikaṇṭhā divaṁ rudrā upāśritāḥ teṣāṁ sahasrayojane va dhanvāni tanmasi

The Rudras, blue-necked, white-throated, who have resorted to heaven — we unstring their bows a thousand leagues away.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 16.57

नीलग्रीवाः शितिकण्ठाः शर्वा अधः क्षमाचराः तेषाꣳ सहस्रयोजने व धन्वानि तन्मसि

nīlagrīvāḥ śitikaṇṭhāḥ śarvā adhaḥ kṣamācarāḥ teṣāṁ sahasrayojane va dhanvāni tanmasi

The Śarvas, blue-necked, white-throated, who move below upon the earth — we unstring their bows a thousand leagues away.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 16.58

ये वृक्षेषु शष्पिञ्जरा नीलग्रीवा विलोहिताः तेषाꣳ सहस्रयोजने व धन्वानि तन्मसि

ye vṛkṣeṣu śaṣpiñjarā nīlagrīvā vilohitāḥ teṣāṁ sahasrayojane va dhanvāni tanmasi

Those in the trees, tawny as young grass, blue-necked, very red — we unstring their bows a thousand leagues away.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 16.59

ये भूतानाम् अधिपतयो विशिखासः कपर्दिनः तेषाꣳ सहस्रयोजने व धन्वानि तन्मसि

ye bhūtānām adhipatayo viśikhāsaḥ kapardinaḥ teṣāṁ sahasrayojane va dhanvāni tanmasi

Those who are overlords of beings, without tufts, with braided hair — we unstring their bows a thousand leagues away.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 16.60

ये पथां पथिरक्षस ऐलबृदा आयुर्युधः तेषाꣳ सहस्रयोजने व धन्वानि तन्मसि

ye pathāṃ pathirakṣasa ailabṛdā āyuryudhaḥ teṣāṁ sahasrayojane va dhanvāni tanmasi

Those who guard the roads, protectors of paths, bearers of food, fighting for sustenance — we unstring their bows a thousand leagues away.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

VS 16.61

ये तीर्थानि प्रचरन्ति सृकाहस्ता निषङ्गिणः तेषाꣳ सहस्रयोजने व धन्वानि तन्मसि

ye tīrthāni pracaranti sṛkāhastā niṣaṅgiṇaḥ teṣāṁ sahasrayojane va dhanvāni tanmasi

Those who range about the fords, spears in hand, quivers slung — we unstring their bows a thousand leagues away.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 16.62

ये न्नेषु विविध्यन्ति पात्रेषु पिबतो जनान् तेषाꣳ सहस्रयोजने व धन्वानि तन्मसि

ye nneṣu vividhyanti pātreṣu pibato janān teṣāṁ sahasrayojane va dhanvāni tanmasi

Those who pierce people at their food, as they drink from vessels — at a thousand leagues away from us we stretch (aside) your bows.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 16.63

ये एतावन्तश् च भूयाꣳसश् च दिशो रुद्रा वितस्थिरे तेषाꣳ सहस्रयोजने व धन्वानि तन्मसि

ye etāvantaś ca bhūyāṁsaś ca diśo rudrā vitasthire teṣāṁ sahasrayojane va dhanvāni tanmasi

The Rudras, so many as these and yet more, who have spread out over the directions — at a thousand leagues away from us we stretch (aside) your bows.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 16.64

नमो स्तु रुद्रेभ्यो ये दिवि येषां वर्षम् इषवः तेभ्यो दश प्राचीर् दश दक्षिणा दश प्रतीचीर् दशोदीचीर् दशोर्ध्वाः तेभ्यो नमो अस्तु ते नो वन्तु ते नो मृडयन्तु ते यं द्विष्मो यश् च नो द्वेष्टि तम् एषां जम्भे दध्मः

namo stu rudrebhyo ye divi yeṣāṃ varṣam iṣavaḥ tebhyo daśa prācīr daśa dakṣiṇā daśa pratīcīr daśodīcīr daśordhvāḥ tebhyo namo astu te no vantu te no mṛḍayantu te yaṃ dviṣmo yaś ca no dveṣṭi tam eṣāṃ jambhe dadhmaḥ

Homage be to the Rudras who are in heaven, whose arrows are the rain: to them ten (homages) eastward, ten southward, ten westward, ten northward, ten upward; to them be homage. May they favour us, may they be gracious to us. Whom we hate and who hates us, him we place in their jaws.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 16.65

नमो स्तु रुद्रेभ्यो ये न्तरिक्षे येषां वात इषवः तेभ्यो दश प्राचीर् दश दक्षिणा दश प्रतीचीर् दशोदीचीर् दशोर्ध्वाः तेभ्यो नमो अस्तु ते नो वन्तु ते नो मृडयन्तु ते यं द्विष्मो यश् च नो द्वेष्टि तम् एषां जम्भे दध्मः

namo stu rudrebhyo ye ntarikṣe yeṣāṃ vāta iṣavaḥ tebhyo daśa prācīr daśa dakṣiṇā daśa pratīcīr daśodīcīr daśordhvāḥ tebhyo namo astu te no vantu te no mṛḍayantu te yaṃ dviṣmo yaś ca no dveṣṭi tam eṣāṃ jambhe dadhmaḥ

Homage be to the Rudras who are in the mid-air, whose arrows are the wind: to them ten (homages) eastward, ten southward, ten westward, ten northward, ten upward; to them be homage. May they favour us, may they be gracious to us. Whom we hate and who hates us, him we place in their jaws.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 16.66

नमो स्तु रुद्रेभ्यो ये पृथिव्यां येषाम् अन्नम् इषवः तेभ्यो दश प्राचीर् दश दक्षिणा दश प्रतीचीर् दशोदीचीर् दशोर्ध्वाः तेभ्यो नमो अस्तु ते नो वन्तु ते नो मृडयन्तु ते यं द्विष्मो यश् च नो द्वेष्टि तम् एषां जम्भे दध्मः

namo stu rudrebhyo ye pṛthivyāṃ yeṣām annam iṣavaḥ tebhyo daśa prācīr daśa dakṣiṇā daśa pratīcīr daśodīcīr daśordhvāḥ tebhyo namo astu te no vantu te no mṛḍayantu te yaṃ dviṣmo yaś ca no dveṣṭi tam eṣāṃ jambhe dadhmaḥ

Homage be to the Rudras who are on the earth, whose arrows are food: to them ten (homages) eastward, ten southward, ten westward, ten northward, ten upward; to them be homage. May they favour us, may they be gracious to us. Whom we hate and who hates us, him we place in their jaws.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition