यजुर्वेद - अध्याय 16/ मन्त्र 64
ऋषिः - परमेष्ठी प्रजापतिर्वा देवा ऋषयः
देवता - रुद्रा देवताः
छन्दः - निचृद्धृतिः
स्वरः - ऋषभः
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नमो॑ऽस्तु रु॒द्रेभ्यो॒ ये दि॒वि येषां॑ व॒र्षमिष॑वः। तेभ्यो॒ दश॒ प्राची॒र्दश॑ दक्षि॒णा दश॑ प्र॒तीची॒र्दशोदी॑ची॒र्दशो॒र्ध्वाः। तेभ्यो॒ नमो॑ऽअस्तु॒ ते नो॑ऽवन्तु॒ ते नो॑ मृडयन्तु॒ ते यं द्वि॒ष्मो यश्च॑ नो॒ द्वेष्टि॒ तमे॑षां॒ जम्भे॑ दध्मः॥६४॥
स्वर सहित पद पाठनमः॑। अ॒स्तु॒। रु॒द्रेभ्यः॑। ये। दि॒वि। येषा॑म्। व॒र्षम्। इष॑वः। तेभ्यः॑। दश॑। प्राचीः॑। दश॑। द॒क्षि॒णाः। दश॑। प्र॒तीचीः॑। दश॑। उदी॑चीः। दश॑। ऊ॒र्ध्वाः। तेभ्यः॑। नमः॑। अ॒स्तु॒। ते। नः॒। अ॒व॒न्तु॒। ते। नः॒। मृ॒ड॒य॒न्तु॒। ते। यम्। द्वि॒ष्मः। यः। च॒। नः॒। द्वेष्टि॑। तम्। ए॒षा॒म्। जम्भे॑। द॒ध्मः॒ ॥६४ ॥
स्वर रहित मन्त्र
नमोस्तु रुद्रेभ्यो ये दिवि येषाँवर्षमिषवः । तेभ्यो दश प्राचीर्दश दक्षिणा दश प्रतीचीर्दशोदीचीर्दशोर्ध्वाः । तेभ्यो नमोअस्तु ते नो वन्तु ते नो मृडयन्तु ते यन्द्विष्मो यश्च नो द्वेष्टि तमेषाञ्जम्भे दध्मः ॥
स्वर रहित पद पाठ
नमः। अस्तु। रुद्रेभ्यः। ये। दिवि। येषाम्। वर्षम्। इषवः। तेभ्यः। दश। प्राचीः। दश। दक्षिणाः। दश। प्रतीचीः। दश। उदीचीः। दश। ऊर्ध्वाः। तेभ्यः। नमः। अस्तु। ते। नः। अवन्तु। ते। नः। मृडयन्तु। ते। यम्। द्विष्मः। यः। च। नः। द्वेष्टि। तम्। एषाम्। जम्भे। दध्मः॥६४॥
Translation -
Our obeisance be to the terrible punishers, who are in the sky and whose arrows are the rain-waters. For them ten to the east, ten to the south, ten to the west, ten to the north, and ten upwards. Our obeisance be to them. May they protect us. May they give us comfort. We putin their jaws the man, whom we hate and who hates us. (1)
Notes -
This and following two verses praise Rudra dwelling in the sky, in the mid-space, and on earth respectively. Varsam isavah, वर्ष वृष्टिः एव बाणाः, rain is the arrows (weapons of punishment). Excessive rain causes much suffering. Dasa, ten homages. The commentators interpret it as ten homages with ten fingers, one finger pointing in each direction. Mentioning fingers seems unwarranted.
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