यजुर्वेद - अध्याय 16/ मन्त्र 32
ऋषिः - कुत्स ऋषिः
देवता - रुद्रा देवताः
छन्दः - स्वराडार्षी त्रिष्टुप्
स्वरः - धैवतः
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नमो॑ ज्ये॒ष्ठाय॑ च कनि॒ष्ठाय॑ च॒ नमः॑ पूर्व॒जाय॑ चापर॒जाय॑ च॒ नमो॑ मध्य॒माय॑ चापग॒ल्भाय॑ च॒ नमो॑ जघ॒न्याय च बु॒ध्न्याय च॥३२॥
स्वर सहित पद पाठनमः॑। ज्ये॒ष्ठाय॑। च॒। क॒नि॒ष्ठाय॑। च॒। नमः॑। पू॒र्व॒जायेति॑ पूर्व॒ऽजाय॑। च॒। अ॒प॒र॒जायेत्य॑पर॒ऽजाय॑। च॒। नमः॑। म॒ध्य॒माय॑। च॒। अ॒प॒ग॒ल्भायेत्य॑पऽग॒ल्भाय॑। च॒। नमः॑। ज॒घ॒न्या᳖य। च॒। बु॒ध्न्या᳖य। च॒ ॥३२ ॥
स्वर रहित मन्त्र
नमो ज्येष्ठाय च कनिष्ठाय च नमः पूर्वजाय चापरजाय च नमो मध्यमाय चापगल्भाय च नमो जघन्याय च बुध्न्याय च नमः सोम्याय ॥
स्वर रहित पद पाठ
नमः। ज्येष्ठाय। च। कनिष्ठाय। च। नमः। पूर्वजायेति पूर्वऽजाय। च। अपरजायेत्यपरऽजाय। च। नमः। मध्यमाय। च। अपगल्भायेत्यपऽगल्भाय। च। नमः। जघन्याय। च। बुध्न्याय। च॥३२॥
Meaning -
Namaste (Homage) to the aged and to the children. Homage to the first born and to the last born. Homage to the relatives and to the simple-minded. Homage to the Shudra and to the charitably disposed.
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This verse preaches that the elder should greet the younger with Namaste and vice versa. Brahmans, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas and Shudras should greet each other with Namaste. No sense of superiority or inferiority should prevail amongst the great and small, high and low.
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