Mūla — the verse
Gita Press numberingवायुर्यमोऽग्निर्वरुणः शशाङ्कः
प्रजापतिस्त्वं प्रपितामहश्च।
नमो नमस्तेऽस्तु सहस्रकृत्वः
पुनश्च भूयोऽपि नमो नमस्ते
vāyur yamo ’gnir varuṇaḥ śhaśhāṅkaḥ
prajāpatis tvaṁ prapitāmahaśh cha
namo namas te ’stu sahasra-kṛitvaḥ
punaśh cha bhūyo ’pi namo namas te
Triṣṭubh (I u u u)
Translation
Swami Gambhīrānanda · follows Śaṅkara-bhāṣyaYou are air, death, fire, the god of the waters, the moon, the Lord of creatures, and the great-grandfather. Salutations to you a thousand times! Salutations to you again and again! Salutations!
हिन्दी अनुवाद — Swami Tejomayānanda
आप वायु, यम, अग्नि, वरुण, चन्द्रमा, प्रजापति (ब्रह्मा) और प्रपितामह (ब्रह्मा के भी कारण) हैं; आपके लिए सहस्र बार नमस्कार, नमस्कार है, पुन: आपको बारम्बार नमस्कार, नमस्कार है।।
Pronunciation — Vaamshii
from Vaamshiiवायुर् यमोऽ ग्निर् वरुणश् शशाङ्कः
प्रजा पतिस् त्वम् प्रपि तामहश् च
नमो नमस्तेऽस्तु सहस्र कृत्वः
पुनश्च भूयोऽ पि नमो नमस्ते
॥ ३९ ॥
Pāda meters: Indravajrā, Upendravajrā, Upendravajrā, Upendravajrā — I = Indravajrā, u = Upendravajrā, s = Śālinī pāda
Read each split group as one breath-unit; hyphens join pādas kept whole for the meter or a compound word. Symbols: # upadhmānīya (visarga before p/ph), % jihvāmūlīya (visarga before k/kh), ऽ avagraha (an elided a). Full method →
Word by word
padārthavāyuḥthe god of wind
yamaḥthe god of death
agniḥthe god of fire
varuṇaḥthe god of water
śhaśha-aṅkaḥthe moon-God
prajāpatiḥBrahma
tvamyou
prapitāmahaḥthe great-grandfather
chaand
namaḥmy salutations
namaḥmy salutations
teunto you
astulet there be
sahasra-kṛitvaḥa thousand times
punaḥ chaand again
bhūyaḥagain
apialso
namaḥ(offering) my salutations
namaḥ teoffering my salutations unto you
Meaning — Questions & Solutions
from Q&A with KnA11.39As which cosmic powers — air, death, fire, moon — does Arjuna salute him?
You are air, death, fire, the god of the waters, the moon, the Lord of creatures, and the great-grandfather. Salutations to you a thousand times! Salutations to you again and again! Salutations!
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