The ninth anuvak sees the one supreme reality in apparent opposites — small and vast, ancient and ever-new, the foremost yet present everywhere. This is a beautiful expression of the non-dual vision within the Vedic tradition.
📖 Yajurveda, Taittiriya Samhita
Mantra 1
नमो मीढुष्टमाय चेषुमते च ।
Namo miidhushttamaaya cheshhumate cha |
मीढुष्टमाय
to the most generous bestower of grace
इषुमते
to the arrow-bearing one
Salutation to Rudra — the most generous in raining grace, and the one who bears the arrow.
Mantra 2
नमो ह्रस्वाय च वामनाय च ।
Namo hrasvaaya cha vaamanaaya cha |
ह्रस्वाय
to the small form
वामनाय
to the dwarf form
Salutation to Rudra present in the small form and the dwarf form.
Mantra 3
नमो बृहते च वर्षीयसे च ।
Namo brihate cha varshiyase cha |
बृहते
to the vast one
वर्षीयसे
to the greatest of all
Salutation to Rudra in his vast and limitless form — the greatest of all.
Mantra 4
नमो वृद्धाय च संवृद्ध्वने च ।
Namo vriddhaya cha samvriddhvane cha |
वृद्धाय
to the ancient one
संवृद्ध्वने
to the ever-growing one
Salutation to Rudra who is ancient — and yet ever-growing and ever-expanding.
Mantra 5
नमो अग्रियाय च प्रथमाय च ।
Namo agriyaaya cha prathamaaya cha |
अग्रियाय
to the foremost
प्रथमाय
to the first of all
Salutation to Rudra who stands at the forefront — the very first of all.
Mantra 6
नम आशवे चाजिराय च ।
Nama aashave chaajiraaya cha |
आशवे
to the all-pervading one
अजिराय
to the swift-moving one
Salutation to Rudra who pervades all — and who moves with great swiftness.
References
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