vāyur yamo ‘gnir varuṇaḥ śaśāṅkaḥ prajāpatis tvaṃ prapitāmahaś ca
namo namas te ‘stu sahasra-kṛtvaḥ punaś ca bhūyo ‘pi namo namas te
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tvam (you) vāyuḥ (the wind) yamaḥ (death) agniḥ (fire) varuṇaḥ (Varuṇa) śaśāṅkaḥ (Moon) prajāpatiḥ (the lord of creatures) prapitāmahaḥ ca (and great grandfather) [
asi]
(you are).
sahasra-kṛtvaḥ (thousand times) punaḥ (again) te (to you) namaḥ namaḥ (obeisance and obeisance) astu (it must be),
bhūyaḥ api (and again) te (to you) namaḥ namaḥ (obeisance and obeisance) [
astu]
(it must be).
| vāyuḥ |
– |
vāyu 1n.1 m. – the wind (from: √vā – to blow); |
| yamaḥ |
– |
yama 1n.1 m. – restrain, control, rule; Yama – the god of death (from: √yam – to restrain, to control); |
| agniḥ |
– |
agni 1n.1 m. – fire (from: √ag – to move tortuously); |
| varuṇaḥ |
– |
varuṇa 1n.1 m. – enveloping sky, Varuṇa, god of waters; |
| śaśāṅkaḥ |
– |
śaśa-aṅka 1n.1 m.; BV: yasyāṅkaḥ śaśo ‘sti saḥ – rabbit-marked, Moon (from: śaśa – rabbit, hare; aṅka – sign, line, mark); |
| prajāpatiḥ |
– |
prajā-pati 1n.1 m. – the lord of creatures (from: pra-√jan – to be born, be produced, to bring forth, pra-jā – offspring, creatures, mankind; pati – husband, lord); |
| tvam |
– |
yuṣmat sn. 1n.1 – you; |
| prapitāmahaḥ |
– |
pra-pitā-maha 1n.1 m. – great grandfaher (from: pra – before, in front; pitṛ – father; √mah – to magnify, mahant – great); |
| ca |
– |
av. – and; |
| namaḥ namaḥ |
– |
namaḥ 2n.1 n. – obeisance and obeisance (from: √nam – to bend, to bow; repetition gives intensification); |
| te |
– |
yuṣmat sn. 4n.1 – to you (shortened form of: tubhyam); |
| astu |
– |
√as (to be) Imperat. P 1v.1 – it must be; |
| sahasra-kṛtvaḥ |
– |
av. – thousand times(from: sahasra – a thousand; √kṛ – to do, kṛtas / kṛt – at the end of compound: -fold, times); |
| punaḥ |
– |
av. – back, again; |
| ca |
– |
av. – and; |
| bhūyaḥ |
– |
av. – more, again, besides; |
| api |
– |
av. – although, moreover, besides, even; |
| namaḥ namaḥ |
– |
namaḥ 2n.1 n. – obeisance and obeisance (from: √nam – to bend, to bow; repetition gives intensification); |
| te |
– |
yuṣmat sn. 4n.1 – to you (shortened form of: tubhyam); |
… → after the second pada of verse BhG 11.39 there are two padas not found in critical edition:
anādimān apratima-prabhāvaḥ sarveśvaraḥ sarva-mahā-vibhūte
…O you who have all great powers, you have no beginning,
your might is without a match and you are the ruler of everything…
kiṃ ca—
vāyus tvaṃ yamaś cāgniḥ varuṇo’pāṃ patiḥ śaśāṅkaś candramāḥ prajāpatis tvaṃ kaśyapādiḥ prapitāmahaś ca pitāmahasyāpi pitā prapitāmahaḥ, brahmaṇo’pi pitā ity arthaḥ | namo namas te tubhyam astu sahasra-kṛtvaḥ | punaś ca bhūyo’pi namo namas te | bahuśo namaskāra-kriyābhyāsāvṛtti-gaṇanaṃ kṛtva-sucocyate | punaś ca bhūyo’pīti śraddhā-bhakta-yati-śayād aparitoṣam ātmano darśayati
atas tvam eva vāyvādiśabdavācya ity āha
sarveṣāṃ prapitāmahas tvam eva; pitāmahādayaś ca / sarvasāṃ prajānāṃ pitaraḥ prajāpatayaḥ, prajāpatīnāṃ pitā hiraṇyagarbhaḥ prajānāṃ pitāmahaḥ, hiraṇyagarbhasyāpi pitā tvaṃ prajānāṃ prapitāmahaḥ / pitāmahādīnām ātmatayā tattacchabdavācyas tvam evetyarthaḥ
itaś ca sarvais tvam eva namaskāryaḥ sarva-devātmakatvād iti stuvan svayam api namaskaroti vāyur iti | vāyv-ādi-rūpas tvam iti sarva-devātmakatvopalakṣaṇārtham uktam | prajāpatiḥ pitāmahaḥ | tasyāpi janakatvāt prapitāmahas tvam | atas te tubhyaṃ sahasraśo namo ‚stu | punaḥ sahasra-kṛtvo namo ‚stu | bhūyo ‚pi punar api sahasra-kṛtvo namo nama iti
vāyur yamo ‚gnir varuṇaḥ śaśāṅkaḥ sūryādīnām apy upalakṣaṇam etat | prajāpatir virāḍ hiraṇyagarbhaś ca | prapitāmahaś pitāmahasya hiraṇya-garbhasyāpi pitā ca tvam | yasmād evaṃ sarva-devātmakatvāt tvam eva sarvair namaskāryo ‚si tasmān mamāpi varākasya namo namo namas te tubhyam astu sahasrakṛtvaḥ | punaś ca bhūyo ‚pi punar api ca namo namas te | bhakti-śraddhātiśayena namaskāreṣv alaṃ-pratyayābhāvo ‚nayā namaskārāvṛttyā sūcyate
no commentary up to the verse BhG 11.40
ataḥ sarva-śabda-vācyas tvam ity āha vāyur iti | sarva-devopalakṣaṇaṃ vāyv-ādi-sarva-deva-rūpas tvaṃ prajāpatiś caturāsyaḥ pitāmahas tvaṃ tat-pitṛtvāt prapitāmahas tvaṃ bhavasi kaṅkaṇādiṣu kanakasyeva cid-acic-chaktimatas tava kāraṇasya vāyv-ādiṣu vyāptes tat tat sarva-rūpas tvam ataḥ sarva-namasyo ‚sīti mayā tvaṃ namasyase ity āha namo namaḥ
