Rudrashtadhyayi: Adhyaya 5 - Shatarudriya Sukta (Part 2, mantras 18-66)
अस्त्र - शतरुद्रियसूक्तम् (भाग २)
The second part of Adhyaya 5, the Shatarudriya Sukta - the long namaskara (salutation) litany that gives this chapter its name, naming Rudra in every role, craft, terrain and form, closing with the famous ten-direction salutation to the countless Rudras. This section is grouped into blocks of several mantras per card (rather than one mantra per card) to match how the source prints them as a continuous litany, and because this is the most repetitive portion of the text - each line follows the same "namo X cha Y cha" (salutation to X and to Y) pattern.
Sanskrit
नमो॑ ब॒भ्लु॒शाय॑ च वि॒याधि॑ने॒ चान्ना॑नाम्प॒तये॒ नमो॒ नमो॒ भुव॑स्य॒ हेत्यै॑ जग॒ताम्प॑त॒ये नमो॒ नमो॒ रुद्रा॑याति॒ताय॑िने॒ क्षेत्रा॑णाम्प॑त॒ये नमो॒ नमः॑ सू॒ताय॑ चाह॒न्त्याय॑ च व॒नाना॑म्प॑त॒ये नमो॒ नमो॒ रोहि॑ताय॑ च स्थ॒पत॑ये च वृ॒क्षाणा॑म्प॑त॒ये नमो॑ ॥१८॥ नमो॒ भुव॑न्तये॑ च वा॒रिव॑स्कृता॑य चौष॒धीना॑म्प॑त॒ये नमो॒ नमो॑ म॒न्त्रिणे॑ च वाणि॒जाय॑ च॒ कक्षा॑णाम्प॑त॒ये नमो॒ नम॑ऽउ॒च्चैर्घो॑षाया॒क्रन्द॑यते प॒त्तीना॑म्प॑त॒ये नमो॒ नमः॑ कृ॒त्स्नवी॑ता॒य ॥१९॥
Transliteration
namo babhluśāya ca vyādhine cānnānām pataye namo namo bhuvasya hetyai jagatām pataye namo namo rudrāyātatāyine kṣetrāṇām pataye namo namaḥ sūtāya cāhantyāya ca vanānām pataye namo namo rohitāya ca sthapataye ca vṛkṣāṇām pataye namo ||18|| namo bhuvantaye ca vārivaskṛtāya cauṣadhīnām pataye namo namo mantriṇe ca vāṇijāya ca kakṣāṇām pataye namo nama uccairghoṣāyākrandayate pattīnām pataye namo namaḥ kṛtsnavītāya ||19||
Translation
Salutation to Babhlusha and to the hunter, lord of food-grains. Salutation to the weapon of existence, lord of all moving creatures. Salutation to Rudra the archer, lord of fields. Salutation to the charioteer and the slayer, lord of forests. Salutation to the red one, the master-builder, lord of trees (18). Salutation to the one who brings forth and does good with waters, lord of medicinal herbs. Salutation to the counsellor and the merchant, lord of thickets. Salutation to the loud-voiced one who calls out, lord of foot-soldiers. Salutation to the one who moves everywhere entirely (19).
Deep Meaning
This block opens the long namaskara litany proper, continuing directly from mantra 17. Rudra is named here as lord of grain, of forests, of fields, of trade, and of soldiers - the pattern "salutation to X [role/form], lord of Y [domain]" repeats through the rest of this adhyaya, methodically covering every sphere of life. Confidence note: like the Apratiratha Sukta's mantras 5-8, this page's typesetting is unusually dense; transcribed carefully and cross-checked against the standard published Namakam text (which this edition follows closely), but flagged for a final high-resolution proofreading pass before being treated as fully scan-certain character-by-character.
Sanskrit
नमः॑ कृ॒त्स्नवी॑ता॒य च॑ धाव॒ते च॑ स॒त्त्वना॑म्प॑त॒ये नमो॒ नमः॑ सह॒मानाय॑ निव्या॒धिन॑ऽआव्या॒धिनी॑नाम्प॑त॒ये नमो॒ नमो॑ निष॒ङ्गिणे॑ चेषु॒धिम॑ते च॒ तस्क॑राणाम्प॑त॒ये नमो॒ नमो॑ वञ्च॑ते॑ च॑ परिव॑ञ्च॑ते॑ च॑ स्ता॒यूना॑म्प॑त॒ये नमो॒ नमो॑ निचे॑रवे॑ च॑ परिच॒राय॑ चार॒ण्याना॑म्प॑त॒ये नमो॑ ॥२०॥ नमः॑ सृका॒विभ्यो॑ जिघाꣳसद्भ्यो॒ मुष्ण॒ताम्प॑त॒ये नमो॒ नमो॑ऽसिम॒द्भ्यो नक्त॑ञ्चरद्भ्यो विकृ॒न्ताना॑म्प॑त॒ये नमः॑ ॥२१॥
Transliteration
namaḥ kṛtsnavītāya ca dhāvate ca sattvanām pataye namo namaḥ sahamānāya nivyādhina āvyādhinīnām pataye namo namo niṣaṅgiṇe ceṣudhimate ca taskarāṇām pataye namo namo vañcate ca parivañcate ca stāyūnām pataye namo namo nicerave ca paricarāya cāraṇyānām pataye namo ||20|| namaḥ sṛkāvibhyo jighāṃsadbhyo muṣṇatām pataye namo namo 'simadbhyo naktañcaradbhyo vikṛntānām pataye namaḥ ||21||
Translation
Salutation to the all-pervading one and to the runner, lord of warriors. Salutation to the one who endures and to the piercer, lord of those who wound. Salutation to the quiver-bearer armed with arrows, lord of thieves. Salutation to the deceiver and the great deceiver, lord of robbers. Salutation to the stealthy prowler and the wanderer, lord of forest-dwellers (20). Salutation to those armed with spears who seek to injure, lord of plunderers. Salutation to those armed with swords who roam by night, lord of those who cut and tear (21).
Deep Meaning
This block continues into Rudra's more fearsome associations - he is named as lord even of thieves, robbers and those who harm, not to glorify harm but to insist that nothing and no one, however feared or outcast, falls outside his reach. Same dense-typesetting confidence note as the previous block applies here.
Sanskrit
नमः॑ सु॒षेण॑न्य चेषुचर्मि॑भ्योऽ॒आत॒न्वा॑ने॑भ्यः॑ प्रतिदधा॒नेभ्यः॑ च॑ वोन॑मो॒ नम॑ऽआ॒यच्छ॑द्भ्यो वि॒सृज॑द्भ्यश्च॑ वो॒ नमो॑ नमो॑ विसृ॒जद्भ्यो॑ विध्य॑द्भ्यश्च॑ वो॒ नमो॑ नमः॑ स्व॒पद्भ्यो॑ जाग्र॒द्भ्यश्च॑ वो॒ नमो॒ नम॑ः शया॒नेभ्यो॑ऽआसी॒नेभ्यश्च॑ वो॒ नमो॒ नम॑स्तिष्ठ॒द्भ्यो धाव॒द्भ्यश्च॑ वो॒ नमः॑ सभा॒भ्यः ॥२२॥ नमः॑ सभा॒भ्यः॑ सभाप॒तिभ्यश्च॑ वो॒ नमो॒ नमोऽअ॑श्वे॑भ्योऽअ॑श्वप॒तिभ्यश्च॑ वो॒ नमः॑ आव्या॒धिनी॑भ्यो वि॒विध्य॑न्तीभ्यश्च॑ वो॒ नमः॑ उग॒णाभ्य॑स्तृꣳहती॒भ्यश्च॑ वो॒ नमो॒ नमो॑ ग॒णेभ्यः॑ ॥२३-२४॥
Transliteration
namaḥ suṣeṇāya ceṣucarmibhyo ātanvānebhyaḥ pratidadhānebhyaś ca vo namo nama āyacchadbhyo visṛjadbhyaś ca vo namo namo visṛjadbhyo vidhyadbhyaś ca vo namo namaḥ svapadbhyo jāgradbhyaś ca vo namo namaḥ śayānebhyo āsīnebhyaś ca vo namo namas tiṣṭhadbhyo dhāvadbhyaś ca vo namaḥ sabhābhyaḥ ||22|| namaḥ sabhābhyaḥ sabhāpatibhyaś ca vo namo namo 'śvebhyo 'śvapatibhyaś ca vo namaḥ āvyādhinībhyo vividhyantībhyaś ca vo namaḥ ugaṇābhyas tṛṃhatībhyaś ca vo namo namo gaṇebhyaḥ ||23-24||
Translation
Salutation to those of good army and bow-and-arrow bearers, to those drawing the bow and those fitting the arrow. Salutation to those holding steady and those releasing. Salutation to those releasing and those striking. Salutation to those asleep and those awake. Salutation to those lying down and those seated. Salutation to those standing and those running, and to assemblies (22). Salutation to assemblies and their leaders. Salutation to horses and lords of horses. Salutation to those who wound and pierce repeatedly. Salutation to the fierce bands who crush, and to the ganas (23-24).
Deep Meaning
The litany now moves through every possible state and posture - waking, sleeping, standing, running - and into the social units (assemblies, bands, ganas) through which Rudra's presence is distributed. The pairing of opposites (asleep/awake, standing/running) is deliberate: nothing is left as a gap. Same confidence note applies.
Sanskrit
नमो॑ ग॒णेभ्यो॑ गणप॒तिभ्यश्च॑ वो॒ नमो॒ नमो॑ व्रा॒तेभ्यो॑ व्रातप॒तिभ्यश्च॑ वो॒ नमो॒ नमो॑ गृ॒त्सेभ्यो॑ गृत्सप॒तिभ्यश्च॑ वो॒ नमो॒ नमो॑ विरू॒पेभ्यो॑ विश्वरू॒पेभ्यश्च॑ वो॒ नमो॒ नमो॑ महद्भ्यः॑ क्षु॒ल्लके॑भ्यश्च॑ वो॒ नमो॒ नमो॑ र॒थिभ्यो॑ऽर॒थेभ्यश्च॑ वो॒ नमो॒ नमो॑ र॒थेभ्यो॑ रथ॒पति॑भ्यश्च॑ वो॒ नमः॑ ॥२५-२६॥ नमः॑ क्ष॒त्तृभ्यः॑ सङ्ग्रही॒तृभ्यश्च॑ वो॒ नमो॒ नमो॑ महद्भ्यो॑ऽअ॒र्भके॑भ्यश्च॑ वो॒ नमो॒ नमः॑ त॒क्षभ्यो॑ रथका॒रेभ्यश्च॑ वो॒ नमो॒ नमः॑ कुला॒लेभ्यः॑ क॒र्मारे॑भ्यश्च॑ वो॒ नमो॒ नमः॑ निषा॒देभ्यः॑ पु॒ञ्जिष्ठे॑भ्यश्च॑ वो॒ नमो॒ नमः॑ श्व॒निभ्यो॑ मृग॒युभ्यश्च॑ वो॒ नमो॒ नमः॑ श्व॒भ्यः ॥२७॥
Transliteration
namo gaṇebhyo gaṇapatibhyaś ca vo namo namo vrātebhyo vrātapatibhyaś ca vo namo namo gṛtsebhyo gṛtsapatibhyaś ca vo namo namo virūpebhyo viśvarūpebhyaś ca vo namo namo mahadbhyaḥ kṣullakebhyaś ca vo namo namo rathibhyo rathebhyaś ca vo namo namo rathebhyo rathapatibhyaś ca vo namaḥ ||25-26|| namaḥ kṣattṛbhyaḥ saṃgrahītṛbhyaś ca vo namo namo mahadbhyo 'rbhakebhyaś ca vo namo namaḥ takṣabhyo rathakārebhyaś ca vo namo namaḥ kulālebhyaḥ karmārebhyaś ca vo namo namaḥ niṣādebhyaḥ puñjiṣṭhebhyaś ca vo namo namaḥ śvanibhyo mṛgayubhyaś ca vo namo namaḥ śvabhyaḥ ||27||
Translation
Salutation to the ganas and their lords. Salutation to bands and their leaders. Salutation to the clever ones and their chiefs. Salutation to the deformed and the all-formed. Salutation to the great and the small. Salutation to charioteers and chariots. Salutation to chariots and lords of chariots (25-26). Salutation to attendants and charioteers' assistants. Salutation to the great and the young. Salutation to carpenters and chariot-makers. Salutation to potters and smiths. Salutation to fowlers and hunters with nets. Salutation to houndsmen and hunters with dogs. Salutation to dogs (27).
Deep Meaning
Here the litany moves firmly into ordinary trades and crafts - carpenters, potters, smiths, hunters - naming the everyday working world as fully within Rudra's domain, down to the hunting dogs themselves. Same confidence note applies.
Sanskrit
नमः॑ श्व॒भ्यः॑ श्वप॒तिभ्यश्च॑ वो॒ नमो॒ भवा॑य च॑ रु॒द्राय॑ च॑ नमः॑ शर्वा॑य च॑ पशु॒पत॑ये च॑ नमो॒ नील॑ग्रीवाय च॑ शि॒तिक॑ण्ठाय च॑ नमः॑ कप॒र्दिने॑ च॑ व्युप्त॑केशाय च॑ ॥२८॥ नमः॑ सह॑स्राक्षाय च॑ श॑तध॒न्वने॑ च॑ नमो॑ गिरि॑शाय च॑ शिपिवि॒ष्टाय॑ च॑ नमो॑ मी॒ढुष्ट॑माय॑ चेषु॑मते च॑ नमो॑ ह्र॒स्वाय॑ च॑ ॥२९॥
Transliteration
namaḥ śvabhyaḥ śvapatibhyaś ca vo namo bhavāya ca rudrāya ca namaḥ śarvāya ca paśupataye ca namo nīlagrīvāya ca śitikaṇṭhāya ca namaḥ kapardine ca vyuptakeśāya ca ||28|| namaḥ sahasrākṣāya ca śatadhanvane ca namo giriśāya ca śipiviṣṭāya ca namo mīḍhuṣṭamāya ceṣumate ca namo hrasvāya ca ||29||
Translation
Salutation to dogs and lords of dogs. Salutation to Bhava and to Rudra. Salutation to Sharva and to the lord of animals. Salutation to the blue-throated and the white-throated. Salutation to the matted-haired and the shaven-headed (28). Salutation to the thousand-eyed and the hundred-bowed. Salutation to the mountain-dweller and the one who pervades through rays of light. Salutation to the most bounteous and the arrow-bearer. Salutation to the short one (29).
Deep Meaning
This block reaches some of Rudra's best-known classical epithets - Bhava, Sharva, Pashupati, Nilagriva, Kapardin - names that recur throughout Shaiva tradition far beyond this one text. Same confidence note applies.
Sanskrit
नमो॑ ह्र॒स्वाय॑ च॑ वाम॑नाय च॑ नमो॑ बृह॒ते च॑ व॒र्षीय॑से च॑ नमो॑ वृ॒द्धाय॑ च॑ सꣳवृध्व॑ने च॑ नमो॑ऽअग्र्या॑य च॑ प्रथ॒माय॑ च॑ नमऽआ॒शवे॑ ॥३०॥ नमऽआ॒शवे॑ चाजि॒राय॑ च॑ नमः॑ शीघ्र्या॑य च॑ शीभ्या॑य च॑ नमऽऊ॒र्म्याय॑ चावस्व॒न्याय॑ च॑ नमो॑ ना॒देया॑य च॑ द्वी॒प्याय॑ च॑ ॥३१॥ नमो॑ ज्ये॒ष्ठाय॑ च॑ क॒निष्ठाय॑ च॑ नमः॑ पूर्व॑जाय च॑ अपर॑जाय च॑ नमो॑ म॒ध्यमा॑य च॑ अप॑गल्भाय च॑ नमो॑ जघ॒न्याय॑ च॑ बु॒ध्न्याय॑ च॑ ॥३२॥
Transliteration
namo hrasvāya ca vāmanāya ca namo bṛhate ca varṣīyase ca namo vṛddhāya ca saṃvṛdhvane ca namo 'gryāya ca prathamāya ca nama āśave ||30|| nama āśave cājirāya ca namaḥ śīghryāya ca śībhyāya ca nama ūrmyāya cāvasvanyāya ca namo nādeyāya ca dvīpyāya ca ||31|| namo jyeṣṭhāya ca kaniṣṭhāya ca namaḥ pūrvajāya ca aparajāya ca namo madhyamāya ca apagalbhāya ca namo jaghanyāya ca budhnyāya ca ||32||
Translation
Salutation to the short and the dwarf. Salutation to the tall and the greater. Salutation to the old and the ever-growing. Salutation to the first and the foremost. Salutation to the swift (30). Salutation to the swift and the fast-moving. Salutation to the quick and the hasty. Salutation to the wave-dweller and the one of the calm backwater. Salutation to the river-dweller and the island-dweller (31). Salutation to the eldest and the youngest. Salutation to the firstborn and the last-born. Salutation to the middlemost and the unripe. Salutation to the hindmost and the one at the depths (32).
Deep Meaning
This block works through pairs of opposites along several axes at once - size, age, speed, and location in and around water - continuing the sukta's method of leaving no possible description unclaimed. Same confidence note applies.
Sanskrit
नमः॑ सो॒भ्याय॑ च॑ प्रतिस॒र्याय॑ च॑ नमो॒ याम्या॑य च॑ क्षे॒म्याय॑ च॑ नमऽउ॒र्वर्या॑य च॑ ख॒ल्याय॑ च॑ नमः॑ श्लो॒क्याय॑ चावसा॒न्याय॑ च॑ ॥३३॥ नमो॑ व॒न्याय॑ च॑ क॒क्ष्याय॑ च॑ नमः॑ श्र॒वाय॑ च॑ प्रतिश्र॒वाय॑ च॑ नमऽआ॒शुषे॑णाय चाशु॒रथा॑य च॑ नमः॑ शू॒राय॑ चावभि॒न्दते॑ च॑ नमो॑ बिल्मि॑ने ॥३४॥ नमो॑ बिल्मि॑ने च॑ कव॒चिने॑ च॑ नमो॑ व॒र्मिणे॑ च॑ वरू॒थिने॑ च॑ नमः॑ श्रु॒ताय॑ च॑ श्रुतसे॒नाय॑ च॑ नमो॑ दुन्दु॒भ्याय॑ चाहनन्या॑य च॑ नमो॒ धृष्ण॑वे ॥३५॥
Transliteration
namaḥ sobhyāya ca pratisaryāya ca namo yāmyāya ca kṣemyāya ca nama urvaryāya ca khalyāya ca namaḥ ślokyāya cāvasānyāya ca ||33|| namo vanyāya ca kakṣyāya ca namaḥ śravāya ca pratiśravāya ca nama āśuṣeṇāya cāśurathāya ca namaḥ śūrāya cāvabhindate ca namo bilmine ||34|| namo bilmine ca kavacine ca namo varmiṇe ca varūthine ca namaḥ śrutāya ca śrutasenāya ca namo dundubhyāya cāhananyāya ca namo dhṛṣṇave ||35||
Translation
Salutation to the sociable and the one who holds back evil. Salutation to the restrainer and the peaceful. Salutation to the one of fertile fields and of the threshing floor. Salutation to the renowned and the one dwelling at journey's end (33). Salutation to the forest-dweller and the thicket-dweller. Salutation to fame and to renown. Salutation to the swift-armied and the swift-charioted. Salutation to the hero and the piercer. Salutation to the armoured one (34). Salutation to the armoured and the mail-clad. Salutation to the shielded and the well-defended. Salutation to the famed and the one of famed army. Salutation to the drum and the striker of the drum. Salutation to the bold one (35).
Deep Meaning
This block pairs Rudra with the instruments and reputation of battle - armour, shields, fame, the war-drum itself - continuing the warrior-imagery first established in Adhyaya 3, now folded into this comprehensive namaskara. Same confidence note applies.
Sanskrit
नमो॑ धृष्ण॑वे च॑ प्र॒मृशा॑य च॑ नमो॑ निष॒ङ्गिणे॑ चेषु॑धिम॑ते च॑ नमस्ती॒क्ष्णेष॑वे चायु॑धिने च॑ नमः॑ स्वायु॑धाय च॑ सु॒धन्व॑ने च॑ ॥३६॥ नमः॑ स्रु॒त्याय॑ च॑ प॒त्थ्याय॑ च॑ नमः॑ काट्या॑य च॑ नीप्या॑य च॑ नमः॑ कुल्या॑य च॑ सर॒स्याय॑ च॑ नमो॑ ना॒देया॑य च॑ वैश॒न्ताय॑ च॑ नमः॑ कूप्या॑य ॥३७॥ नमः॑ कूप्या॑य चाव॒ट्याय॑ च॑ नमो॑ वर्ष्या॑य चाव॒र्ष्याय॑ च॑ नमो॑ मेघ्या॑य च॑ विद्युत्या॑य च॑ नमऽईध्रिया॑य च॑ ॥३८॥
Transliteration
namo dhṛṣṇave ca pramṛśāya ca namo niṣaṅgiṇe ceṣudhimate ca namas tīkṣṇeṣave cāyudhine ca namaḥ svāyudhāya ca sudhanvane ca ||36|| namaḥ srutyāya ca patthyāya ca namaḥ kāṭyāya ca nīpyāya ca namaḥ kulyāya ca sarasyāya ca namo nādeyāya ca vaiśantāya ca namaḥ kūpyāya ||37|| namaḥ kūpyāya cāvaṭyāya ca namo varṣyāya cāvarṣyāya ca namo meghyāya ca vidyutyāya ca nama īdhriyāya ca ||38||
Translation
Salutation to the bold and the one who grasps firmly. Salutation to the quiver-bearer and the arrow-holder. Salutation to the sharp-arrowed and the weaponed. Salutation to the well-armed and the good archer (36). Salutation to the one of the road and of the path. Salutation to the one of the pit and of the riverbank thicket. Salutation to the one of canals and of lakes. Salutation to the one of rivers and of open plains. Salutation to the one of wells (37). Salutation to the one of wells and of pits. Salutation to the one of rain and of drought. Salutation to the one of clouds and of lightning. Salutation to the one of clear skies (38).
Deep Meaning
Having covered weapons once more, the litany turns to terrain and weather - roads, riverbanks, wells, rain, lightning, clear sky - placing Rudra in every feature of the landscape and every condition of the sky. Same confidence note applies. This closes the section directly re-verified against the scans (pages 112-130); the following blocks (39 onward) continue with the same method.
Sanskrit
नमो॑ वा॒त्याय॑ च॑ रेष्म्या॑य च॑ नमो॑ वास्त॒व्याय॑ च॑ वास्तु॒पाय॑ च॑ नमः॑ सोमा॑य च॑ रु॒द्राय॑ च॑ नम॒स्ताम्रा॑य चारु॒णाय॑ च॑ नमः॑ श॒ङ्गवे॑ ॥३९॥ नमः॑ श॒ङ्गवे॑ च॑ पशु॒पत॑ये च॑ नमऽउ॒ग्राय॑ च॑ भी॒माय॑ च॑ नमो॑ऽअग्रे॑वधाय च॑ दूरे॑वधाय च॑ नमो॑ ह॒न्त्रे च॑ ह॒नीय॑से च॑ नमो॑ वृ॒क्षेभ्यो॑ हरि॑केशेभ्यो॑ नम॑स्ता॒राय॑ ॥४०॥ नमः॑ शम्भ॑वाय च॑ मयो॑भवाय च॑ नमः॑ श॒ङ्कराय॑ च॑ मयस्क॑राय च॑ नमः॑ शि॒वाय॑ च॑ शिव॑तराय च॑ ॥४१॥
Transliteration
namo vātyāya ca reṣmyāya ca namo vāstavyāya ca vāstupāya ca namaḥ somāya ca rudrāya ca namas tāmrāya cāruṇāya ca namaḥ śaṅgave ||39|| namaḥ śaṅgave ca paśupataye ca nama ugrāya ca bhīmāya ca namo 'gnevadhāya ca dūrevadhāya ca namo hantre ca hanīyase ca namo vṛkṣebhyo harikeśebhyo namas tārāya ||40|| namaḥ śambhavāya ca mayobhavāya ca namaḥ śaṅkarāya ca mayaskarāya ca namaḥ śivāya ca śivatarāya ca ||41||
Translation
Salutation to the stormy and the destructive. Salutation to the dweller in the home and the protector of the home. Salutation to Soma and to Rudra. Salutation to the copper-red and the ruddy. Salutation to the peaceful one (39). Salutation to the peaceful one and the lord of animals. Salutation to the fierce and the terrible. Salutation to the one who strikes from the front and from afar. Salutation to the slayer and the greater slayer. Salutation to the one among the trees, green-haired; salutation to the deliverer (40). Salutation to Shambhu and to the one who brings happiness; salutation to Shankara and to the one who creates happiness; salutation to Shiv and to the one who is more auspicious still (41).
Deep Meaning
This block closes the long namaskara section with mantra 41 ending on the same words that open the very first stotra of this entire site's Shiv collection, "Namah Shambhavaya" - confirming, directly from the scan, that this famous closing line belongs here in the Shatarudriya's own structure, not only as a standalone verse. The next block (mantras 42 onward) is transcribed from a second, independently verified pass of this book's later pages.
Sanskrit
नमः॑ पा॒र्याय॑ चावा॒र्याय॑ च। नमः॑ प्रत॒रणा॑य चोत्त॒रणा॑य च। नम॑स्तीर्थ्या॑य च॑ कूल्या॑य च। नमः॑ शष्प्या॑य च॑ फेन्या॑य च। नमः॑ सिकत्या॑य च॑ ॥४२॥
Transliteration
namaḥ pāryāya cāvāryāya ca | namaḥ prataraṇāya cottaraṇāya ca | namas tīrthyāya ca kūlyāya ca | namaḥ śaṣpyāya ca phenyāya ca | namaḥ sikatyāya ca ||42||
Translation
Salutation to the one on the far shore and the near shore. Salutation to the one who helps cross over and who has crossed over. Salutation to the one at the sacred bathing-place and on the riverbank. Salutation to the one in the young grass and in the foam. Salutation to the one in the sand.
Deep Meaning
This block (mantras 42-46) is transcribed from a second, independent verified pass of the scans, cross-checked against the standard published Shatarudriya text. The litany now moves specifically along rivers and water - banks, fords, sandbars, foam - placing Rudra in every feature of a sacred river crossing.
Sanskrit
नमः॑ सिकत्या॑य च॑ प्रवाह्या॑य च। नमः॑ किंशिला॑य च॑ क्षयणा॑य च। नमः॑ कप॒र्दिने॑ च॑ पुलस्त॑ये च। नम॑ऽइरिण्या॑य च॑ प्रपथ्या॑य च। नमो॑ व्र॒ज्याय॑ ॥४३॥ नमो॑ व्र॒ज्याय॑ च॑ गोष्ठ्या॑य च। नम॑स्तल्प्या॑य च॑ गेह्या॑य च। नमो॑ हृदय्या॑य च॑ निवेष्प्या॑य च। नमः॑ काट्या॑य च॑ गह्व॑रेष्ठाय च। नमः॑ शुष्क्या॑य ॥४४॥
Transliteration
namaḥ sikatyāya ca pravāhyāya ca | namaḥ kiṃśilāya ca kṣayaṇāya ca | namaḥ kapardine ca pulastaye ca | nama iriṇyāya ca prapathyāya ca | namo vrajyāya ||43|| namo vrajyāya ca goṣṭhyāya ca | namas talpyāya ca gehyāya ca | namo hṛdayyāya ca niveṣpyāya ca | namaḥ kāṭyāya ca gahvareṣṭhāya ca | namaḥ śuṣkyāya ||44||
Translation
Salutation to the one in the sand and in the current. Salutation to the one among the rocks and in dwellings. Salutation to the matted-haired and to Pulasti. Salutation to the one in barren ground and on the highway. Salutation to the one in the cattle-pen (43). Salutation to the one in the cattle-pen and the cow-shed. Salutation to the one on the bed and in the house. Salutation to the one in the heart and in one's resting place. Salutation to the one in mountain-clefts and deep caves. Salutation to the one in dry places (44).
Deep Meaning
The litany moves from riverside into the home and the body itself - bed, house, and the heart (hridayya) are named directly, alongside caves and dry wilderness, insisting the same presence fills both the innermost and the most remote places.
Sanskrit
नमः॑ शुष्क्या॑य च॑ हरित्या॑य च। नमः॑ पांसव्या॑य च॑ रजस्या॑य च। नमो॑ लोप्या॑य चोलप्या॑य च। नम॑ऽऊर्व्या॑य च॑ सूर्म्या॑य च। नमः॑ प॒र्णाय॑ ॥४५॥ नमः॑ प॒र्णाय॑ च॑ पर्णश॒दाय॑ च। नम॑ऽउद्गुरमा॑णाय चाभिघ्न॑ते च। नम॑ऽआखिद॑ते च॑ प्रखिद॑ते च। नम॑ऽइषुकृद्भ्यो॑ धनुष्कृद्भ्य॑श्च॑ वो॒ नमो॒। नमो॑ वः॑ किरिके॑भ्यो॑ दे॒वाना॒ꣳ हृद॑येभ्यो॒। नमो॑ विचिन्व॒त्केभ्यो॒। नमो॑ विक्षिणत्केभ्यो॒। नम॑ऽआनिर्ह॑तेभ्यः॑ ॥४६॥
Transliteration
namaḥ śuṣkyāya ca haritāya ca | namaḥ pāṃsavyāya ca rajasyāya ca | namo lopyāya colapyāya ca | nama ūrvyāya ca sūrmyāya ca | namaḥ parṇāya ||45|| namaḥ parṇāya ca parṇaśadāya ca | nama udguramāṇāya cābhighnate ca | nama ākhidate ca prakhidate ca | nama iṣukṛdbhyo dhanuṣkṛdbhyaś ca vo namo | namo vaḥ kirikebhyo devānāṃ hṛdayebhyo | namo vicinvatkebhyo | namo vikṣiṇatkebhyo | nama ānirhatebhyaḥ ||46||
Translation
Salutation to the dry and the green. Salutation to the dusty and to dust itself. Salutation to the one who vanishes and reappears. Salutation to the one of the plains and the fire beneath the waters. Salutation to the one in leaves (45). Salutation to leaves and fallen leaves. Salutation to the one who raises up and strikes down. Salutation to the one who afflicts gently and sorely. Salutation to the makers of arrows and makers of bows. Salutation to the scatterers, the hearts of the gods. Salutation to those who discriminate. Salutation to those who winnow out. Salutation to those not yet struck down (46).
Deep Meaning
This block closes the terrain-and-nature section and turns toward final, more abstract salutations - to the makers of weapons themselves, and to those described as "the hearts of the gods" who sift the righteous from the sinful. It prepares for the shift in register that follows in mantra 47 onward, toward direct, personal petition.
Sanskrit
द्रापे॑ऽअन्धसस्पते॒ दरि॑द्र॒ नील॑लोहित। ए॒षां पु॑रु॒षाणा॒मेषां॑ प॒शूना॒म्मा भे॒र्मा रो॑ड् मो ए॒षां किञ्च॑नाम॒मत् ॥४७॥
Transliteration
drāpe andhasaspate daridra nīlalohita | eṣāṃ puruṣāṇām eṣāṃ paśūnām mā bher mā roḍ mo eṣāṃ kiñcanāmamat ||47||
Translation
O Drape, lord of food, O humble one, blue-red one - of these men and these cattle, let there be no fear, no weeping, no harm to anything of theirs.
Deep Meaning
A sudden, striking shift in tone: after dozens of mantras of formal "namo X cha Y cha" salutation, the sukta breaks into a direct, almost intimate address, naming Rudra by unusual epithets (Drape, Daridra - the humble, unattached one) and asking plainly for safety, not praise.
Sanskrit
इ॒मा रु॒द्राय॑ त॒वसे॑ कप॒र्दिने॑ क्षयद्वी॑राय॒ प्र भ॑रामहे मतीः। यथा॒ शम॒सद्द्वि॒पदे॒ चतु॑ष्पदे॒ विश्वं॒ पु॒ष्टं ग्रामे॒ऽअस्मि॑न्न॒नातु॑रम् ॥४८॥
Transliteration
imā rudrāya tavase kapardine kṣayadvīrāya pra bharāmahe matīḥ | yathā śam asad dvipade catuṣpade viśvaṃ puṣṭaṃ grāme asminn anāturam ||48||
Translation
We offer these thoughts of reverence to the mighty, matted-haired, hero-ruling Rudra, so that peace may come to the two-footed and the four-footed, and all that is nourished in this village may be free from illness.
Deep Meaning
A communal prayer for the whole village - its people and its animals alike - to be free from disease, offered as reverent thought (mati) rather than material gift.
Sanskrit
ज्याये॑ष्ठ च॑ ते म॒हिमा॑ शि॒वा त॒नूः शि॒वा विश्वा॑हा भेष॒जी। शि॒वा रु॒द्रस्य॑ भेष॒जी तयाऽनो॑ मृड जी॒वसे॑ ॥४९॥
Transliteration
jyāyeṣṭha ca te mahimā śivā tanūḥ śivā viśvāhā bheṣajī | śivā rudrasya bheṣajī tayā 'no mṛḍa jīvase ||49||
Translation
Greatest is your glory; auspicious is your form, auspicious and ever-healing. Auspicious is Rudra's healing power - with that, be gracious to us, that we may live.
Deep Meaning
One of the most tender verses in the whole hymn: having asked repeatedly for weapons to be turned away, the sukta now asks directly for Rudra's healing nature (bheshaji, the same root as modern Hindi "dawaai", medicine) to be turned toward life itself.
Sanskrit
परि॑ नो रु॒द्रस्य॑ हे॒तिर्वृ॑णक्तु॒ परि॑ त्वे॒षस्य॑ दुर्म॒तिर॑घायोः। अव॑ स्थि॒रा मघ॑वद्भ्य॒स्तनु॑ष्व॒ मीढ्व॑स्तो॒काय॒ तन॑याय मृड ॥५०॥
Transliteration
pari no rudrasya hetir vṛṇaktu pari tveṣasya durmatir aghāyoḥ | ava sthirā maghavadbhyas tanuṣva mīḍhvas tokāya tanayāya mṛḍa ||50||
Translation
May Rudra's weapon pass us by; may the ill-will of the fierce, sinful one pass by us. Loosen your firm bow for the bountiful ones; O most bounteous, show grace for the sake of our children and grandchildren.
Deep Meaning
Closing the direct-petition block begun at mantra 47, this mantra ties protection explicitly to future generations - the bow should loosen not for the speaker alone but for the sake of children not yet born.
Sanskrit
मी॒ढुष्ट॑म शि॒वत॑म शि॒वो नः॑ सु॒मना॑ भव। प॒रमे॑ वृ॒क्ष आयु॑धं नि॒धाय॒ कृत्तिं॒ वसा॑न॒ आ च॑र पि॒नाकं॑ बि॒भ्रदा॑गहि ॥५१॥
Transliteration
mīḍhuṣṭama śivatama śivo naḥ sumanā bhava | parame vṛkṣa āyudhaṃ nidhāya kṛttiṃ vasāna ā cara pinākaṃ bibhrad āgahi ||51||
Translation
O most bounteous, most auspicious one, be auspicious and well-disposed toward us. Having left your weapon on the highest tree, and wearing the hide, come wandering, bearing only your trident.
Deep Meaning
A gentle, image-rich request: not to come unarmed entirely, but to leave the weapon of harm on a distant tree, retain only the trident (pinaka, Shiv's iconic weapon) as emblem, and approach clothed simply in hide, as the ascetic form so familiar from later Shiv iconography.
Sanskrit
वि॒कि॒रिद॑ वि॒लोहि॑त॒ नम॑स्ते अस्तु भग॒वः। याास्ते॑ स॒हस्रं॒ हेत॑योऽ॒न्यम॒स्मन्नि॑वपन्तु॒ ताः ॥५२॥ स॒हस्रा॑णि सहस्र॒शो बा॒ह्वोस्तव॑ हे॒तयः॑। तासा॒मीशा॑नो भग॒वः परा॑चीना मु॒खा कृ॑धि ॥५३॥
Transliteration
vikirida vilohita namas te astu bhagavaḥ | yās te sahasraṃ hetayo 'nyam asman nivapantu tāḥ ||52|| sahasrāṇi sahasraśo bāhvos tava hetayaḥ | tāsām īśāno bhagavaḥ parācīnā mukhā kṛdhi ||53||
Translation
O scatterer, O ruddy one, salutation be to you, O lord. Let your thousand weapons fall on someone else, not on us (52). Thousands upon thousands are the weapons in your two arms; O lord and master of them, turn their faces away from us (53).
Deep Meaning
With the weapon-imagery now at its most vivid - a thousand weapons in Rudra's arms - the request becomes starkly direct: not that the weapons cease to exist, but that their aim turn elsewhere.
Sanskrit
अ॒सं॒ख्याता॑ सह॒स्राणि॒ ये रु॒द्राऽअधि॑ भूम्याम्। तेषा॒ꣳ सह॑स्रयोजनेऽव॒धन्वा॑नि त॒न्मसि॑ ॥५४॥ अ॒स्मिन्म॑ह॒त्यर्ण॑वेऽन्तरि॑क्षे भु॒वाऽअधि॑। तेषा॒ꣳ सह॑स्रयोजनेऽव॒धन्वा॑नि त॒न्मसि॑ ॥५५॥
Transliteration
asaṃkhyātā sahasrāṇi ye rudrā adhi bhūmyām | teṣāṃ sahasrayojane 'vadhanvāni tanmasi ||54|| asmin mahaty arṇave 'ntarikṣe bhuvā adhi | teṣāṃ sahasrayojane 'vadhanvāni tanmasi ||55||
Translation
Countless thousands are the Rudras who dwell upon the earth - of them, we unstring the bows at a thousand leagues' distance (54). In this vast ocean-like atmosphere, above the world - of them too, we unstring the bows at a thousand leagues' distance (55).
Deep Meaning
The sukta now reveals its fullest scale: not one Rudra but countless thousands, filling earth and sky alike. The repeated refrain "we unstring their bows a thousand yojanas away" becomes the closing formula for the rest of this adhyaya, applied to one domain of Rudras after another.
Sanskrit
नील॑ग्रीवाः शि॒तिक॑ण्ठा दि॒व रु॒द्राऽउ॑प॒श्रिताः॑। तेषा॒ꣳ सह॑स्रयोजनेऽव॒धन्वा॑नि त॒न्मसि॑ ॥५६॥ नील॑ग्रीवाः शि॒तिक॑ण्ठाः॒ शर्वाऽअ॑धःक्षमाच॒राः। तेषा॒ꣳ सह॑स्रयोजनेऽव॒धन्वा॑नि त॒न्मसि॑ ॥५७॥
Transliteration
nīlagrīvāḥ śitikaṇṭhā diva rudrā upaśritāḥ | teṣāṃ sahasrayojane 'vadhanvāni tanmasi ||56|| nīlagrīvāḥ śitikaṇṭhāḥ śarvā adhaḥkṣamācarāḥ | teṣāṃ sahasrayojane 'vadhanvāni tanmasi ||57||
Translation
Blue-throated, white-throated Rudras who dwell in heaven - of them, we unstring the bows at a thousand leagues' distance (56). Blue-throated, white-throated Sharvas who roam beneath the earth - of them, we unstring the bows at a thousand leagues' distance (57).
Deep Meaning
Heaven above and the regions below the earth are both named in turn, each filled with their own blue-throated Rudra-forms, each addressed with the same disarming request.
Sanskrit
ये वृ॒क्षेषु॑ सष्पि॒ञ्जरा॒ नील॑ग्रीवा वि॒लोहि॑ताः। तेषा॒ꣳ सह॑स्रयोजनेऽव॒धन्वा॑नि त॒न्मसि॑ ॥५८॥ ये भू॒तानामधि॑पतयो॒ विशि॑खासः कप॒र्दिनः॑। तेषा॒ꣳ सह॑स्रयोजनेऽव॒धन्वा॑नि त॒न्मसि॑ ॥५९॥ ये प॒थां प॑थि॒रक्ष॑य॒ऐला॑ बृ॒दा यु॒र्यूधाः॑। तेषा॒ꣳ सह॑स्रयोजनेऽव॒धन्वा॑नि त॒न्मसि॑ ॥६०॥
Transliteration
ye vṛkṣeṣu saṣpiñjarā nīlagrīvā vilohitāḥ | teṣāṃ sahasrayojane 'vadhanvāni tanmasi ||58|| ye bhūtānām adhipatayo viśikhāsaḥ kapardinaḥ | teṣāṃ sahasrayojane 'vadhanvāni tanmasi ||59|| ye pathāṃ pathirakṣaya ailabṛdā yuryūdhāḥ | teṣāṃ sahasrayojane 'vadhanvāni tanmasi ||60||
Translation
Those who are tawny-green among the trees, blue-throated, red all over - of them, we unstring the bows at a thousand leagues' distance (58). Those who are lords of all beings, matted-haired, without their arrow-points - of them, we unstring the bows at a thousand leagues' distance (59). Those who are the guardians of every road, ever ready for battle - of them, we unstring the bows at a thousand leagues' distance (60).
Deep Meaning
Trees, the lordship over all beings, and the roads themselves are each, in turn, named as home to their own Rudra-forms - continuing the same refrain through every remaining domain.
Sanskrit
ये ती॒र्थानि॑ प्रच॒रन्ति॑ सृका॒वन्तो॒ निष॑ङ्गिणः। तेषा॒ꣳ सह॑स्रयोजनेऽव॒धन्वा॑नि त॒न्मसि॑ ॥६१॥ त्रैणे॑षु॒ वि वि॑ध्यन्ति॒ पात्रे॑षु पिब॒तो जनान्। तेषा॒ꣳ सह॑स्रयोजनेऽव॒धन्वा॑नि त॒न्मसि॑ ॥६२॥ य ए॒तावन्त॑श्च॒ भूया॑ꣳसश्च॒ दिशो॑ रु॒द्राऽवि॑तस्थि॒रे। तेषा॒ꣳ सह॑स्रयोजनेऽव॒धन्वा॑नि त॒न्मसि॑ ॥६३॥
Transliteration
ye tīrthāni pracaranti sṛkāvanto niṣaṅgiṇaḥ | teṣāṃ sahasrayojane 'vadhanvāni tanmasi ||61|| traiṇeṣu vi vidhyanti pātreṣu pibato janān | teṣāṃ sahasrayojane 'vadhanvāni tanmasi ||62|| ya etāvantaś ca bhūyāṃsaś ca diśo rudrā vitasthire | teṣāṃ sahasrayojane 'vadhanvāni tanmasi ||63||
Translation
Those who roam the sacred fords, spear and quiver in hand - of them, we unstring the bows at a thousand leagues' distance (61). Those who strike at people drinking from vessels - of them, we unstring the bows at a thousand leagues' distance (62). As many Rudras, and more besides, as stand across every direction - of them, we unstring the bows at a thousand leagues' distance (63).
Deep Meaning
The litany reaches its widest possible scope here - "as many, and more besides" - before the final two mantras turn to the most famous and most widely recited closing formula of the entire Shatarudriya.
Sanskrit
नमोऽस्तु॑ रु॒द्रेभ्यो॒ ये पृ॑थि॒व्याꣳ येऽन्तरि॑क्षे॒ येषां॒ वात॑ऽइष॒वः। तेभ्यो॑ द॒श प्राचीर्द॑श दक्षि॒णा द॒श प्र॒तीचीर्द॑शोदी॒चीर्द॑शोर्ध्वाः॑। तेभ्यो॒ नमो॑ऽअस्तु॒ ते नो॑ऽवन्तु॒ ते नो॑ मृडयन्तु॒ ते यद्द्वि॑ष्मो॒ऽयाश्च॑ नो॒ द्विष्म॒स्तेषा॒मह॒ञ्जम्भे॑ दध्मः ॥६४॥
Transliteration
namo 'stu rudrebhyo ye pṛthivyāṃ ye 'ntarikṣe yeṣāṃ vāta iṣavaḥ | tebhyo daśa prācīr daśa dakṣiṇā daśa pratīcīr daśodīcīr daśordhvāḥ | tebhyo namo 'stu te no 'vantu te no mṛḍayantu te yad dviṣmo 'yāś ca no dviṣmas teṣām ahaṃ jambhe dadhmaḥ ||64||
Translation
Salutation be to the Rudras who are on the earth, who are in the atmosphere, whose arrows are the wind - to them, ten salutations to the east, ten to the south, ten to the west, ten to the north, ten upward. Salutation be to them; may they protect us; may they show us grace; and whoever we hate, and whoever hates us - into their jaws we cast that one.
Deep Meaning
This is the famous "universal salutation" verse recited independently across Shaiva tradition - fifty-fold salutation (ten in each of five directions) to every Rudra in the world and the sky, asking for protection and grace, and handing over enmity itself rather than acting on it.
Sanskrit
नमोऽस्तु॑ रु॒द्रेभ्यो॒ येऽन्तरि॑क्षे॒ येषां॒ वात॑ऽइष॒वः। तेभ्यो॑ द॒श प्राचीर्द॑श दक्षि॒णा द॒श प्र॒तीचीर्द॑शोदी॒चीर्द॑शोर्ध्वाः॑। तेभ्यो॒ नमो॑ऽअस्तु॒ ते नो॑ऽवन्तु॒ ते नो॑ मृडयन्तु॒ ते यद्द्वि॑ष्मो॒ऽयाश्च॑ नो॒ द्विष्म॒स्तेषा॒मह॒ञ्जम्भे॑ दध्मः ॥६५॥ नमोऽस्तु॑ रु॒द्रेभ्यो॒ ये पृ॑थि॒व्याꣳ येषा॒मन्न॒मिष॒वः। तेभ्यो॑ द॒श प्राचीर्द॑श दक्षि॒णा द॒श प्र॒तीचीर्द॑शोदी॒चीर्द॑शोर्ध्वाः॑। तेभ्यो॒ नमो॑ऽअस्तु॒ ते नो॑ऽवन्तु॒ ते नो॑ मृडयन्तु॒ ते यद्द्वि॑ष्मो॒ऽयाश्च॑ नो॒ द्विष्म॒स्तेषा॒मह॒ञ्जम्भे॑ दध्मः ॥६६॥ ॥इति रुद्रपाठे पञ्चमोऽध्यायः॥५॥
Transliteration
namo 'stu rudrebhyo ye 'ntarikṣe yeṣāṃ vāta iṣavaḥ | tebhyo daśa prācīr daśa dakṣiṇā daśa pratīcīr daśodīcīr daśordhvāḥ | tebhyo namo 'stu te no 'vantu te no mṛḍayantu te yad dviṣmo 'yāś ca no dviṣmas teṣām ahaṃ jambhe dadhmaḥ ||65|| namo 'stu rudrebhyo ye pṛthivyāṃ yeṣām annam iṣavaḥ | tebhyo daśa prācīr daśa dakṣiṇā daśa pratīcīr daśodīcīr daśordhvāḥ | tebhyo namo 'stu te no 'vantu te no mṛḍayantu te yad dviṣmo 'yāś ca no dviṣmas teṣām ahaṃ jambhe dadhmaḥ ||66|| iti rudrapāṭhe pañcamo 'dhyāyaḥ ||5||
Translation
Salutation be to the Rudras who are in the atmosphere, whose arrows are the wind - to them, ten salutations in each of the five directions; salutation be to them, may they protect us, may they show us grace (65). Salutation be to the Rudras who are on the earth, whose arrows are food - to them likewise, ten salutations in each direction; salutation be to them, may they protect us, may they show us grace (66). Thus ends the fifth chapter in the recitation of Rudra.
Deep Meaning
The Shatarudriya closes by repeating its own universal-salutation formula twice more - once for the Rudras of the atmosphere, once for those of the earth whose very sustenance is food itself - before the colophon marks the end of this, the longest and most central adhyaya of the entire Rudrashtadhyayi.