| Source | नमः | श्वभ्यः | श्वपतिभ्यश्च | वो | नमः | ||||||
| Romanized | namaḥ | śvabhyaḥ | śvapatibhyaśca | vo | namaḥ | ||||||
| Un-sandhi/infl | nama | ^aḥ | śvan | ^^abhyaḥ | śvapati | ^ibhyaḥ | ca | vaḥ | nama | ^aḥ | |
| Un-derive | " | " | " | " | śvan | pati | " | " | " | " | " |
| Tr elements | reverence | M sg nom | dog, hound | M pl dat | dog | lord | M pl. dat | and | we | reverence | M sg nom |
| Tr phrases | reverence to the dogs | and to the lords of dogs | our reverence | ||||||||
| Translation | We bow to the dogs and to the leaders of dogs | ||||||||||
| Commentary | Rudram: "an early example of enumerating the names of a deity."(Wikipedia) Incidentally śvan (Skt dog, hound,hunting dog) cognate with Germanic Hund,English hound. |
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| Reference | 17th Yajus (praise) of 4th Anuvaka (section) of Namakam (the 5th kāṇda or book, 1st of 2 of Sri Rudram) of Taittiriya Samhita (recension) of Krishna Yajur Veda |
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