वायुर्यमोऽग्निर्वरुणः शशाङ्कः प्रजापतिस्त्वं प्रपितामहश्च ।नमो नमस्तेऽस्तु सहस्रकृत्वः पुनश्च भूयोऽपि नमो नमस्ते ॥
vāyur yamo 'gnir varuṇaḥ śaśāṅkaḥ prajāpatis tvaṃ prapitāmahaś ca |namo namas te 'stu sahasra-kṛtvaḥ punaś ca bhūyo 'pi namo namas te ||
- वायुः · vāyuḥ
- wind
- यमः · yamaḥ
- Yama (lord of death)
- अग्निः · agniḥ
- fire
- वरुणः · varuṇaḥ
- Varuna
- शशाङ्कः · śaśāṅkaḥ
- the moon
- प्रजापतिः · prajāpatiḥ
- Prajapati (lord of creatures)
- प्रपितामहः · prapitāmahaḥ
- the great-grandsire
- नमः · namaḥ
- homage
- सहस्रकृत्वः · sahasra-kṛtvaḥ
- a thousand times
“You are wind, death, fire, the ocean-god, the moon, the lord of creatures, the great-grandsire. Homage to you a thousand times — and again, and yet again, homage to you.”
— Original plain-language translation
The hymn names Krishna as every elemental power, then abandons enumeration for sheer repetition: homage a thousand times, and again. When categories fail, devotion repeats — an early statement of the namas-kirtana impulse.
— Reader's notes (original)