BG 11.39

वायुर्यमोऽग्निर्वरुणः शशाङ्कः प्रजापतिस्त्वं प्रपितामहश्च ।
नमो नमस्तेऽस्तु सहस्रकृत्वः पुनश्च भूयोऽपि नमो नमस्ते ॥
vāyur yamo ’gnir varuṇaḥ śaśāṅkaḥ
prajāpatis tvaṁ prapitāmahaś ca
namo namas te ’stu sahasra-kṛtvaḥ
punaś ca bhūyo ’pi namo namas te

Word-for-word meanings

tvam — You [are];  vāyuḥ — the wind god;  yamaḥ — the god of death;  agniḥ — the god of fire;  varuṇaḥ — the god of water;  śaśa-aṅkaḥ — the moon (Candra);  prajā-patiḥ — the grandfather of all beings, Brahmā;  ca — and;  prapitāmahaḥ — the great-grandfather;  astu — let there be;  namaḥ — obeisance;  te — to You;  sahasra-kṛtvaḥ — a thousand times;  punaḥ ca — and again [a thousand times more];  namaḥ — [let there be] obeisance [to You];  bhūyaḥ api — and yet again;  namaḥ namaḥ — [let there be] repeated obeisance;  te — to You.

Translation

You are the wind god (Vāyu), the god of death (Yama), the god of fire (Agni), the god of water (Varuṇa), the moon (Candra), the grandfather of all beings (Brahmā), and also the great grandsire [the father even of Brahmā]. My obeisance to You thousands and thousands of times, obeisance to You again and again, repeated obeisance to You.

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