Then his two arms will go on to hold them. When Parameswara gets angry, his arrow will come in front he will then look at his bow. As anger is the basic cause of all types of grief, anger is propitiated at the beginning itself. As he is prayed here for ridding his anger and being calm, it is but proper that he is addressed as 'Rudra'. and bring them over to the right path, is only a good quality and not a fault.įollowing the etymology रुदं+ द्रावयतीति = रुद्रः, as Sri Parameswara drives away grief, or sin which causes grief, he is called 'Rudra'. How can there be anger in Sri Parameswara, the blemishless one with all good attributes? The answer is that his anger in order to punish those, who transgress his commands contained in Srutis, Smritis etc. In order to pacify the terrible form of his, obeisance is paid to his anger, weapons etc. There are many terrible and calm forms of Sri Rudra. In the last two Anuvakams, prayers are offered to Sri Rudra and Rudraganas. From the second to the ninth Anuvakams, Sri Rudra is eulogised in many ways and obeisance paid to him. In the first Anuvakam, the angry Sri Rudra is pacified. There are a total of 11 Anuvakams (sections) in Sri Rudram. This present explanation has been written in accordance with these three commentaries. उत- Further, ते- your, बाहुभ्यां- to the two arms, नमः- prostration.Įxplanation: Three commentators- Sayana, Bhattabhaskara and Abhinavasankara- have written commentaries for Sri Rudram. Part 21, From Work To Worklessness (7 chapters).Part 20, Varna Dharma For Universal Well-Being (16 chapters).Part 17, Brahmacaryasrama (15 chapters).Part 16, The Forty Samskaras (10 chapters).Part 12, Mimamasa - Karmamarga (12 chapters).Part 4, The Sastras And Modern Life (3 chapters).Part 2, The Vedic Religion: Introductory (5 chapters).Part 1, Religion In General (7 chapters).

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