śrī-rudram is one of the most sacred portions of all the Vedic Literature.
To hear it chanted in chorus in the prescribed manner of intonation (svaras) is a Unique Soul Stirring & Spiritually Elevating Experience.
It is in praise of & prayer to Lord Shiva! #Thread
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॥ ॐ नमो भगवते रुद्राय ॥
śrī-rudram~श्रीरुद्रम् prashna is a hymn in praise of & prayer to lord shiva and its chanting is the oldest with the names and attributes of lord shiva listed.
The word 'rudra' means the one who melts down all sorrow. रुदं+ द्रावयतीति = रुद्रः through
the chanting of śrī-rudra prashna, Lord Shiva’s various characteristics & aspects are Invoked and Worshipped.
It is seen in all the 100 branches of the 'Yajurveda' & so it is also called Shata-rudrIyam (shata = 100).
"Oh! Rudra Deva! My salutations to your anger and also to your arrows. My salutations to your bow and to your two hands holding the bow and the arrow."
यात इषुः शिवतमा शिवं बभूव ते धनुः।
शिवा शरव्या या तव तया नो रुद्र मृडय॥
"Oh! Rudra! By favour of your arrow, bow, and quiver (sharavyA), which have shed their anger and turned auspicious, please render us happy. They have become quietened. With this quietened bow, arrow & quiver make us happy."
śrī-rudra-prashna (Rudram chapter) occurs in the middle of Krishna Yajurveda in its 4th KANDa (out of 7 kandas).
It is a magnificent prayer of praise to Lord Shiva & It is the holy of holiest of all Vedic hymns.
In all 'pujas' & 'havans' aimed at propitiating Lord Shiva.
It is invariably recited, very often, more than once, — to be precise,
11 or 121 (= 112) or even
1331 (= 113) times —
as the occasion demands and permits.
Where the welfare of the whole community is the objective, it is traditional to get its recitation done by a whole team of
pundits for 14641 (=114) times counting according to the multiplicity of pundits (usually 11 or 121) reciting it.
या तेरुद्र शिवा तनू-रघोराऽपापकाशिनी।
तया नस्तनुवा शन्तमया गिरिशंताभिचाकशीहि॥ १-३
It consists of 11 anuvakas (paragraphs)& each paragraph is counted in terms
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of subparagraphs (pancashat). Every 'pancashat' contains fifty words or when it is the ending subparagraph of a paragraph, it may contain a few more or a few less.
When recited in chorus by the pundits it creates an unforgettable Stirring & Elevating Spiritual experience.
D appeal of the श्रीरुद्रम् , A beautiful Vedic homage to Lord Rudra, lies not merely in its phonetic majesty but its universalities of approach to God.
D Omnipresence of God, is most beautifully brought out in the words of this immortal Vedic Prayer.
“O God! Let there be born in the kingdom ‘brahmanas’ with ‘brahmatejas’ (divine lustre) who are well versed in the Vedas;
Let there be born the ‘Rajanya,’ heroic, skilled kings, archers & mighty selfless warriors ;
Cows giving abundant milk; Oxen good at carrying; the swift coursers; industrious, cultural women.
May ‘Parjanya’ (Rain-God, identified with Indra) send seasonal rains ;
Circa 1296(Feb month), Alaudding Khalji was the first Muslim ruler to unleash the terror southward & it opened the floodgates of Untold Devastation, Destruction & Desecration of Sanatana Dharma in South India by the muslim invaders.
This went on for the next 500 Years !
There was some relief in between during the Vijayanagara dynasty & some other brave Hindu rulers but the shadow of threat always loomed.
The situation, however, deteriorated in the 17th-18th centuries, and the Dikshitars (temple priests),
Why our Ancient Rishis were the Greatest Scientists :
What exactly is Science?
Science is something that tries to discover the different Laws of Nature.
The Ancient Rishis who were the custodians of our Culture were the greatest Scientists ever known.
Hanuman states very clearly that his greatness was due to his constant effort and not due to his inborn character, that of an ordinary monkey.
Brahmajñāna ~ ब्रह्मज्ञान is possible for all.
Mokṣā ~ मोक्ष, “liberation,” is everybody’s birthright.
In his case, Hanuman declares that his entire spiritual development was attained by single-pointed devotion to god.
He who constantly thinks of the Supreme becomes Supreme.
is to be summarily rejected like a blade of grass."
If this is the basic premise governing Sanātana Dhārma, is there a question or doubt as to whether it is rational, scientific, & logical?
In fact, there are 3 tests for any dharmic statement or revelation.
~ It should be enunciated in the ageless scriptures (श्रुति~Śrutī);
~ It must have the support of reason (युक्ति ~ Yukti); &
~ It should also be experienced by oneself (अनुभाव ~ Ānubhāva).
Only when these three together confirm a proposition can it be Accepted & Followed.
It was the greatest & an Headline Smashing debate of US '20 ; kamala's career was as good as over as it single handedly finished her presidential campaign.
But Sadly now it looks like Tulsi Gabbard is being forced to quit political life.
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Guess her fault is being a true hindu & a deshbhakt! 2/4