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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!
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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).

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नमस्ते रुद्रमन्यव उतोत इषवेनमः ।
नमस्ते अस्तु धन्वने बाहुभ्या-मुत तेनमः ॥ १-१

"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.

॥ ॐनमो भगवते रुद्राय ॥🙏

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