Shri Rudram 2.8

[Anand Hudli]

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          || AUM namo bhagavate rudrAya ||

   atha namaka-dvitIyaanuvAke aShTamaM yajurAha
    -----------------------------------------------

   namaH sUtAyAhantyAya vanAnAM pataye namaH || 8 ||

  Salutations to the charioteer (sUtAya), who is impossible to be killed,
  (ahantyAya), and salutations to the protector of forests
  (vanAnAM pataye).

  sAyaNAchArya's commentary:
  --------------------------
  sUtaH sArathistasmai | ahantyAya vairibhirhantumashakyastAdR^ishAya
  rudrAya namo .astu | yo vanAnAM pAlakastasmai rudrAya namo .astu ||

  (Salutations) to sUta - the charioteer. May salutations be to that
  Rudra whom enemies find it impossible to kill. May salutations be to
  Rudra, the protector of the forests.

 Note:

 According to BhaTTa-bhAskara, Rudra is called the sUta or sArathi
 because He is the driver of the world in the form of the chariot,
 "jagadyantrAtmano rathasya niyantR^itvena". Or He is sUta because
 He is the narrator of purANas at the beginning of a Yuga, yadvA
 purANAnAM vaktA tadadhiShThAne yugAdau. Or He is sUta, the soma juice
 extracted for Vedic sacrifices, yadvA sUtAya-abhiShutasomAtmane.

 "I alone am everthing"- this is the meaning of "ahantA" and "ahantya"
 is He who has that understanding. "ahameva sarvamiti bhAvo .ahantA
 tatra bhavo .ahantyaH.

 vanAnAM patiH can also mean He who protects the cremation grounds,
 shmashAnAnAM patiH.


     || AUM namo bhagavate rudrAya ||

 Anand

--
bhava shankara deshikame sharaNam

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From: Anand Hudli <anandhudli at HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Krishna Janmashtami

Tonight is the Janmashtami which marks the birth of Krishna.

vinA yasya dhyAnaM vrajati pashutAM sUkaramukhAM
vinA yasya GYAnaM janimR^itibhayaM yAti janatA |
vinA yasya smR^ityA kR^imishatajaniM yAti sa vibhuH
sharaNyo lokesho mama bhavatu kR^iShNo .axiviShayaH ||
   (shankara's kR^iShNAShTaka)

Without meditating on whom a person becomes (is reborn as)
an animal such as a hog, without knowing whom people are
afflicted by the fear of birth and death, without remembering
whom one attains birth among various kinds of worms and insects,
may that all pervading Lord, the Lord of the world, Krishna, the
protector of those who seek refuge in Him, be the object of my
eyesight!


Anand

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bhava shankara deshikame sharaNam

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