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Sri Rudram, Purusha Suktam, Narayana Suktam and Sri Suktam
Significance of Narayana Suktam (sahasra sIrsham dEvam)
Organization of Sri Rudram (11 Anuvakas)
Eleven Anuvaakas of Sri Rudram
Methods of Chanting Sri Rudram (Satarudriyam - Namakam - Chamakam)
Significance of Purusha [...]
The Satarudriya, Purusha Sukta, Narayana Sukta and Sri Sukta are generally recited in a series in most of the temples of worship, especially during the performance of the holy ritual of abhisheka. These hymns, which are from the original Vedas, represent in quintessence an invocation of the Almighty manifest as Rudra-Siva, Narayana as the Virat-Purusha, [...]
An interpretation which seeks out coherent meaning in the 11 chapters of sri Rudram is as follows. the first line of Sri Rudram- ‘namaste Rudra manyava utota Ishave namaha. Namaste astu Dhanvane Bahubhyam utate namaha‘ contains all the definitions of Rudra, who signifies Brahman of Upanishads. 1. Rudra; Benign aspect of Rudra (Brahman) 2. Manyu; [...]
Maha Mrutyunjaya Mantra (called the Rudra mantra), refers to the furious aspect of Shiva; the Tryambakam mantra, alluding to Shiva’s three eyes; and its is sometimes known as the Mrita-Sanjivini mantra because it is a component of the “life-restoring” practice given to the primordial sage Shukra after he had completed an exhausting period of austerity. [...]
The Sri Rudram is divided into eleven sections called anuvaakas.
In the first anuvaaka consisting of eleven sukthaas, Rudra is requested by the devotee to turn his fierce exterior and not use his weapons on his devotees. He is also requested to annihilate the sins committed by his devotees
In the second anuvaaka consisting of [...]
The Chamakam, lists out the blessings that can be got by prayer to Rudra. The reading or chanting of Rudra is said to be complete only when chamakam also is chanted. There are five methods of chanting Rudra viz.,
ōm namaste astu bhagavan
viśveśvarāya mahādevāya
tryaṁbakāya tripurāntakāya
trikalāgni-kālāya kālāgnirudrāya
nīlakaṇṭhāya mrutyuṁjayāya
sarveśvarāya śankaraya
sadāśivāya śrīmanmahādevāya namaḥ.
Prostration be to Thee, O Lord, Ruler of the universe, Great God Three-Eyed One, Destroyer of the Tripuras, Death to the destructive Fire of the three worlds at the end of Time, Terror to even to the terrible Fire of Time, Blue-necked One, Overcomer of [...]
ōm namaste rudra manyava utota iṣave namaḥ,
namaste astu dhanvane bāhubhyāmuta te namaḥ.
Prostration to Thee, Rudra; prostration to Thy wrath and Thy arrow (which destroy evil); prostration to Thy bow; prostration to Thy mighty Arms.