LalithA SahasranAma [269] rudrarUpa

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rudrarUpa : In the form of Rudra

 

Rudra is the above mentioned Isvara.

 

Or, Rudra, who drives away sorrow; or, weep, [roditi] because the

rain which comes at the dissolution of the universe originates from

his solar eye in the form of tears. The Sruti {Tai. Sam], "He wept;

becauce he wept, he is called the weeper [rudra]." The Sivarahasya

also says, "The Lord of pasus[jivas] is called Rudra because he

drives away sorrow."

 

or according to the Ch. Up[iII.16.3], 'The PrAnas [senses] are the

rudras, these cause all this [body] to cry out. "The BhArata says,

"To please, [his parent] the son of BrahmA, the eternal lord of the

universe, springing from his forehead wept loudly and terrible,"The

VAyaviyasamhitA says, "Ru, means pain, or, the cause of pain, he who

drives this out [dra]. Siva, the supreme cause, is called Rudra."

 

 

BhAskararAya's Commentary

Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry.