Guest guest Posted April 6, 2002 Report Share Posted April 6, 2002 can some please give me the meaning of this dyana mantra from the rdura kavacham: shantam padmaasanatham shashidharaa makutam panchavaktram trinetram shuulam vajram cha khadagam parashumbha bhayadam dakshabaange mahantam Naagam paasham cha ghantam pralaya huutavahum sankusham vaama bhaage naanaalankarayuktam sphatikamininibham paarvatisham namaami. This is the mantra via which one meditates on shiva before reciting the armour of lord rudra. I problem is I dont know some of the meanings of this mantra and therefore find it difficult to visualise the lord in accordance to the mantra. I could use a dictionary but then again I know there are some very wise people in the club and resort to your wisdom. Indeed one could translate this but a little elaboration on context,text and composer would help a lot. Are there any particular themes in the mantra? Where is the poetic eloquence been derived from? and why such wordings? these are a few question that come into perspective. What Idea is rishi Durvasa conveying like symbolism and via the physical attributes what kind of personality is the sage affiliating with lord rudra? SOLD.com.au- 1,000s of Bargains! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 9, 2002 Report Share Posted April 9, 2002 Dear friend, I have made some corrections in the shloka and given the meaning line-by-line, to the best of my knowledge. Hope this helps you. Corrections welcome. Regards to all, Rajani shaantam padmaasanastham shashidharaa makuTam panchavaktram trinetram shuulam vajram cha khadgam parashumabhayadam dakshabhaage vahantam Naagam paasham cha ghantaam pralaya hutavaham sankusham vaama bhaage naanaalankaarayuktam sphaTikamaNinibham paarvatiisham namaami. Calm, seated in the Padmasana pose, bearing the moon as the head-ornament, five-faced, three-eyed Holding the trident, thunderbolt, sword , axe and abhaya-hasta on His right side Holding the snake, noose, bell, fire of pralaya along with the ankusha(elephant-goad) on His left hands Adorned with various ornamnent, pure as crystal, I salute the Lord of Parvati (who is thus). Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes./ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 9, 2002 Report Share Posted April 9, 2002 Namaste Can any of the esteemed devotee tell me if they have a picture of Lord Shiva as mentioned in this sloka... regards Prasanna -- ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* "LET NOBLE THOUGHTS COME TO US FROM ALL SIDES - Rig Veda" V.Prasanna Shrinivas ~*~ Phone: Dept : +91-80-309 2567/2378 Research Student(PhD) ~*~ Hostel : +91-80-309 2454 Dept of Management Studies ~*~ Resi(Madurai): +91-452-302 266 Indian Institute of Science ~*~ E-mail: shri Bangalore 560 012 ~*~ Hostel: N-84, IISc Hostel, IISc,B'lore Please Visit My Webpage:http://mgmt.iisc.ernet.in/~shri ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* On Tue, 9 Apr 2002, Rajani Shankar wrote: > Dear friend, > > I have made some corrections in the shloka and given > the meaning line-by-line, to the best of my knowledge. > Hope this helps you. > > Corrections welcome. > > Regards to all, > Rajani > > > shaantam padmaasanastham shashidharaa makuTam > panchavaktram trinetram > > shuulam vajram cha khadgam parashumabhayadam > dakshabhaage vahantam > > Naagam paasham cha ghantaam pralaya hutavaham > sankusham vaama bhaage > > naanaalankaarayuktam sphaTikamaNinibham paarvatiisham > namaami. > > Calm, seated in the Padmasana pose, bearing the moon > as the head-ornament, five-faced, three-eyed > > Holding the trident, thunderbolt, sword , axe and > abhaya-hasta on His right side > > Holding the snake, noose, bell, fire of pralaya along > with the ankusha(elephant-goad) on His left hands > > Adorned with various ornamnent, pure as crystal, I > salute the Lord of Parvati (who is thus). > > > > > > Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax > http://taxes./ > > > AUM shrImAtre namaH > AUM namaH shivAya > AUM namaH shivAbhyAm > > Archives : http://www.ambaa.org/ (Edited) > : /messages// > > Contact : help > > Your use of is subject to > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 9, 2002 Report Share Posted April 9, 2002 Sorry, I missed 2 more corrections in the shloka shashidhara (not shashidharaa) saankusham ( not sankusham) Regards, Rajani Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes./ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 9, 2002 Report Share Posted April 9, 2002 Sorry about the errors, I have wrote the mantra off the top of my head. But anyways it is good to study that particular mantra of lord shiva because one does not have to have a great comprehension of the sanskrit language to see what names Durvasa is joing with rudra. Can anyone explain to me the actual significanse of neelagreeva I know it means blue neck and I also know it is dirived from the halahal poison incident but why is the name or form of such importance the same I would like to aks about saharaxsha and karpadin. These deities or forms of shiva or even names of shiva I would like to know more about. Thanks in advance. SOLD.com.au- 1,000s of Bargains! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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