Rudram (was NAMASKARAM TO ALL BHAGAVATAS)

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There should absolutely be no favoritism when it comes

to the Veda. (a) All devatas should be respected and not

shunned, and moreover (b) since the Parabrahman is the

antaryAmi and the actual purport of every Vedic description,

there should be no reason to not recite any section of

the Veda with thoughts only of the Parabrahman.

 

Murali wrote:

> Rudram was also recited. There were no

> exceptions. When I asked a ghana-pAti present there

> about this, he said that in the Rudram, every rudra

> padam has specific reference to Lord Lakshmi Nrsimha.

 

I have heard this many times but I find difficult to

accept. I do not see a *direct* reference to Narasimha

in the Rudram. In Sri Rudram, prayers are addressed

to "trilocana", "tripurAntaka", etc., all of which I

have never seen used to describe Narasimha, but each

of which are obvious references to the deity known as

Rudra.

 

If anyone has any clear evidence that Sri Rudram

refers *directly* to Narasimha, in ways that are

demonstrable to an impartial bystander, I would like

to see it.

 

adiyen

mani ramanuja dasan