Shatarudriyam

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Sri:

Srimathe ramanujaya namaha

 

Dear Members,

 

I am glad to read about the reforms which Sri.Mani Varadarajan has

introduced for the list and am equally glad to see the focus of the

list back on the saddle once again.

 

I had asked this question some time back but have not got a

conclusive reply. Since our membership has now swelled to a greater

extent, I am hoping to get a conclusive answer to a question which I

have been tackling for quite a long time without any phalam!

 

The question being on the interpretation of the Rudram where I have

come across refernces that hint out that the namas (names and

attributes) in the Shatarudriyam actually connote to Narasimhar which

sounds inconclusive.

 

For example Tryambakam, Triupraantakam and many other names connote

Maheshwara. I wish to know if any scholar or acharya in the Sri

Vaishnava Sampradaya have commented upon the Rudram. I eagerly await

responses/articles from learned members.

 

Regards,

 

Adiyen Ramanuja Dasan,

 

Malolan Cadambi

 

 

 

 

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bhakti-list, Malolan Cadambi <mcadambi> wrote:

> The question being on the interpretation of the Rudram where I have

> come across refernces that hint out that the namas (names and

> attributes) in the Shatarudriyam actually connote to Narasimhar

> which sounds inconclusive.

>

> For example Tryambakam, Triupraantakam and many other names connote

> Maheshwara. I wish to know if any scholar or acharya in the Sri

> Vaishnava Sampradaya have commented upon the Rudram. I eagerly await

> responses/articles from learned members.

 

Dear Malolan,

 

I had exactly the same doubt a couple of months back.

No doubt many people argue that Sri Rudra Prasna is

actually about Narasimha, but I was never convinced.

I asked one of the most respected scholars within the

tradition this very same question, and here is the

literal reply I got:

 

* Sri Rudra PraSna is about Siva only.But while chanting it

* as in the case of all mantras one should keep in

* mind the Lord immanent in that DevatA.

 

In other words, the mantras are actually about Siva, as the

descriptive epithets indicate. But, as always, what should

be kept in mind is the fact that the Paramatma is the

indwelling inner controller of all deities, and it is

to Him that these mantras are all ultimately addressed.

 

ramanuja dasa,

Mani