from Smt. Sheela Belur - stOtra ratna - 13

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namO namO yAmunAya yAmunAya namO nama:

namO namO yAmunAya yAmunAya namO nama:

 

slOkam 13:

 

vEdApahAra gurupAtaka daityapIDAdhi

ApadvimOchana mahiShTa phalapradAnai: |

kOnya:prajA pashupatI paripAti kasya

pAdOdakEna sa shivasvashirOdhrutEna ||

 

 

vEda apahAra - (sins related to) abduction of the

vEdAs

gurupAtaka - sins related to the father

(chopping off of four-headed Bramha's

heads.Here "guru" can be referred to as

father, AchArya and various meanings.)

daitya - (due to)HiranyAkSha,Hiranyakashipu,rAvAna etc

pIDA - tortures

Adi -several like these

Apath- (due to the) travails

vimOchana - freedom from

mahiShTa phala - fruits such as ability to create and

destroy

pradAnai: - due to the granting

prajA pashupatI - (prjApati + pashupati) Bramha and

Rudra

anya: ka: - who else?

paripAti - will be the protector?

svashirODruthEna - because of adornment over the head

kasya - whose(trivikrama)

pAdOdakEna - water(Ganga) flowing from the divine feet

sa:- that Rudra

shiva: - possessor of the auspicious name "shiva"

 

{babhoova - became}

 

tAtparyam:

 

In the beginning bhagavAn taught the four vEdAs to the

 

four-headed Bramha. Subsequently Bramha instructed

this to unqualified ones such as Madhu and KaiTabha.

Thus Bramha became a sinner being involved in the

'abduction' the vEdAs. Rudra plucked Bramha's head

which got stuck to Rudra's hands and hence became a

sinner too. At that time who else protected Bramha and

 

Rudra as well as the three worlds being tormented

by hiranyAkSha, hiranyakashipu and rAvana but the

Supreme Being SrimannArAyana ? As soon as water was

poured to receive the three worlds from Bali , He grew

 

as Trivikrama so that all the beings in the worlds can

 

have His grace when he measured the entire bhoolOka

with one of His feet and the Bramha lOka and beyond

with His another, Bramha washed those divine feet

using the water from his water vessel 'kamanDala' .

This water when it flowed to this bhoolOka in the form

 

of Ganga , Rudra adorned it on his head and thus

received the auspicious name "shiva" .

 

Note: The fact that Rudra sanctified himself by the

adornment of the holy water that flowed from washing

of the divine feet of srimannArAyana is quoted not

only by vaishnava sampradAya but also has been

described in Srimad BhAgavatham. Even in AdhyAtma

rAmAyana, it is said that when VasiShta visited Sri

rAma in his palace, Sri rAma washed the feet of His

guru and sprinkled that water on His head. Then his

guru remarks " Oh rAmA! You sprinkled water from

washing my feet on Your head! But rudra attained

sanctification by the adornment of the water flowed

from washing Your divine feet on his head! " as quoted

 

in the slOka below:

 

adyAtma rAmAyanE ayOdhyAkAndE tritIyasargE

svarnA pAtrENa pAnIya mAnivayAshu jAnakI |

ratnAsanE samAvEshyapAdou prakShaLya bhaktita:

tadApashyirasAdrutvA sItayAsaharAghava: ||

 

dhanyOsmItya bravIdrAmastava pAdAmbudhAraNat

SrIrAmaiNaiva muktastuprahasanmunirabravIt |

tvatpAdasalilamdrutvA dhanyObhoodgirijApati:

bramhApimatpitAtEhi pAdatIrthahatAshubha: ||

 

ALavandAr tiruvadigalE saranam

 

 

 

 

 

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