Rudra-Hridaya Upanishad

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sun, moon or the stars. There does not blow the wind, there do notexist many

Devatas. He, the One Lord only exists. He only, the Purityof purities, shines

for ever and ever.There are two birds in this body, the Jiva and the

Paramatman. The Jiva eats the fruit of his Karmas, but the Paramatman is

untouched byanything. The Paramatman is only the Sakshi. He does not do

anything.He only assumes the form of the Jiva through His Maya, just as

theAkasa inside a pot seems to be different from the Akasa outside and assumes

the form of the pot. In reality all is Siva, Advaita, the OneAbsolute. There is

no difference of whatever kind.When all is understood to be One, Omkara, the

Absolute, there is nosorrow, there is no Maya. Then the attainment of the

Advaita- Paramananda is very easy. Think that you are the basis of all

thisuniverse, you are the One, Kevala, Sat-Chit-Ghana. All people

cannotunderstand this Truth. Those devoid of Maya can know this secret.After

knowing this, the Atman does not move towards any place at any time. It becomes

one with the Absolute, just like Ghatakasa withParamakasa. Just as Akasa does

not move anywhere, similarly thisAtman does not have any movement. It becomes

one with OM.One who knows this great secret Truth is the real Muni. He becomes

the Para-Brahman Itself. He becomes Satchidananda. He attainspermanent peace.Om

! May He protect us both together; may He nourish us bothtogether;May we work

conjointly with great energy,

May our study be vigorous and effective;May we not mutually dispute (or may we

not hate any).Om ! Let there be Peace in me !Let there be Peace in my

environment !Let there be Peace in the forces that act on me ! Here ends the

Rudra-Hridayopanishad belonging to the Krishna-Yajur-Veda.

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Dear Prasanna Ji,

 

Is this available in Sanskrit. It seems very beautiful and powerful.

 

 

Sincerely,

Bhupendra.

 

, "prasanna kumar"

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>

> Dear All,

>

> Rudra-Hridaya Upanishad

>

>

>

>

> Om ! May He protect us both together; may He nourish us both

> together;

>

> May we work conjointly with great energy,

>

> May our study be vigorous and effective;

>

> May we not mutually dispute (or may we not hate any).

>

> Om ! Let there be Peace in me !

>

> Let there be Peace in my environment !

>

> Let there be Peace in the forces that act on me !

>

>

>

> Now, at this moment, I take refuge in that Pure State of the

Supreme

> Absolute which can be known by the Vidya, called the Rudra Hridaya

> Upanishad.

>

> After prostrating before the celebrated form of Sri Mahadeva-Rudra

in

> his heart, adoring the sacred Bhasma and Rudraksha and mentally

> reciting the great Mahavakya-Mantra, Tarasara, Sri Suka asked his

> father Sri Vyasa Maharshi, thus:

>

> Who is the real God of gods? In whom are all these existences

> established? By worshipping whom, can I please the Devas in whole?

>

> Hearing these words, Sri Veda Vyasa replied thus:

>

> Rudra is the embodiment of all Devas. All devas are merely

different

> manifestations of Sri Rudra Himself. On the right side of Rudra,

> there is the sun, then the four-headed Brahma, and then three Agnis

> (fires). On the left side, there exist Sri Umadevi, and also Vishnu

> and Soma (moon).

>

> Uma Herself is the form of Vishnu. Vishnu Himself is the form of

the

> moon. Therefore, those who worship Lord Vishnu, worship Siva

Himself.

> And those who worship Siva, worship Lord Vishnu in reality. Those

who

> envy and hate Sri Rudra, are actually hating Sri Vishnu. Those who

> decry Lord Siva, decry Vishnu Himself.

>

> Rudra is the generator of the seed. Vishnu is the embryo of the

seed.

> Siva Himself is Brahma and Brahma Himself is Agni. Rudra is full of

> Brahma and Vishnu. The whole world is full of Agni and Soma. The

> masculine gender is Lord Siva. The feminine gender is Sri Bhavani

> Devi. All the mobile and immobile creation of this universe, is

> filled up with Uma and Rudra. The Vyakta is Sri Uma, and the

Avyakta

> is Lord Siva. The combination of Uma and Sankara is Vishnu.

>

> Hence everybody should prostrate to Sri Maha Vishnu with great

> devotion. He is the Atman. He is the Paramatman. He is the

> Antaratman. Brahma is the Antaratman. Siva is the Paramatman.

Vishnu

> is the Eternal Atman of all this universe. This whole creation of

> Svarga, Martya and Patala Lokas is a big tree. Vishnu is the top

> portion (branches) of this tree. Brahma is the stem. The root is

Lord

> Siva.

>

> The effect is Vishnu. The action is Brahma. The cause is Siva. For

> the benefit of the worlds. Rudra has taken these three forms.

>

> Rudra is Dharma. Vishnu is the world. Brahma is Knowledge.

Therefore,

> do Kirtan of His name, `Rudra', `Rudra'. By singing like this, the

> hallowed name of this great Lord, all your sins will be destroyed.

>

> Rudra is man. Uma is woman. Prostrations to Him and Her. Rudra is

> Brahma. Uma is Sarasvati. Prostrations to Him and Her. Rudra is

> Vishnu. Uma is Lakshmi. Prostrations to Him and Her. Rudra is Sun.

> Uma is shadow. Prostrations to Him and Her. Rudra is moon. Uma is

> star. Prostrations to Him and Her. Rudra is day. Uma is night.

> Prostrations to Him and Her. Rudra is Yajna. Uma is Vedi.

> Prostrations to Him and Her. Rudra is Agni, Uma is Svaha.

> Prostrations to Him and Her. Rudra is Veda. Uma is Sastra.

> Prostrations to Him and Her. Rudra is tree. Uma is creeper.

> Prostrations to Him and Her. Rudra is scent. Uma is flower.

> Prostrations to Him and Her. Rudra is meaning. Uma is word.

> Prostrations to Him and Her. Rudra is Linga. Uma is Pitha.

> Prostrations to Him and Her.

>

> The devotee should worship Sri Rudra and Uma with these Mantras

> referred to above. O my son, Suka! With these hymns, you should

> meditate on the Eternal Para-Brahman, which is beyond the reach of

> the senses, which is pure Existence, knowledge and Bliss and which

> cannot be understood either by the speech or by the mind. After

> knowing this, there is nothing more to be known, because everything

> is the form of That, and there is nothing separate from That.

>

> There are two Vidyas to be known. They are Para and Apara. Apara

> Vidya is the embodiment of the four Vedas and their six Angas. They

> do not deal with the Nature of the Atman. But the Para Vidya is

> called the Moksha-Sastra. It deals with that supreme philosophy of

> the Absolute Truth, ununderstandable, impersonal, Nirguna,

Nirakara,

> without ears, without eyes, without hands, without feet, eternal,

> omnipresent, imperishable, and knowable by the intelligent daring

> sages.

>

> From that Lord Siva who performs a terrible penance in the form of

> Supreme Jnana-Marga, this whole world is created which is the food

of

> the mortals. This world is Maya. It seems to appear just like a

> dream. It is superimposed on the Lord just like a rope on a

serpent.

> This is the eternal Truth. There is no creation in reality. All is

> absolute. All is Truth. Knowing this, one is liberated at once.

>

> Only through Jnana, you can get rid of this Samsara. Only through

> Jnana, you can understand this existence and never through Karma.

> Understand this through the guidance of a Brahmanishtha-Srotriya

> Guru. The Guru will give the disciple all the necessary knowledge

of

> Brahman, the Absolute. By cutting off the bondage of Ajnana or

> Avidya, one should take refuge in Lord Sadasiva. This is the real

> wisdom to be understood by an aspirant seeking after Truth.

>

> The Pranava is the bow. The Atman is the arrow. The Para-Brahman is

> the target. Just like the arrow, the Atman will become one with

> Brahman.

>

> But all these three, the bow, the arrow and the target are not

> different from that Sadasiva. There do not shine the bodies of the

> sun, moon or the stars. There does not blow the wind, there do not

> exist many Devatas. He, the One Lord only exists. He only, the

Purity

> of purities, shines for ever and ever.

>

> There are two birds in this body, the Jiva and the Paramatman. The

> Jiva eats the fruit of his Karmas, but the Paramatman is untouched

by

> anything. The Paramatman is only the Sakshi. He does not do

anything.

> He only assumes the form of the Jiva through His Maya, just as the

> Akasa inside a pot seems to be different from the Akasa outside and

> assumes the form of the pot. In reality all is Siva, Advaita, the

One

> Absolute. There is no difference of whatever kind.

>

> When all is understood to be One, Omkara, the Absolute, there is no

> sorrow, there is no Maya. Then the attainment of the Advaita-

> Paramananda is very easy. Think that you are the basis of all this

> universe, you are the One, Kevala, Sat-Chit-Ghana. All people

cannot

> understand this Truth. Those devoid of Maya can know this secret.

> After knowing this, the Atman does not move towards any place at

any

> time. It becomes one with the Absolute, just like Ghatakasa with

> Paramakasa. Just as Akasa does not move anywhere, similarly this

> Atman does not have any movement. It becomes one with OM.

>

> One who knows this great secret Truth is the real Muni. He becomes

> the Para-Brahman Itself. He becomes Satchidananda. He attains

> permanent peace.

>

> Om ! May He protect us both together; may He nourish us both

> together;

>

> May we work conjointly with great energy,

>

> May our study be vigorous and effective;

>

> May we not mutually dispute (or may we not hate any).

>

> Om ! Let there be Peace in me !

>

> Let there be Peace in my environment !

>

> Let there be Peace in the forces that act on me !

>

>

>

> Here ends the Rudra-Hridayopanishad belonging to the Krishna-Yajur-

> Veda.

>

> by Sh Shreeram ji

>

> with regards

> Prasanna Kumar

>