Sri Rudram - 5th and 6th Anuvakka with meanings

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5th ANUVAKA

 

Namo bhavaya cha Rudraya cha

Salutations to Him who is the source of all things

and to Him who is the destroyer of all ills.

 

Namah sharvaya cha pashupatayou cha

 

Salutations to the destroyer and to the protector of

all beings in bondage.

 

 

Namo nilagrivaya cha shiti kanthaya cha

 

Salutations to Him whose throat is black and whose throat

is also white.

 

Namah kapardine cha vyuptake shaya cha

Salutations to Him of the matted locks, and to Him

who is clean-shaven.

 

Namah sahasrakshaya cha shatadhanvane cha

Salutations to Him who has a Thousand eyes and a

hundred bows.

 

Namo giri shaya cha sipivishtaya cha

Salutations to Him who dwells on the mount and who

is in the form of Vishnu.

 

Namo middhushta maya ceshumate cha

Salutations to Him who showers blessings very much

and who bears arrows.

 

Namo hrasvaya cha vamanaya cha

Salutations to Him who assumes a small size, and Him

who is in the form of a dwarf.

 

 

Namo bruhate cha varshiyase cha

Salutations to the great and majestic one, to Him

who is full of all excellence.

 

Namo vruddhaya cha samvrudhvane cha

Salutations to the Ancient One who is loudly praised

by the scriptures.

 

Namo Agriyaya cha prathamaya cha

Salutations to Him who was before all things and who

is foremost.

 

 

Nama Ashave chajiraya cha

Salutations to Him who pervades all and moves

swiftly.

 

 

Namah shrighriyaya cha shibhyaya cha

Salutations to Him who is in fast moving things and

in headlong cascades.

 

Nama urmyaya chavas vanyaya cha

Salutations to Him who is in great waves and in the

still waters.

 

 

Namah srotasyaya cha dvipyaya cha

Salutations to Him who is in the floods and in the

islands.

 

Sixth Anuvaka

 

Namo jyoushthaya cha kanishthaya cha

Salutations to Him who is senior and who is junior.

 

 

Namah purvajaya chaparajaya cha

Salutations to Him who was born before all and who

will be born after all.

 

 

Namo Madhya maya chapagalbhaya cha

Salutations to Him who appears in the middle, and

who appears undeveloped.

 

 

Namo jaghanyaya cha, budhniyaya cha

Salutations to Him who is born from the back side

and from the under side.

 

 

Namah shobhyaya cha, prati saryaya cha

Salutations to Him who is born in the mixed world of

good and bad and in things that move.

 

 

Namo yamyaya cha, kshemyaya cha

Salutations to Him who is in the worlds of Yama and

in the worlds of safety.

 

Nama urvaryaya cha khalyaya cha

Salutations to Him who is in the form of the

bountiful fields and the threshing floors.

 

 

Nama shlokyaya chavasanyaya cha

Salutations to Him who is praised by the Vedic

Mantras and who is expounded in the Vedantic Upanishads.

 

Namo vanyaya cha, kakshyaya cha

Salutations to Him who is in the form of trees in

the forests and of creepers in the shaded areas.

 

Namah shravaya cha pratisravaya cha

Salutations to Him who is sound and the echo of the

sound.

 

Nama asu shenaya chashurathaya cha

Salutations to Him whose armies move swiftly and who

rides on a swift chariot.

 

Nama shuraya cha, chavabhindate cha

Salutations to the warrior, He who pierces his

enemies.

 

Namo varmine cha, varuyour cha

Salutations to Him who is clad in armor Himself, and

who has provided for the safety of His charioteer.

 

Namo bilmine cha kavacine cha

Salutations to Him who wears a helmet and

breast-plate.

 

Namah shrutaya cha shrutasenaya cha

Salutations to Him who is praised in the Vedas and

whose army is also praised.