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mani2 • March 12, 2002 


--- In bhakti-list@y..., Malolan Cadambi  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
 


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