the glory
of Rudram
स्वशाखोपनिषत् गीता विष्णोर्नाम
सहस्रकम्।
रुद्रंच पौरुषं सूक्तं नित्यमावर्तयेत्
बुधः॥
एकाशातं यजुः शाखाः तासु रुद्रोपनिषदाम्नायते।
शतशाखा गतं साक्षात् शतरुद्रीयमुच्यते॥
वृक्षस्य मूलसेकेन शखाः पुष्यन्ति
वै यथा।
शिवे रुद्रजपाद् प्रीते प्रीता
एवास्य देवताः॥
अतो रुद्रजपादेव मुक्ति भुक्ति
प्रसिध्यतः॥
सूतसंहिता॥
यः शतरुद्रीयमधीते सोऽग्निपूतो
भवति स वायुपूतो भवति स आत्मपूतो भवति स सुरापानाद् पूतो भवति ब्रह्महत्याद् पूतो भवति॥
कैवल्योपनिषद्
svaśākhopaniṣat
gītā viṣṇornāma sahasrakam|
rudraṁca pauruṣaṁ
sūktaṁ nityamāvartayet budhaḥ||
ekāśātaṁ yajuḥ
śākhāḥ tāsu rudropaniṣadāmnāyate|
śataśākhā gataṁ
sākṣāt śatarudrīyamucyate||
vṛkṣasya
mūlasekena śakhāḥ puṣyanti vai yathā|
śive rudrajapād
prīte prītā evāsya devatāḥ||
ato
rudrajapādeva mukti bhukti prasidhyataḥ||
sūtasaṁhitā||
yaḥ
śatarudrīyamadhīte so'gnipūto bhavati sa vāyupūto bhavati sa ātmapūto bhavati
sa surāpānād pūto bhavati brahmahatyād pūto bhavati ||
kaivalyopaniṣad
The primary duty
of every wise person is to study and
follow
1. The Vedic
Shakha ordained to Him
2. The Upanishad according to that Shakhaa
3. Srimad Bhagavat Gita
4. Vishnu Sahasranamam
5 Sri rudram.. Namakam and Chamakam
6. The Purusha Sooktham
Each of the
above is great beyond words.. Explaining each of that would take a lot of research..
I am confining
to Rudram.. Sri Rudram ..Rudropanishad.. or Shatarudreeyam.
The great Veda..
the Yajurvedam has one hundred Shakaas
or branches ( we know about Shukla,
Krishna etc..) And in every such branch the Upanishad of Rudra is prescribed and partakes a glorious
place. Thus what is gloriously present
in all the hundred Sakhas is called Shatarudreeyam.
Sootasamhita Says.
Just as the
branches and the huge foliage remain green and healthy when the roots of a tree
is irrigated with water, when Lord
Shiva the root cause of all divinity is
praised through chanting Rudram all
the gods and divine beings would be
pleased.
Therefore, only
through the worship of the Lord by chanting Sri Rudram, one would attain all physical comforts in the
world and also the emancipation from worldly bonds when he departs.
Kaivalyopanishad
says..
The seeker who
chants and digests Shatarudriyam or Sri Rudram
He becomes
purified as if by a fire sacrifice
He becomes
purified by the air
He becomes
purified in his vital Soul.. being
cleared of all the blemishes of Karma
The sins of
taking intoxicating beverages is removed from him
The sins of
causing death and damages to the learned persons gets removed from him
( Of course this
is stated not to justify boozing or brahmahatya.. it is just to underline the
greatness of the vedic prayer to the Lord of Lords.. Mahadeva Shambhu
Shankara..Siva)
NamaH Shivaaya..
