असौ यस्ताम्रो अरुण उत बभ्रु: सुमङ्गल: |
ये चे माग्ंरुद्रा अभितो दिक्षु श्री ता: सहस्त्रशो वै शाग्ंहेड ईम्हे ||७||
The same Rudra is seen in the Solar orb. He is red while rising. He becomes slightly less red. He acquires golden hue (or white according to some) later. He is highly auspicious as he assumes different colours and removes darkness. There are again many little Rudras who can be compared to the rays of the Sun surrounding the Earth in all directions. We are propitiating them with our prostrations so that their anger at us for our mistakes may be lightened. ताम्र deep red, copper red. अरुण light red or rosy colour. बभ्रु:- golden hued. हेड their angry moods अवईमहे - अवेमहे ward off. बभ्रु may also mean one who sustains the world by giving knowledge just as Sun wakes up people in the morning by His rising. Giving knowledge and waking up are compared.
The thousands and thousands of little Rudras with similar appearances and powers surround us from all sides to give us the fruits of our actions. They become either angry or indifferent when we do things that ought not to be done or do not do things that ought to be done. Their anger or indifference is intended to be mollified by our prayers and prostrations.
Vishnusuri: Prakriti originally has sattwa guna. It has two shaktis, Rajas and Tamas which cause vikshepa and avritti (projecting and concealing powers). The projecting power is responsible for creation and the concealing power conceals the difference between the seer and the seen internally and Brahman and the creation externally. ( द्रुग्ट्ट्श्ययोर्भेद: and ब्रह्मसर्गयोर्भेद:). Therefore rajas and tamas have to be subdued only by sattwa which is Prakriti in original form ( मूलप्रक्रुति: ). The same maya which has preponderance of pure sattwa ( विशुद्धसत्व ) is responsible for projection and concealment in case of one who wants to enjoy the world and is also responsible for completely destroying rajas and tamas and its own disappearing for one who seeks liberation. The point to be seen here is that the Supreme Being with maya Shakti which has pure sattwa appears red due to rajas thrown up by maya. Then He is associated with the creation as its soul and becomes auspicious. ( बभ्रु is used in this sense, one who maintains or sustains). The thousands of Rudras are the jivas. We try to remove their अविद्या ( हेड तीक्ष्ण्त्वं - अविद्यायुतत्त्वं ) by instructing them in the meaning of the Vedic dicta tattwamasi etc. The thousands of Rudras spoken of here are the jivas because jiva is essentially non-different from Rudra. Liberation is from many to one.
ये चे माग्ंरुद्रा अभितो दिक्षु श्री ता: सहस्त्रशो वै शाग्ंहेड ईम्हे ||७||
The same Rudra is seen in the Solar orb. He is red while rising. He becomes slightly less red. He acquires golden hue (or white according to some) later. He is highly auspicious as he assumes different colours and removes darkness. There are again many little Rudras who can be compared to the rays of the Sun surrounding the Earth in all directions. We are propitiating them with our prostrations so that their anger at us for our mistakes may be lightened. ताम्र deep red, copper red. अरुण light red or rosy colour. बभ्रु:- golden hued. हेड their angry moods अवईमहे - अवेमहे ward off. बभ्रु may also mean one who sustains the world by giving knowledge just as Sun wakes up people in the morning by His rising. Giving knowledge and waking up are compared.
The thousands and thousands of little Rudras with similar appearances and powers surround us from all sides to give us the fruits of our actions. They become either angry or indifferent when we do things that ought not to be done or do not do things that ought to be done. Their anger or indifference is intended to be mollified by our prayers and prostrations.
Vishnusuri: Prakriti originally has sattwa guna. It has two shaktis, Rajas and Tamas which cause vikshepa and avritti (projecting and concealing powers). The projecting power is responsible for creation and the concealing power conceals the difference between the seer and the seen internally and Brahman and the creation externally. ( द्रुग्ट्ट्श्ययोर्भेद: and ब्रह्मसर्गयोर्भेद:). Therefore rajas and tamas have to be subdued only by sattwa which is Prakriti in original form ( मूलप्रक्रुति: ). The same maya which has preponderance of pure sattwa ( विशुद्धसत्व ) is responsible for projection and concealment in case of one who wants to enjoy the world and is also responsible for completely destroying rajas and tamas and its own disappearing for one who seeks liberation. The point to be seen here is that the Supreme Being with maya Shakti which has pure sattwa appears red due to rajas thrown up by maya. Then He is associated with the creation as its soul and becomes auspicious. ( बभ्रु is used in this sense, one who maintains or sustains). The thousands of Rudras are the jivas. We try to remove their अविद्या ( हेड तीक्ष्ण्त्वं - अविद्यायुतत्त्वं ) by instructing them in the meaning of the Vedic dicta tattwamasi etc. The thousands of Rudras spoken of here are the jivas because jiva is essentially non-different from Rudra. Liberation is from many to one.
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