yajvan
19 April 2010, 09:46 PM
hariḥ oṁ
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namasté
Often times we hear of śiva ( rudra) in the ved¹, but not that often does one bring up śiva in the upaniṣads. There are a few worthy of review:
skanda upaniṣad
śarabha upaniṣad
dakṣiṇāmūrti upaniṣad
rudrākṣajābāla upaniṣad I found the 4 above insightful. Why so? Let me offer a few snippets that stir my appreciation.
skanda upaniṣad
the heart of viṣṇu is śiva , the heart of śiva is viṣṇu; the ṛṣi informs us, I see no difference.
śarabha upaniṣad
Nobody¹ is able to know about the extreme power of Lord girīśa¹ .That lord is immortal, truth, etc. That Lord is unknown to all,
is Reality and words cannot describe His actual existence.
dakṣiṇāmūrti upaniṣad
this upaniṣad brings us a most wonderful mantraṁ
oṁ namo bhagavate dakṣiṇāmūtrti mahyam medhām prajñām prayacca svāhā
rudrākṣajābala upaniṣad
the key to this upanisad is offered in its name: rudra + akṣa +jā +bāla
The strength (bala) or purity (bāla) born or produced ( ja or jā) by the eye (akṣa) or a seed ( akṣa ) of which mālā's (rosaries )are made of rudra. We know this as rudrākṣa. Hence this upaniṣad informs us about the types and use of rudrākṣa.
praṇām
words
ṛg ved 2.33 , śri rudraṁ from the ṛg ved, yajur ved taittrīya saṃhitā 4.5, etc. We know the renouned namaḥ śivāya appears in the śatarudrīya (śri rudraṁ) 8th anuvaka.
pippalāda - eating the fruit of the peepal tree; The inference - the ṛṣi who as eaten the sweet fruit of wisdom.
girīśa - ' mountain-lord' or śiva ; giri = coming from the mountains ; It can also mean lord of speech as 'gir' = speech, invocation, addressing with praise , praise , verse , song
śarabha upaniṣad - the ṛṣi pippalāda asks lord brahmā , I wish to know who is the most adorable ( ~best~) among lord brahmā, viṣṇu and śiva.
~~~~~~
namasté
Often times we hear of śiva ( rudra) in the ved¹, but not that often does one bring up śiva in the upaniṣads. There are a few worthy of review:
skanda upaniṣad
śarabha upaniṣad
dakṣiṇāmūrti upaniṣad
rudrākṣajābāla upaniṣad I found the 4 above insightful. Why so? Let me offer a few snippets that stir my appreciation.
skanda upaniṣad
the heart of viṣṇu is śiva , the heart of śiva is viṣṇu; the ṛṣi informs us, I see no difference.
śarabha upaniṣad
Nobody¹ is able to know about the extreme power of Lord girīśa¹ .That lord is immortal, truth, etc. That Lord is unknown to all,
is Reality and words cannot describe His actual existence.
dakṣiṇāmūrti upaniṣad
this upaniṣad brings us a most wonderful mantraṁ
oṁ namo bhagavate dakṣiṇāmūtrti mahyam medhām prajñām prayacca svāhā
rudrākṣajābala upaniṣad
the key to this upanisad is offered in its name: rudra + akṣa +jā +bāla
The strength (bala) or purity (bāla) born or produced ( ja or jā) by the eye (akṣa) or a seed ( akṣa ) of which mālā's (rosaries )are made of rudra. We know this as rudrākṣa. Hence this upaniṣad informs us about the types and use of rudrākṣa.
praṇām
words
ṛg ved 2.33 , śri rudraṁ from the ṛg ved, yajur ved taittrīya saṃhitā 4.5, etc. We know the renouned namaḥ śivāya appears in the śatarudrīya (śri rudraṁ) 8th anuvaka.
pippalāda - eating the fruit of the peepal tree; The inference - the ṛṣi who as eaten the sweet fruit of wisdom.
girīśa - ' mountain-lord' or śiva ; giri = coming from the mountains ; It can also mean lord of speech as 'gir' = speech, invocation, addressing with praise , praise , verse , song
śarabha upaniṣad - the ṛṣi pippalāda asks lord brahmā , I wish to know who is the most adorable ( ~best~) among lord brahmā, viṣṇu and śiva.