Friday 19 August 2011

Rudram & Chamakam - 2

Anuvaka 3
Namah sahamanaya nivyadhina avyadhininam pataye namo
namah kakubhaya nishhangine stenanam pataye namo
namo nishhangina ishhudhimate taskaraanaam pataye namo
namo vajnchate parivajnchate stayunam pataye namo
namo nicherave paricharayaranyanam pataye namo


namah srikavibhyo jighasadbhyo mushhnatam pataye namo
namo asimadbhyo naktam charadhbhyah prakrintanam pataye namo
nama ushhnishhine giricharaya kulujnchanam pataye namo namah

Salutations to Him who can not only withstand the shock of the onset of His enemies, but
overpower them.
He who can effortlessly pierce His enemies; the Lord of those who can fight on all sides,
salutations to Him.
Salutations to Him who stands prominent, the wielder of the sword; to the prince of
thieves, salutations.
Salutations to Him who holds a dart in His hand to fit in His bow, who has a quiver in His
back; to the Lord of those who thieve openly, salutations.
Salutations to Him who worming himself into the confidence of others and disillusions them occasionally, and He who cheats them systematically; to Him pretending to be an acquaintance takes away what belongs to them.

Salutations to Him who moves about guardedly ever with intention to steal; to Him who
moves amidst crowds and thronged places for pick-pocketing; to the Lord of forest thieves,
salutations.
Salutations to Him who is in the form of those who protect themselves in armor, who want
to kill others; to the Lord of those who want to steal crops and wealth, salutations.
Salutations to Him who is in the form of swordsmen who wander about at night; to the
Lord of those who kill and seize others’ possessions, salutations.
Salutations to Him who wears a turban, who wanders about the mountains; to the leader
of the landlords, salutations.


Namo ishhumadhbhyo dhanvavibhyashcha vo namo
nama atanvanebhyah pratidadhanebhyashcha vo namo
nama ayachchhadhbhyo visrijadbhyashcha vo namo
namo asyadbhyo vidhdhyadbhyashcha vo namo
nama asinebhyah shayanebhyashcha vo namo


namah svapadbhyo jagradbhyashcha vo namo
nam stishthadhbhyo dhavadbhyashcha vo namo
namah sabhabhyah sabhapatibhyashcha vo namo
namo ashvebhyoashvapatibhyashcha vo namah

Salutations to you who bear darts, who carry bows; to you salutations.
Salutations to you who string your bows and you who fit arrows in them; to them my

salutations.
Salutations to you who pulls the bowstrings and let fly the shafts; to you salutations.
Salutations to you who loosen the arrows and pierce the persons you aim at; to you

salutations.
Salutations to you Rudras who are seated and who are reclining, salutations.
To you Rudras who are in the form of those who are asleep and awake, salutations.
To you Rudras who are in the form of those who stand and those who run, salutations.
To you Rudras who are in the form of those who sit as members of assemblies and those
who preside over them, salutations.
To you Rudras who are in the form of horses and those who command them, salutations.

Anuvaka 4

Nama avyadhinibhyo vividhyantibhyashcha vo namo
nama uganabhyastrihatibhyashcha vo namo
namo gritsebhyo grutsapatibhyashcha vo namo
namo vratebhyo vratapatibhyashcha vo namo
namo ganebhyo ganapatibhyashcha vo namo

namo virupebhyo vishvarupebhyashcha vo namo namo mahadbhyah kshullakebhyashcha vo namo namo rathibhyoarathebhyashcha vo namo

Salutations to you who can hit and pierce from all sides, and you who can pierce in
diverse and manifold ways.
Salutations to you who are in the form of the superior female Gods and the fierce vengeful
and powerful Goddesses.
Salutations to you the covetous and greedy, and the leaders of such men. Salutations to

you of diverse crowds and races, and the leaders of them.
Salutations to you Ganas and their lords.
Salutations to you who assume grotesque and monstrous forms and other diverse shapes.
Salutations to you the great ones and the small ones.
Salutations to you who ride in chariots and you who ride on no conveyance, but walk on
foot.


namo rathebhyah rathapatibhyashcha vo namo
namah senabhyah senanibhyashcha vo namo
namah kshattribhyah sangrahitribhyashcha vo namo
nama stakshabhyo rathakarebhyashcha vo namo
namah kulalebhyah karmarebhyashcha vo namo


namah pujnjishhtebhyo nishhadebhyashcha vo namo
nama ishhukridbhyo dhanvakridhbhyashcha vo namo
namo mrugayubhyah shvanibhyashcha vo namo
namah shvabhyah shvapatibhyashcha vo namah


Salutations to you who are in the form of chariots and those who own them.
Salutations to you in the form of armies and the leaders of such armies.
Salutations to you who are in the form of those who teach the chariot driving to others,

and those who drive the vehicles themselves.
Salutations to you who are in the form of carpenters and fashioners of chariots.
Salutations to you who are in the form of those who mold clay and make mud vessels, and
artisans working in the metals.
Salutations to you who are in the form of fowlers who net flocks of birds and fishermen

who net shoals of fish.
Salutations to you who are in the form of makers of arrows and bows.
Salutations to you who are in the form of hunters and that of the leaders of the hounds.


Anuvaka 5
Namo bhavaya cha rudraya cha
namah sharvaya cha pashupataye cha
namo nilagrivaya cha shitikanthaya cha
namah kapardine cha vyuptakeshaya cha
namah sahasrakshaya cha shatadhanvane cha


namo girishaya cha shipivishhtaya cha
namo midhushhtamaya cheshhumate cha
namo hrasvaya cha vamanaya cha
namo brihate cha varshhiyase cha
namo vriddhaya cha samvridhdhvane cha

Salutations to Him who is the source of all things and to Him who is the destroyer of all

ills.
Salutations to the destroyer and to the protector of all beings in bondage.
Salutations to Him whose throat is black and whose throat is also white.
Salutations to Him of the matted locks, and to Him who is clean-shaven.
Salutations to Him who has a Thousand eyes and a hundred bows. Salutations to Him who

dwells on the mount and who is in the form of Vishnu.
Salutations to Him who showers blessings very much and who bears arrows.
Salutations to Him who assumes a small size, and Him who is in the form of a dwarf.
Salutations to the great and majestic one, to Him who is full of all excellence.
Salutations to the Ancient One who is loudly praised by the scriptures.


Namo agriyaya cha prathamaya cha
nama ashave chajiraya cha
namh shighriyaya cha shibhyaya cha
nam urmyayacha vasvanyaya cha
namah strotasyaya cha dvipyaya cha

Salutations to Him who was before all things and who is foremost

alutations to Him who pervades all and moves swiftly.
Salutations to Him who is in fast moving things and in headlong cascades.
Salutations to Him who is in great waves and in the still waters.
Salutations to Him who is in the floods and in the islands.


Anuvaka 6
Namo jyeshhthaya cha kanishhthaya cha
namah purvajaya chaparajaya cha
namo madhyamaya chapagalbhaya cha
namo jaghanyaya cha budhniyaya cha
namah sobhyaya cha pratisaryaya cha
namo yamyaya cha kshemyaya cha
nama urvaryaya cha khalyaya cha


namah shlokyaya chavasanyaya cha
namo vanyaya cha kakshyaya cha
namah shravaya cha pratishravaya cha


Salutations to Him who is senior and who is junior.
Salutations to Him who was born before all and who will be born after all.
Salutations to Him who appears in the middle, and who appears undeveloped.
Salutations to Him who is born from the back side and from the under side.
Salutations to Him who is born in the mixed world of good and bad and in things that

move.
Salutations to Him who is in the worlds of Yama and in the worlds of safety.
Salutations to Him who is in the form of the bountiful fields and the threshing floors.
Salutations to Him who is praised by the Vedic Mantras and who is expounded in the
Vedantic Upanishads.
Salutations to Him who is in the form of trees in the forests and of creepers in the shaded
areas.
Salutations to Him who is sound and the echo of the sound.


Nama ashushhenayacha shurathaya cha
namah shuraya chavabhindate cha
namo varmine cha varuthine cha
namo bilmine cha kavachine cha
namah shrutaya cha shrutasenaya cha

Salutations to Him whose armies move swiftly and who rides on a swift chariot.
Salutations to the warrior, He who pierces his enemies


namah katyaya cha nipyaya cha
namah sudyaya cha sarasyaya cha
namo nadyaya cha vaishantaya cha


Salutations to Him who is the kettle drum and who is also the drum stick.
Salutations to Him who never turns his back in fight, but is at the same time prudent.
Salutations to Him who is in the form of the messenger and the representative sent for

special purposes.
Salutations to Him who has a sword and a quiver of arrows.
Salutations to Him having keen shafts and all weapons.
Salutations to Him bearing a beautiful and powerful weapon and bow.
Salutations to Him who is in the narrow footpaths and the broad highways.
Salutations to Him who is in the narrow flow of waters and in their descent from higher to

lower levels.
Salutations to Him who is in the marshy and muddy places and in the lakes.
Salutations to Him who is in the flowing waters of rivers and in the still waters of
mountain tarns.



namah katyaya cha nipyaya cha
namah sudyaya cha sarasyaya cha
namo nadyaya cha vaishantaya cha


Salutations to Him who is the kettle drum and who is also the drum stick.
Salutations to Him who never turns his back in fight, but is at the same time prudent.
Salutations to Him who is in the form of the messenger and the representative sent for

special purposes.

Salutations to Him who has a sword and a quiver of arrows.
Salutations to Him having keen shafts and all weapons.
Salutations to Him bearing a beautiful and powerful weapon and bow.
Salutations to Him who is in the narrow footpaths and the broad highways.
Salutations to Him who is in the narrow flow of waters and in their descent from higher to

lower levels.

Salutations to Him who is in the marshy and muddy places and in the lakes.
Salutations to Him who is in the flowing waters of rivers and in the still waters of
mountain tarns.


Namah kupyaya cha vatyaya cha
namo varshhyaya cha varshhyaya cha
namo meghyaya cha vidyutyaya cha
nama ighriyaya cha tapyaya cha
namo vatyaya cha reshhmiyaya cha
namo vastavyaya cha vastupaya cha

Salutations to Him who is in the wells and in the pits.
Salutations to Him who is born in the rivers as river water and in the absence of rains.

Salutations to Him who is in the glittering white autumn clouds and who is in the rains
and mixed with sunshine.
Salutations to Him who is in the rains accompanied by winds and in the rains
accompanied by hail.
Salutations to Him who is household wealth and the guardian deity of the household.


Anuvaka 8
Namah somaya cha rudraya cha
namastamraya cha arunaya cha
namah shangaya cha pashupataye cha
nama ugraya cha bhimaya cha
namo agrevadhaya cha durevadhaya cha
namo hantre cha haniyase cha
namo vrikshebhyo harikeshebhyo
namastaraya namah shambhave cha mayobhave cha
namah shankaraya cha mayaskaraya cha

namah shivaya cha shivataraya cha

Salutations to Him who is with His consort Uma.
Salutations to Him who is red and rosy-red also.
Salutations to Him who brings happiness and who is the Lord of all creatures.
Salutations to Him who is fierce and striks terror at sight into His enemies.
Salutations to Him who kills in front and from afar.
Salutations to Him who is in the form of everyone who slays, and who kills all at the time

of Pralaya.
Salutations to the stately trees with green tufts of leaves.
Salutations to Him who is the Pravana mantra; Om.
Salutations to Him who is the source of happiness here and hereafter.
Salutations to Him who is inherently of the nature of conferring happiness directly in this
world and the world hereafter.
Salutations to Him the auspicious one, who is more auspicious than all others.


Namastirthyaya cha kulyaya cha
namah paryaya chavaryaya cha
namah prataranaya chottaranaya cha
nama ataryaya chaladyaya cha
namah shashhpyaya cha phenyaya cha
namah sikatyaya cha pravahyaya cha


Salutations to Him who is ever present in holy places and on the banks of the rivers.
Salutations to Him who stands in the further shore and on this shore.
Salutations to Him who ferries men over the sins and evils of Samsara (the Illusions of the
world), and who by the grant of knowledge ferries them over the Samsara altogether

Salutations to Him who is born again and again in Samsara and who tastes the fruits of

Karmas in the form of Jiva.
Salutations to Him who is in the form of tender grass and foam.
Salutations to Him who is in the form of the sands and flowing water.


Anuvaka 9
Nama irinyaya cha prapathyaya cha
namah kishilaya cha kshayanaya cha
namah kapardine cha pulastaye cha
namo goshhthyaya cha grihyaya cha
namastalpyaya cha gehyaya cha
namah katyaya cha gahvareshhthaya cha
namo hridayyaya cha niveshhpyaya cha
namah pasavyaya cha rajasyaya cha
namah shushhkyaya cha harityaya cha
namo lopyaya cholapyaya cha
Salutations to Him who abides in saline tracts and in trodden pathways

Salutations to Him who is in the rocky uninhabitable and rugged tracts and in habitable
places.
Salutations to Him who binds His matted locks and wears them majestically like a crown

and Him who ever stands before His devotees.
Salutations to Him who is in the cow pens and in the homesteads.
Salutations to Him who reclines on couches and who takes his ease in stately store yard
buildings.
Salutations to Him who is in the thorny impenetrable forest places and in accessible

mountain caves.
Salutations to Him who is in deep waters and in the dew drops.
Salutations to Him who is in the visible and invisible dust.
Salutations to Him who is in dry things and green things.
Salutations to Him who exists in hard places which do not sustain even grass and in
coarse and other grasses.


Nama urvyaya cha surmyaya cha
namah parnyaya cha parnashadyaya cha
namoapaguramanaya cha bhighnate cha
nama akhkhidate cha prakhkhidate cha
namo vah kirikebhyo devana hridayebhyo
namo vikshinakebhyo namo vichinvatkebhyo
nama anirhatebhyo nama amivatkebhyah


Salutations to Him who is in the earth and in the fair waves.
Salutations to Him who is in the green leaves and the dried ones.
Salutations to the Rudraganas (soldiers of Rudra)who have their weapons uplifted and
who strike from the front.
Salutations to them (Rudraganas) who afflict slightly and also grievously.


Salutations to you who shower wealth and who dwell in the hearts of the Gods.
Salutations to you who are not liable to decay (and who abides in the hearts of the Gods).
Salutations to you who search and examine the good and bad that each one does (and who
abides in the hearts of the Gods).
Salutation to them who have rooted out sin utterly (and who abides in the hearts of the
Gods).
Salutation to them who have assumed a gross form and stand in the material shape of the
universe (and who abides in the hearts of the Gods)

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