Sri Rudram (Selected Verses)
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Selected mantras from Sri Rudram (श्रीरुद्रम्), the sacred hymn to Lord Shiva from the Yajur Veda. It invokes the fearsome and gentle aspects of the Lord, seeking his grace and protection.
|| श्रीरुद्रम् (चयनित श्लोकाः) ||
नमस्ते रुद्र मन्यव उतोत इषवे नमः । नमस्ते अस्तु धन्वने बाहुभ्यामुत ते नमः ॥ १ ॥
namaste rudra manyava utota iṣave namaḥ | namaste astu dhanvane bāhubhyāmuta te namaḥ || 1 ||
Salutations to your anger, O Rudra, and to your arrow, salutations. Salutations to your bow, and to your arms, salutations.
या त इषुः शिवतमा शिवं बभूव ते धनुः । शिवा शरव्या या तव तया नो रुद्र मृडय ॥ २ ॥
yā ta iṣuḥ śivatamā śivaṃ babhūva te dhanuḥ | śivā śaravyā yā tava tayā no rudra mṛḍaya || 2 ||
May your arrow be most auspicious, may your bow be auspicious. May your arrows be auspicious - with these, O Rudra, be gracious to us.
॥ इति श्रीरुद्रप्रश्नात् चयनिताः मन्त्राः ॥
The Sri Rudram (also called Rudraprashna or Shatarudriya) is a hymn from the Krishna Yajur Veda (Taittiriya Samhita 4.5) containing 11 anuvakas (sections). It is one of the most important Vedic hymns in the Shaiva tradition.