Sri Rudram - 1st Anuvakam

[Kannan Kumaraswamy]

SRI RUDRAM 

OM NAMO BHAGAVATE RUDRAYA||
Om. Salutations to the Omnipresent Bhagavan Rudra. ||


1st ANUVAKA

Namaste Rudra manyava utota ishave Namah | Namaste astu dhanvane bahubhya muta te Namah |
Oh! Rudra Deva! My salutations to your anger and also to your arrows. My salutations to your bow and to your two hands.

Ya ta Ishu shivatama shivam babhuva te dhanuh| Shiva sharavya ya tava taya no Rudra mrudaya |
Oh! Rudra! By favor of your arrow, bow, and quiver, which have shed their anger and turned auspicious, please render us happy.

Ya te Rudra Shiva tanura ghora papakashini taya nastanuva shantamaya girisamta bhichakashihi |
Lord Rudra, you who dwell on Mount Kailas and who confer happiness, by that form of yours which is not terrible, which will not injure us, and which is highly auspicious, behold and illuminate us.

Yamishum giri shamta haste bibharsya stave | shivam giritra tam Kuru ma himsih purusham jagate |
My Lord who dwells on Mount Kailas and confers gladness to all! You, who fulfills your vow of protecting all who serve you and take refuge in you; that arrow of yours which you hold ready to let fly, withhold it and make it tranquil and auspicious.

Shivena vachasa tva giri schacchavadamasi | Yatha nah sarvam ijjaga dayakshmam sumana asatthu |
Lord of Mount Kailash of the Vedas! We pray to attain you by our auspicious words. We ask that for all our days, this entire world will be free from ills and discord, and that we may live in amity and concord.

Adyavocha dadhivakta prathamo daivyo bhisak | Ahimscha sarvan jam bhyayant sarvascha yatudhanyah |
Let Him intercede on my behalf and speak in my favor, even Rudra, that foremost one, held high in honor by the gods, the physician. Let him annihilate the enemies of mine like scorpions, snakes, and tigers, and the unseen enemies like the Rakshasas, spirits and demons.

Asau yastamro aruna uta babhru sumangalah | You chemam Rudra abhito dikshu shritaha Sahasra sho vaisam heda imahe |
This Sun who is copper-red when he arises, then golden-youllow, this highly auspicious and beneficent one is truly Rudra. These other Rudras who are quartered round about in all directions of this earth, may I ward off their anger by my praise.

Asau yo vasarpati nilagrivo vilohitah | utainam gopa adrushanna drushannu daharyah | Utainam vishva bhutani sa drusto mridayati nah ||
The black-throated Rudra who has assumed the form of the sun that glows red when rising. Him the cowherds, the women carrying water, and all the creatures behold. He, who is seen by all, let Him send happiness to us.

Namo astu nilagrivaya sahasrakshaya midhushe | Atho you asya sattvano ham tebhyo karan namah ||
Let my salutations be to the blue-throated one, who has a thousand eyes. I also bow to his followers.

Pramuncha dhanvanastva mubhayorartni yorjyAm | yascha te hasta isavah para ta bhagavo vapa ||
Bhagavan Rudra, loosen the string from both ends of your bow. Remove out of sight the arrows from your hands.

Avatatya dhanustvam sahasraksha Shatesudhe | Nishirya shalyanam mukha shivo nah sumana bhava ||
You having a thousand eyes, and bearing a hundred quivers, after loosening your bow, kindly blunt the edges of your shafts. Assume your peaceful and auspicious Siva form and become well-intentioned towards us.

Vijyam dhanuh kapardino vishalyo banavam uta | Ane shanna syoushava abhurasya nishangathihi ||
Let the bow of Kapardin, Rudra of the matted locks, be without its string. Let there be no arrows in His quiver. Let His arrows lose their capacity to strike and pierce. Let His scabbard contain little power.

Ya te hetirmidhu stama haste babhuva te dhanuh | Taya sman visvatastva mayakshmaya Paribbhuja ||
You, Oh URW Palladio ITU of blessings, with your weapons and the bow in Your hand, completely protect us.

Namaste astvayudhayana tataya dhrusnave | Ubhabhyam muta te namo bahubhyam tava dhanvane ||
Let there be salutations to your sturdy and potent weapons, and also to both your hands and your bow.

Pari te dhanvano hetir asman vrunaktu visvatah | Atho ya ishudhis tavare asmannidhehi tam ||
Let the arrow of Your bow spare us in all ways. And place your quiver of arrows far away from us.

Namaste astu bhavagan vishvesvaraya mahadevaya triyambakaya triupuran-takaya trikaagni kalaya kalaagni Rudraya nilakanthaya mrutyunjayaya sarveshvaraya sadashivaya sriman mahadevaya Namah ||
Let my salutations be to that great God who is the Lord of the universe; the great God who has three eyes and who destroys Tripura, the three Asura cities. To that God who is the Dandhya time when the three sacred fires are lit; who is Rudra the fire that consumes the universe; whose throat is blue; who has conquered death; the Lord of all; the ever auspicious one; salutations to that glorious and great God.

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श्री गुरु चरण कमलेभ्यो नमः   

Sarvam Sakthi Mayam

Kannan Kumaraswamy

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