SAIVA-SIDDHANTA

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278 THE SAIVA RELIGION..
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PaSunam sarma asi sarma yajamanasya sarma me yacha
Eka Eva R^idro Na Dvitiyaya Tasthe Akhusthe Rudra
Pasuh Tarn Jushasva. Esha te" Rudra Bhagah Saha Svasra
Ambikaya tam Jushasva Bheshajam Gave Asvaya Purushaya
Bheshajam." This text is repeated in the Svetavatara Upanishat
and is the original of the famous text in the Chhandogya
Upanishat Ekamevadvitlyam Brahma .
Nadvitlyam is more
ancient form than Advitiyam or Ad variant. And we know
this is the central text of the Advaita philosophy.
In this veda,
His supreme Majesty is fully developed, and He is expressly
called Siva by jnarne L ^iycLnamabi (Yaj. S. 3-63) and the
famous mantra, the Panchdkshara, is said to be placed in the
very heart of the three Vedas (the name occurs in Tait. S. IV.
5, 1-41 "namah sdmbhave cha mayobave cha namah Sankaraya
cha maydskardya cha NAMAHSIVAYA cha Sivataraya cha ").
And the famous Satarudrlyam which is praised in the Upanishats
and in the Mahabharat forms also the central portion of
this central Veda. And this is a description of God as the all,
the all in all, and transcending all, Visvadevo, Visvasvarupo,
ViSvadhiko ; and anybody can see that the famous passage in
the Gita in chapters 10 and n merely parodies this other
passage and these two chapters are respectively called Vibhuti
Vistdra Yoga and Visvariipa Sandarsana Yoga which is
exactly the character of the Satarudriya. The Yogi who has
reached the highest state
In
Sees all in God and God in all.".
the Satarudriya and in the whole Veda, Rudra is called Siva,
Sankara, Sambhu, Isana, Isa, Bhagavan, Bhava, Sarva, Ugra,
SOma, Pasupati, Nilagrlva, Girisa, Mahadeva and Mahesvara.
The word Pura * in the Upanishat technically mean the
body. Tripura means the triple bond (of the soul) and Tripura
samhara means the destruction of our human bondage
by the grace of God.
"The fools say the ancient of days with the braided
KaivalyOpanishat.
t: I Sveta Upanishat Chap. 3.