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Prayer of the Day

Prayer in Sanskrit 

 

कर्मैव शूलधर शूलगवन्त्वदीयं
    मन्त्रा भवन्तमखिलाः प्रतिपादयन्ति ।
त्वामन्तरॆन नमसा कृतलक्षणाय
    कस्मै पशुं नियुनजानि नियॊजय त्वम् ॥ १३ ॥
  
Shloka as Romanized text

 

karmaiva shUladhara shUlagavantvadIyaM
    mantrA bhavantamakhilAH pratipAdayanti |
tvAmantarEna namasA kRutalakShaNAya
    kasmai pashuM niyunajAni niyOjaya tvam || 13 ||
    
( karma iva shUladhara shUlagavan tvadIyaM
    mantrA bhavantam akhilAH pratipAdayanti |
tvAm antarEna namasA kRuta lakShaNAya
    kasmai pashuM niyunajAni niyOjaya tvam ||  )

Meaning of the Prayer Song:

 Oh the Shuladhara! In the vedic worship - the Shulagava Yagya,
the mantra all over the place hails You!
Other than You, who else is ideal for salutation?
By what are the pashus bound?
You tell! 

 Notes: 

1. The Shulagava mantras explicitly hail the Lord Shiva (while most mantras hail 
as different aspects of God in a cryptic way.)

rudrāya.mahā.devāya.juṣṭo.vardhasva.iti
harāya.mṛdāya.śarvāya.śivāya.bhavāya.mahā.devāya.ugrāya.bhīmāya.paśu.pataye.rudrāya.śaṃkarāya.īśānāya.svāhā.iti.

2. The list below indicates the names of Lord Shiva and how it has come in various vedas.

shitikaNTha (the fair-throated one): YV saMhitA
nIlagrIva (the blue-throated one): YV saMhitA; AV-P
mIDhuShaH (bountiful): RV saMhitA; YV saMhitA; Apastamba mantra-prashna
vRuSha (the bull): RV saMhitA
deva (the god): RV saMhitA; AV-vulgate; tANDya brAhmaNa
pinAkin (the holder of the pinAka bow): AV-vul; AV-P; YV saMhitA; AV-parishiShTha
shiva (the auspicious one): RV saMhitA; YV saMhitA; AV-vul; AV-P; shvetAshavatara
girisha (mountain rover): YV; AV-P
hara (remover): maitrAyaNIya saMhitA; shvetAshavatara; AshvalAyana gR^ihyasUtra; bodhAyana mantraprashna; ApastaMba mantraprashna
aghora (benign): YV-maitrAyaNIya; mahAnArAyaNa; AV-parishiShTha
ghora (terrible): YV-maitrAyaNIya; mahAnArAyaNa; AV-parishiShTha
ghoratara (most terrible): YV-maitrAyaNIya; mahAnArAyaNa; AV-parishiShTha
virUpa (many formed): YV-saMhita
purahAriN (destroyer of the 3 cities): as in tripurAntaka brAhmaNa, i.e., YV-taittirIya brAhmaNa
aShTasvarUpin (8 formed): The 8 names come in the shUlagava mantra, e.g. Apastamba mantraprashna; kaushItakI brAhmaNa; shatapata brAhmaNa
pinAkahasta (holder of the pinAka): YV-saMhitA
kRuttivAsas (clad in hides): YV-saMhitA
bhUtAnAMpati (lord of the beings): as bhUtapati in AV-Vulgate; AV-P; aitareya-brAhmaNa
muNDa (clean shaven): AV-parishiShTha; as in vyuptakesha in YV-saMhitA
kapardin (with knotted locks): RV-saMhitA; YV-saMhitA; AshvalAyana gR^ihyasUtra; AV-parishiShTha
aja (unborn): shvetAshavatara
harikesha (brown haired): YV-saMhitA
pi~Ngala (tawny): mahAnArAyaNopaniShat; AV-parishiShTha (e.g. uchChuShma and goshAnti)
dakSha-makhaghna (destroyer of dakSha’s ritual): alluded in gopatha-brAhmaNa as destroyer of prajApati’s yAga and AV-parishiShTha in graha-saMgraha
bhaga-netrApahArin (destroyer of bhaga’s eyes): gopatha-brAhmaNa
umApati (husband of umA): mahAnArAyaNopaniShat
bhava (all existence): RV-saMhitA; RV-khila; AV-vul; AV-P; YV saMhitA; Apastamba mantra-prashna; kaushItakI brAhmaNa; shatapata brAhmaNa; AV-parishiShTha
kapAlahasta (skull-wielder): as in kapAlin AV-parishiShTha
tryambaka (the three eyed one): RV-saMhitA; YV-saMhitA; YV-brAhmaNa-s; gopatha brAhmaNa; AV-parishiShTha
dhruva (firm): shvetAshavatara
vAmadeva (the beautiful god): mahAnArAyaNopaniShat
mahAdeva (the great god): AV-vul; AV-P; YV saMhitA; kaushItakI brAhmaNa; AV-parishiShTha
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