Shloka 5
Adhyaya 52 — The Manifestation of Nilalohita (Rudra) and the Allocation of His Names, Abodes, Consorts, and Lineages
रुद्रस्त्वं देव ! नाम्नासि मा रोदीर्धैर्यमावह ।
एवमुक्तस्ततः सो ’थ सप्तकृत्वो रुरोद ह ॥
rudras tvaṁ deva! nāmnāsi mā rodīr dhairyam āvaha / evam uktas tataḥ so 'tha saptakṛtvo ruroda ha
‘โอ้เทพเจ้า นามของเจ้าคือ รุทระ; อย่าร้องไห้ จงตั้งมั่นในความอดกลั้น’ แม้ตรัสเช่นนั้นแล้ว เขาก็ยังร้องไห้ถึงเจ็ดครั้ง
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FAQs
Even after naming, the force represented by Rudra remains intense and overflowing; it requires further articulation (additional names, stations, relations) to integrate it into the cosmos.
Sarga: the progressive specification of a deity through names and functions.
The ‘seven cries’ foreshadow the bestowal of seven further names (making eight). Eightfold Rudra can be read as the diffusion of a single principle into multiple cosmic modes.