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namO namO yAmunAya yAmunAya namO nama:
namO namO yAmunAya yAmunAya namO nama:

slOkam 13:

vEdApahAra gurupAtaka daityapIDAdhi
ApadvimOchana mahiShTa phalapradAnai: |
kOnya:prajA pashupatI paripAti kasya 
pAdOdakEna sa shivasvashirOdhrutEna ||


vEda apahAra - (sins related to) abduction of the
vEdAs
gurupAtaka - sins related to the father 
(chopping off of four-headed Bramha's 
heads.Here "guru" can be referred to as 
father, AchArya and various meanings.)
daitya - (due to)HiranyAkSha,Hiranyakashipu,rAvAna etc
pIDA - tortures
Adi -several like these
Apath- (due to the) travails
vimOchana - freedom from
mahiShTa phala - fruits such as ability to create and
destroy
pradAnai: - due to the granting
prajA pashupatI - (prjApati + pashupati) Bramha and 
Rudra
anya: ka: - who else?
paripAti - will be the protector?
svashirODruthEna - because of adornment over the head
kasya - whose(trivikrama)
pAdOdakEna - water(Ganga) flowing from the divine feet
sa:- that Rudra
shiva: - possessor of the auspicious name "shiva"

{babhoova - became}

tAtparyam:

In the beginning bhagavAn taught the four vEdAs to the

four-headed Bramha. Subsequently Bramha instructed 
this to unqualified ones such as Madhu and KaiTabha. 
Thus Bramha became a sinner being involved in the 
'abduction' the vEdAs. Rudra plucked Bramha's head
which got stuck to Rudra's hands and hence became a 
sinner too. At that time who else protected Bramha and

Rudra as well as the three worlds being tormented 
by hiranyAkSha, hiranyakashipu and rAvana but the 
Supreme Being SrimannArAyana ? As soon as water was 
poured to receive the three worlds from Bali , He grew

as Trivikrama so that all the beings in the worlds can

have His grace when he measured the entire bhoolOka 
with one of His feet and the Bramha lOka and beyond 
with His another, Bramha washed those divine feet 
using the water from his water vessel 'kamanDala' . 
This water when it flowed to this bhoolOka in the form

of Ganga , Rudra adorned it on his head and thus 
received the auspicious name "shiva" .

Note: The fact that Rudra sanctified himself by the 
adornment of the holy water that flowed from washing 
of the divine feet of srimannArAyana is quoted not 
only by vaishnava sampradAya but also has been 
described in Srimad BhAgavatham. Even in AdhyAtma 
rAmAyana, it is said that when VasiShta visited Sri 
rAma in his palace, Sri rAma washed the feet of His 
guru and sprinkled that water on His head. Then his 
guru remarks " Oh rAmA! You sprinkled water from 
washing my feet on Your head! But rudra attained 
sanctification by the adornment of the water flowed 
from washing Your divine feet on his head! " as quoted

in the slOka below:

adyAtma rAmAyanE ayOdhyAkAndE tritIyasargE 
svarnA pAtrENa pAnIya mAnivayAshu jAnakI |
ratnAsanE samAvEshyapAdou prakShaLya bhaktita:
tadApashyirasAdrutvA sItayAsaharAghava: ||

dhanyOsmItya bravIdrAmastava pAdAmbudhAraNat
SrIrAmaiNaiva muktastuprahasanmunirabravIt |
tvatpAdasalilamdrutvA dhanyObhoodgirijApati: 
bramhApimatpitAtEhi pAdatIrthahatAshubha: ||

ALavandAr tiruvadigalE saranam



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