{"id":4117,"date":"2017-03-29T21:35:49","date_gmt":"2017-03-29T21:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/?p=4117"},"modified":"2024-07-12T15:29:48","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T15:29:48","slug":"10-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/10-23\/","title":{"rendered":"10.23 rudhrANAm SankaraS chAsmi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><small>SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama:<\/small><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chapter 10<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/10-22\">&lt;&lt; Chapter 10 verse 22<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>SlOkam \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/10-23-original\/\">Original<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><em>rudhrANAm SankaraS chAsmi viththESO yaksharakshasAm | <\/em><br \/>\n<em> vasUnAm pAvakaS chAsmi mEru: SikhariNAm aham ||<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>word-by-word meaning<\/h3>\n<p>rudhraNAm &#8211; among the 11 rudhras<br \/>\nSankara cha asmi &#8211; I am Siva (who is their leader).<br \/>\nyaksha rakshasAm &#8211; among yakshas and rAkshsAs<br \/>\nviththESa: (asmi) &#8211; I am kubEra (the presiding deity for wealth).<br \/>\nvasUnAm &#8211; among the 8 vasus<br \/>\npAvaka: cha asmi &#8211; I am pAvaka (who is the best).<br \/>\nSikariNAm &#8211; among the mountains which have amazing peaks<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: inherit; color: var(--contrast);\">aham \u2013 I am<br \/>\n<\/span>mEru: (asmi) &#8211; I am mEru.<\/p>\n<h3>Simple Translation<\/h3>\n<p>Among the 11 rudhras, I am Siva (who is their leader). Among yakshas and rAkshsasas, I am kubEra (the presiding deity for wealth). Among the 8 vasus, I am pAvaka (who is the best). Among the mountains which have amazing peaks, I am mEru.<\/p>\n<h3>Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8216;Of the Rudras, I am \u015aankara; of the Yakshas and Rakshas, I am Vitte\u015ba; of the Vasus, I am P\u0101vaka; of the mountains, I am Meru.&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Of the eleven Rudras[2. <em>V\u0101yu: Pur<\/em> (1) Ajaikap\u0101d, a (2) Ahvi-bradhna, (3) Hara, (4) Nir-\u1e5bita, (5) \u012a\u015bvara, (6) Bhuvana, (7) Angar\u0101ka (8) Ardha-ketu, (9) M\u1e5bityu, (10) Sarpa, (11) Kap\u0101lin.], I am \u015aankara; of the Yakshas and Rakshas, I am Vitte\u015ba=(lit: the Lord of Riches)= Vai\u015brava\u1e47a=Kubera.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Of the eight Vasus[3. (1) Apa, (2)Dhruva, (3) Soma, (4) Dhava, (5) Anila, (6) Anala or P\u0101vaka, (7) Praty\u016bsha, (8) Prabh\u0101sa. (See <em>Vish: Pur:<\/em>).], I am P\u0101vaka.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Among the mountains crowned with peaks, I am Meru.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/10-24\">&gt;&gt; Chapter 10 verse 24<\/a><\/p>\n<p>archived in <a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\">https:\/\/githa.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>pramEyam (goal) \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/koyil.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">http:\/\/koyil.org<\/a><br \/>\npramANam (scriptures) \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/granthams.koyil.org\">http:\/\/granthams.koyil.org<\/a><br \/>\npramAthA (preceptors) \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\">http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org<\/a><br \/>\nSrIvaishNava education\/kids portal \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/pillai.koyil.org\/\">http:\/\/pillai.koyil.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 10 &lt;&lt; Chapter 10 verse 22 SlOkam \u2013 Original rudhrANAm SankaraS chAsmi viththESO yaksharakshasAm | vasUnAm pAvakaS chAsmi mEru: SikhariNAm aham || word-by-word meaning rudhraNAm &#8211; among the 11 rudhras Sankara cha asmi &#8211; I am Siva (who is their leader). yaksha rakshasAm &#8211; &#8230; <a title=\"10.23 rudhrANAm SankaraS chAsmi\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/10-23\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about 10.23 rudhrANAm SankaraS chAsmi\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chapter-10","category-simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4117"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14459,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4117\/revisions\/14459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}