कतमे रुद्रा इति ।दशेमे पुरुषे प्राणा आत्मैकादशस्ते यदाऽस्माच्छरीरान्मर्त्यादुत्क्रामन्त्यथ रोदयन्ति तद्यद्रोदयन्ति तस्माद्रुद्रा इति
katame rudrā iti | daśeme puruṣe prāṇā ātmaikādaśaste yadā'smāccharīrānmartyādutkrāmantyatha rodayanti tadyadrodayanti tasmādrudrā iti
अर्थMeaning
He asked: 'Who are the Rudras?' Yâgñavalkya replied: 'These ten vital breaths (prânas, the senses, i.e. the five gñânendriyas, and the five karmendriyas), and Âtman , as the eleventh. When they depart from this mortal body, they make us cry (rodayanti), and because they make us cry, they are called Rudras.'
Direct literal rendering preserving Sanskrit philosophical terminology.
व्याख्याVyakhya
'रुद्र कौन हैं?' 'पुरुष में ये दस प्राण (इन्द्रियाँ) और ग्यारहवाँ आत्मा (मन)। जब ये इस मर्त्य शरीर से निकलते हैं, तब (सम्बन्धियों को) रुलाते हैं; क्योंकि ये रुलाते हैं, इसलिए रुद्र कहलाते हैं।'
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