Sri Rudram

Beautiful book in excellent condition. Just as described. Thank you for the quick delivery!

Clear , probably best translation and explanation of this profound hymn.Thank you!

This is one of those books that's difficult to rate. It's not a sit and read quietly book, but it is also a sit and read quietly book. It's one of those Sanskrit texts with great translation and commentary that we hope to understand more as we read. That's how I approach it. What I love most is the author's devotional approach to the topic and translation and how there is a very inspiring "one liner" in nearly every commentary of each mantra. This book gets five stars because of how reading it makes me feel.

My only real gripe is sometimes the Swami will exclude things from the English translation, I think because he doesn't know where it fits in. His commentary is certainly interesting, though I get the feeling that there are layers of meaning he leaves unspoken, and sometimes he seems to hint at this in the book.

A must have for anybody who is interested in knowing the deeper meaning of the sacred hymn Sri Rudram (Namakam).

I wish they had similar for Chamakam and Laghunyasam.

Harih om.If you're looking for an authoritative commentary on the Rudram by a distinguished teacher of Traditional Vedanta, then look no further. Swami Dayananda Saraswati ji is one of the finest preceptors one can come across. The clarity with which he unfolds the glory of Lord Shiva in this set of hymns collectively referred to as the Sri Rudram is second to none. Cannot recommend this enough. Strongly suggest purchasing other books authored by Swami Dayananda ji, which too are handled masterfully by the preceptor!

Has Sanskrit (Devanagiri), English transliteration, and English word by word translation. Is a great help in learning the Namakam (Chamakam not included).