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Kalagni-Rudra/Kalagnirudra
The Kalagni-Rudra literally means Lord Shiva, the concluder, in his most ferocious form
which is like the fire of dooms-day. Shiva is the greatest ascetic, a great renunciate, most
auspicious and regarded as an enlightened God. So his invocation helps the spiritual
seeker to burn all his worldly delusions and taints arising out of ignorance and
attachments to falsehoods. This paves the path for his ultimate liberation and deliverance
from the cycle of birth and death. Lord Shiva is the designated Authority that controls
death and destruction, not only of the gross physical world and its visible objects but also
metaphorically of all the evil tendencies, all the blemishes and faults that are
characteristic of this deluding world and which usually cover the soul of the creature like
a layer of thick scum floating on the surface of the otherwise crystal-clear waters of the
mountain lake.
The Rudraksha beads (seeds of the tree eleocarpus ganitrus) with five faces or
surfaces used in rosaries and necklaces are also called Kalagni-rudra beads because these
are very much liked by Lord Shiva. The great spiritual importance and metaphysical
significance of the Rudraksha beads have been explained in the Rudraksha Jabal
Upanishad of the Sam Veda tradition, the Kalagni Rudra Upanishad of Krishna Yajur
Veda tradition, and the Brihajjabal Upanishad, Brahman 7, verse no. 8 of the Atharva
Veda tradition.
The Brihajjabal Upanishad of the Atharva Veda tradition is essentially revealed
by Lord Kalagnirudra when he was approached by sage Bhususnd who wished to know
about the immense spiritual value and metaphysical significance of the sacred ash of the
fire sacrifice, called the ‘Bhasma’, and the three lines marked on the body from its paste,
called the ‘Tripundra’—refer Brahmans 1-6, Brihajjabal Upanishad.
The Brihajjabal Upanishad, Brahman 2, verse no. 1 says that Kalagnirudra
personifies the Fire element and the Soma element. The Fire represents dynamism, heat
and energy, while Soma represents the soothing elixir that acts as a balm for the
scorching heat of the fire. Thus, the Lord is severe and ruthless on the one hand, and
soothing and calming on the other hand. The sacred ash that Lord Shiva smears over his
body represents the calmed-down fire, i.e. though it has its origin in the hot fire it has
become finally cool. This implies that though the Lord becomes angry at times when he
watches the creation going out of hands and wayward to the extreme, needing to be
wiped out so that the slate can be cleaned for a fresh start, he soon becomes absolutely
calm and tranquil, re-submerging himself in deep meditation.
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The Kalagni-Rudra literally means Lord Shiva, the concluder, in his most ferocious form
which is like the fire of dooms-day. Shiva is the greatest ascetic, a great renunciate, most
auspicious and regarded as an enlightened God. So his invocation helps the spiritual
seeker to burn all his worldly delusions and taints arising out of ignorance and
attachments to falsehoods. This paves the path for his ultimate liberation and deliverance
from the cycle of birth and death. Lord Shiva is the designated Authority that controls
death and destruction, not only of the gross physical world and its visible objects but also
metaphorically of all the evil tendencies, all the blemishes and faults that are
characteristic of this deluding world and which usually cover the soul of the creature like
a layer of thick scum floating on the surface of the otherwise crystal-clear waters of the
mountain lake.
The Rudraksha beads (seeds of the tree eleocarpus ganitrus) with five faces or
surfaces used in rosaries and necklaces are also called Kalagni-rudra beads because these
are very much liked by Lord Shiva. The great spiritual importance and metaphysical
significance of the Rudraksha beads have been explained in the Rudraksha Jabal
Upanishad of the Sam Veda tradition, the Kalagni Rudra Upanishad of Krishna Yajur
Veda tradition, and the Brihajjabal Upanishad, Brahman 7, verse no. 8 of the Atharva
Veda tradition.
The Brihajjabal Upanishad of the Atharva Veda tradition is essentially revealed
by Lord Kalagnirudra when he was approached by sage Bhususnd who wished to know
about the immense spiritual value and metaphysical significance of the sacred ash of the
fire sacrifice, called the ‘Bhasma’, and the three lines marked on the body from its paste,
called the ‘Tripundra’—refer Brahmans 1-6, Brihajjabal Upanishad.
The Brihajjabal Upanishad, Brahman 2, verse no. 1 says that Kalagnirudra
personifies the Fire element and the Soma element. The Fire represents dynamism, heat
and energy, while Soma represents the soothing elixir that acts as a balm for the
scorching heat of the fire. Thus, the Lord is severe and ruthless on the one hand, and
soothing and calming on the other hand. The sacred ash that Lord Shiva smears over his
body represents the calmed-down fire, i.e. though it has its origin in the hot fire it has
become finally cool. This implies that though the Lord becomes angry at times when he
watches the creation going out of hands and wayward to the extreme, needing to be
wiped out so that the slate can be cleaned for a fresh start, he soon becomes absolutely
calm and tranquil, re-submerging himself in deep meditation.
