|
TEXT 29
mukhani pancopanisadas tavesa
yais trimsad-astottara-mantra-vargah
yat tac chivakhyam paramatma-tattvam
deva svayam-jyotir avasthitis te
SYNONYMS
mukhanifaces; pancafive; upanisadahVedic literatures; tavayour; isaO lord; yaihby which; trimsat-asta-uttara-mantra-vargahin the category of thirty-eight important Vedic mantras; yatthat; tatas it is; siva-akhyamcelebrated by the name Siva; paramatma-tattvamwhich ascertain the truth about Paramatma; devaO lord; svayam-jyotihself-illuminated; avasthitihsituation; teof Your Lordship.
TRANSLATION
O lord, the five important Vedic mantras are represented by your five faces, from which the thirty-eight most celebrated Vedic mantras have been generated. Your Lordship, being celebrated as Lord Siva, is self-illuminated. You are directly situated as the supreme truth, known as Paramatma.
PURPORT
The five mantras mentioned in this connection are as follows: (1) Purusa, (2) Aghora, (3) Sadyojata, (4) Vamadeva, and (5) Isana. These five mantras are within the category of thirty-eight special Vedic mantras chanted by Lord Siva, who is therefore celebrated as Siva or Mahadeva. Another reason why Lord Siva is called Siva, which means all-auspicious, is that he is self-illuminated, exactly like Lord Visnu, who is the Paramatma. Because Lord Siva is directly an incarnation of Lord Visnu, he is situated as Lord Visnus direct representative. This fact is corroborated by a Vedic mantra: patim visvasyatmesvaram sasvatam. sivam acyutam. The Supersoul is called by many names, of which Mahesvara, Siva and Acyuta are especially mentioned.
Link to this page: https://prabhupadabooks.com/sb/8/7/29 
|