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Podcast: Śivadyuti (शिवद्युति)
Episode: Rudra saṁhitā, Sṛṣṭikhaṇḍa 8—The Body of Śabdabrahman
Description: Brahmā said, “O most excellent sage, we were eager to have a vision of the Lord. Our haughtiness had been curbed. O sage, we waited there patiently. Śiva, the protector of the distressed, remover of the haughtiness of the haughty and the undecaying Lord of everything, took mercy on us. There arose the sound ĀŪṀ in the prolated accent. The prolated vowel contains three mātrās or syllabic instants in pronouncing it. It was very clear. The divine sound in the form of a word came out from the most excellent of Gods. ‘What is this great sound?’ thinking like this I st...