Text 30] Lord Siva Saves the Universe 267

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 Visnu’s direct representative. This fact
is corroborated by a Vedic mantra: patim visvasyatmesvaram sasvatam
Sivam acyutam. The Supersoul is called by many names, of which
Maheévara, Siva and Acyuta are especially mentioned.

TEXT 30

arm aay afta
aaa TATTRTANA |

afeqrenat: = WapTeaal
Sa Fz AA FUT: Ie!

chaya tv adharmormisu yair visargo
netra-trayam sattva-rajas-tamamsi
sankhyatmanah Ssastra-krtas taveksa

chandomayo deva rsih puranah

chaya—shadow; tu—but; adharma-irmisu—in the waves of ir-
religion, like kama, krodha, lobha and moha; yaih—by which;
visargah—so many varieties of creation; netra-trayam—three eyes;
sattva—goodness; rajah—passion; tamarsi—and darkness; sdnkhya-
Gtmanah—the origin of all Vedic literatures; Sdstra—scriptures;
krtah—made; tava—by you; iksa—simply by glancing; chandah-
mayah—full of Vedic verses; deva—O lord; rsih—all Vedic literatures;
purdnah—and the Puranas, the supplementary Vedas.

TRANSLATION

O lord, your shadow is seen in irreligion, which brings about
varieties of irreligious creations. The three modes of nature—
goodness, passion and ignorance—are your three eyes. All the
Vedic literatures, which are full of verses, are emanations from
