Shri Rudram

 

ChatGPT strikes again. OK, so I couldn´t tear myself from The System for more than 48 hours, whatever. Here are some excerpts from an actual Vedic hymn, Shri Rudram, included in the Black Yajur Veda. Note the pantheist tendency. Inspired by me seeing Saturn in the night sky...

Salutations to Rudra, the auspicious one, the dweller in the mountains.
Salutations to the blue-necked one, the thousand-eyed, the source of the multitudes.
Salutations to him who is in the waters, in the trees, in the plants, and in the earth.
Salutations to him who dwells in the hearts of beings, and in all beings.
Salutations to him who has no form, and to him who has many forms.
Salutations to him who is in the dust, in the wind, in the lightning, and in the rain.
Salutations to him who is in the noise of the drum and the sound of the flute.
Salutations to the ever-present Rudra, who pervades all directions.

Salutations to the Rudra who dwells in the rivers and to him who dwells in the springs.
Salutations to him who lives among the waves, and to him who lives among the foam.
Salutations to him who is in the green grass, and to him who is in the dry grass.
Salutations to him who is in the forests, and to him who is in the clearings.
Salutations to the brown and the black Rudra, and to the Rudra who is red in form.
Salutations to the Rudra who lives in the mountains, and to the Rudra who lives in the valleys.
Salutations to the Rudra who is the guardian of pathways, and to the Rudra who is the guardian of fortresses.
Salutations to the Rudra who is in the herds of cattle, and to the Rudra who is in the folds of sheep.