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रुद्दुःखं दुःखहेतुर्वा तद्रावयति नः प्रभुः ॥ रुद्र इत्युच्यते सद्भिः शिवः परमकारणम् ॥ ३६ ॥
The explanation of the word Rudra:—‘Rud’ means misery and ‘Drāvayati’ means ‘routs’. Since the lord quells our misery he is called Rudra. He is Śiva, the great cause.
english translation
तत्त्वादिभूतपर्यन्तं शरीरादिष्वतन्द्रितः ॥ व्याप्याधितिष्ठति शिवस्ततो रुद्र इतस्ततः ॥ ३७ ॥
Śiva pervades all living beings, the principles and elements. He is wakefully present in the bodies and presides over them. Hence he is called Viṣṇu.
english translation
जगतः पितृभूतानां शिवो मूर्त्यात्मनामपि ॥ पितृभावेन सर्वेषां पितामह उदीरितः ॥ ३८ ॥
Śiva is the progenitor of the souls that have attained the status of fathers. He is therefore called the grandfather.
english translation
निदानज्ञो यथा वैद्यो रोगस्य विनिवर्तकः ॥ उपायैर्भेषजैस्तद्वल्लयभोगाधिकारतः ॥ ३९ ॥
Just as a physician who knows how to diagnose disease can prevent it By means of medicines and by the right to enjoy that garland.
english translation
संसारस्येश्वरो नित्यं समूलस्य निवर्तकः ॥ संसारवैद्य इत्युक्तः सर्वतत्त्वार्थवेदिभिः ॥ ४० ॥
He is the lord of this world and always the destroyer of the whole world. He is called the physician of the world by those who know the meaning of all truths.
english translation