Rudram Kramam

The vibrations of sound formulas of the Vedas work through the chakras to increase the flow of beneficial energy throughout the subtle body where these latencies and tendencies are stored. Mantra therapy starts by increasing the total amount of energy available for all our activities. Certain mantras used singly or in combination can greatly accelerate the quality and quality of energy used in the healing process. It guards the World against all ills. Our ancestors devised remarkable methods of chanting to protect the original form, their tonal and verbal purity against change and distortion. They laid down rules to make sure tat not a syllable was changed in chanting, not a swara was altered and ensured that the full benefits were derived from intoning the mantras. According the this the words of a mantra are braided together in different atterns like "Vakya", "pada", "karma", "jala", "mala", "sikha", "rekha", "Ghana". The intonation of a few words of a mantra is joined to the second the second to the third, the third to the fourth and so on, until we come to the final word "karma to ca caurgunam. This karma chanting bestows four times the effect of normal chanting of the Mantra. Hence, this compact disc presents "Rudram" a popular and effective Vedic portion extolling the greatness of Siva, chanted to ward off evils, sins etc and to gain security and strength. This Rudram is chanted in the Krama format, by the traditional Pandit, Thanjavur Brahmasri S.Radhakrishna Sastrigal.