Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.1518
Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.1518
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ŚATARUDRA. The story of Śatarudra was imparted to Śrī Rāma by Vyāsa to show that all life is mere illusion or different complexes of the mind. Śatarudropākhyāna is the story of a contemplative sannyāsin. Whatever subject or object he conceived in his mind used to assume its form as water changes into waves, and it was a boon or great asset, which his heart had acquired as a result of its purity. He confined himself to his āśrama and thought about things one after the other.