Therefore He is the omnipresent and benign Lord". "All faces are His faces all heads, His heads all necks, His necks. Sarvavyaapii sa sarvagataH shivaH |" (Sve. "sarvaanana shirogriivaH sarvabhuutaguhaashayaH | Having produced heaven and earth, He remains as their non-dual (deva ekaH) manifester". He it is who endows men with arms, birds with feet and wings and men likewise with feet. "His eyes are everywhere, His faces everywhere, His arms everywhere, everywhere His feet. SaM baahubhyaa.n dhamati saMpatatrairdyaavaabhuumii janayan.h deva ekaH |" (Sve. "vishvatashchaxuruta vishvatomukho vishvatobaahuruta vishvataspaat.h | The Taittirya Aranyaka(10:24:1) of Yajur Veda clearly says Lord Rudra is 'Veda Purusha' (purusho vai rudrah). Before that let's see few more verses which contradict the ALLEGATION above. We'll analyze and learn that all these verses are True. But why this confusion within Rig veda itself? There should be some hidden meaning behind RV 7:40:5 which is not so direct and literal for comprehension. Then RV 7:40:5 says "Rudra derives his Rudra strength from Vishnu". In RV 7:46:1 Rudra is called as the God who is "self dependent" and "none can overcome Rudra".Īs he is "self dependent", he doesn't need to derive strength from anyone for his work as he is the "Godhead whose strength never departs from him", he doesn't require to borrow strength from anyone as he "pervades/rules over the gods by his imperial power" which god can be an exception to this? as he is the "mightiest of the mighty", who else can donate him strength? In RV 2:33:3 he is called as "mightiest of the mighty" not just mighty or mightier. In RV 2:33:9 Rudra is referred as the Godhead whose strength doesn't leave (depart from) him. In RV 7:46:2 Rudra is called as the the one who "rules" on all celestial beings through his imperial power. Come willingly to our doors that gladly welcome thee, and heal all sickness, Rudra., in our families". "He through his lordship pervades in all things and beings on the earth, on heavenly beings through his high imperial sway (controlling influence or power). "sa hi kṣayeṇa kṣamyasya janmanaḥ sāmrājyena divyasya cetati |Īvannavantīrupa no duraścarānamīvo rudra jāsu no bhava ||" (Rig Veda 7:46:2) The strength of Godhead ne’er departs from Rudra, him who is Sovran of this world, the mighty". "With firm limbs, multiform, the strong, the tawny adorns himself with bright gold decorations. Īśānādasya bhuvanasya bhūrerna vā u yoṣad rudrādasuryam ||" (RV 2:33:9) "sthirebhiraṅghaiḥ pururūpa ughro babhruḥ śukrebhiḥ pipiśehiraṇyaiḥ | Transport us over trouble to well-being repel thou from us all assaults of mischief". "Chief of all born art thou in glory, Rudra, armed with the thunder, mightiest of the mighty. Parṣi ṇaḥ pāramaṃhasaḥ svasti viśvā abhītī rapaso yuyodhi ||" (Rig Veda 2:33:3) "śreṣṭho jātasya rudra śriyāsi tavastamastavasāṃ vajrabāho | "To Rudra bring these songs, whose bow is firm and strong, the self-dependent God with swiftly-flying shafts,The Wise, the Conqueror whom none may overcome, armed with sharp-pointed weapons: may he hear our call". "imā rudrāya sthiradhanvane ghiraḥ kṣipreṣave devāya svadhāvne |Īṣāḷhāya sahamānāya vedhase tighmāyudhāya bharatā śṛṇotu naḥ |" (RV 7:46:1) "With offerings I propitiate the branches of this swift-moving God, the bounteous Viṣṇu. Vide hi rudro rudriyaṃ mahitvaṃ yāsiṣṭaṃ vartiraśvināvirāvat |" (Rig Veda 7.40.5) "asya devasya mīḷhuṣo vayā viṣṇoreṣasya prabhṛthe havirbhiḥ | The basis of the above allegation is the following verse from Rig Veda.