What is the inner significance of the eleven Rudras? How should we build on the spiritual wisdom we gain? Bhagawan lovingly guides us today!

According to Numerology, the first three syllables of the word Shivaratri - Shi, va and ra - connote the numbers 5, 4 and 2, and the fourth syllable, tri, means 'three.' 5, 4 and 2 make one whole, one composite picture of the eleven Rudras. Rudra means, "the one who makes man weep." The eleven Rudras are: the five senses of perception, the five senses of action, and the mind. These, by leading man astray in pursuit of trivial and transitory pleasures, ruin him and make him weep. But the Atman, if it is sought and relied upon, sheds its rays on the eleven and makes them meaningful partners in the progress of man towards self-realisation. The rays from the Atman illumine the intelligence. The illumined intelligence alerts the mind and the alerted mind gets control of the senses, making the path clear for the person to proceed through knowledge to wisdom.