Listen and learn about Rudra in the Veda and Shvetashvatara Upanishad. The strange outlier god of the Rg Veda, Rudra emerges in the age of the Upanishads as the proto-yogin, the empowered divinity that is the sole purveyor of stabilized chaos and auspiciousness (Shiva). Trace this sky god of the Veda into the form of the yogin with special reference to the character that appears in the famous Shvetashvatara Upanishad.
