DIVINE INFORMATION PART 71 Respected friends,
While goingthrough one of my external memory device, I came across some good information stored from websites. Ithought of sharing interesting ones from them as a series. In part 71, I amstarting with 270th item in this posting. Kindly note the series is a compilation. Sincerely, Gopala Krishnan 04-08-21 70 RUDHRA JABALAUPANISHADH ABOUT RUDHRAKSHA Om ! Let my limbs and speech, Prana, eyes, ears,vitality And all the senses grow instrength. All existence is the Brahman of the Upanishads. May I never deny Brahman, nor Brahman deny me. Let there be no denial at all: Let there be no denialat least from me. May the virtues that are proclaimed in the Upanishadsbe in me, Who am devoted to theAtman; may they reside in me. Om ! Let there be Peace in me ! Let there be Peace inmy environment ! Let there be Peace inthe forces that act on me ! Hail Om! I praise the Effulgent State of Absolute Peace,belonging to Sri Maharudra, which isto be known through the Rudraksha Jabala Upanishad. Bhusundaquestioned Lord Kalagnirudra: What is the beginning of Rudraksha beads? What is the benefit of wearing them on the body? Lord Kalagnirudra answered him thus: I closed my eyesfor the sake of destroying the TripuraAsuras. From my eyes thus closed, drops of water fell on the earth. These drops of tears turned intoRudrakshas. By the mere utterance of the name of Rudraksha, oneacquires the benefit of giving ten cowsin charity. By seeing and touching it, one attains double that benefit. I amunable to praise it any more. I closed my eyes one thousand celestial years. Thenfrom my eyelids, drops of water droppeddown and attained the state of immobility for blessing the devoted persons. This Rudraksha destroys the devotees sins that arecommitted both night and day, by wearing it. By mere vision of the Rudraksha, the benefit will besay, a lac. But by wearing them, it will be a crore. Why, it will be equal tohundred crores. But it will be a thousand lacs of crores and hundredlacs of crores times powerful when one does Japa with Rudraksha andwears it at all times. Among Rudrakshas, one as big as Amalaka (myrobalan), isconsidered to be the best. One as big as the Badari fruit (Indian berry) isconsidered to be of the middle sort. But that as big as Chana (Bengal gram) is considered to bethe worst of all. This is my idea about the size of Rudraksha beads. The four kinds of people, Brahmins, Kshatriyas,Vaisyas and Sudras are born as merely a worthless burden on the earth. Thereal Brahmin is the white Rudraksha. Thered is a Kshatriya. The yellow is a Vaisya. And the black is a Sudra. Therefore, a Brahmin should wear white Rudrakshas, aKshatriya the red, a Vaisya the yellowand a Sudra the black. One should use those Rudraksha-beads whichare nice, good looking, strong, big, auspicious and thorny. One should avoidthose eaten by worms, broken, without thorns, and having sores. The self-holedRudraksha is of the best variety. But that which is holed by man’s attempt, is considered to be worse.Those best Rudrakshas should bestrung in white thread. A worshipper of Siva should wear Rudraksha all over the body. He should wearone bead on the crest, three hundredround the head, thirty-six round the neck, sixteen round each arm, twelve round the chest and five hundredround the waist. Heshould wear a Yajnopavita consisting ofone hundred and eight beads of Rudrakshas. He should wear two, three, five or seven Malasof Rudraksha round the neck. A Siva-Bhakta should wear Rudrakshas round his crown,ear-ring, chain, round the ear, armlet,at all times, and specially round the stomach, irrespective of the fact whether he is sleeping,drinking, etc. If the devotee wears three hundred beads, it is theworst, if he wears five hundred it willbe medium, but one thousand will be the best of all. The devotee, when wearing Rudrakshas on the head,should repeat his Ishta Mantra, and whenwearing them round the neck, should repeat the Tat-Purusha Mantra and when wearing roundthe throat, should repeat the AghoraMantra. The same Mantra (Aghora) should be recited when wearing roundthe chest also. He should wear them round the arms with the AghoraBija Mantra. Then again Bhusunda asked Lord Kalagnirudra: What are the different forms and effects of Rudraksha beads? Pleasetell me about the secret of these blessed ones including their various faces,which is the means of getting ridof all evil. Lord Kalagnirudra said: The bead with one face is of the form of the Supreme Truth. A disciplined one(controlling his senses) mingles himself with the one Eternal Truth, after wearingthese Rudrakshas. The bead with two faces is of the form of Ardhanarisvaraand the devotee wearing it attains thegrace of Ardhanarisvara (Siva united with Sakti). The bead with three faces is of the form of the threefires and the devotee wearing itattains the grace of Agni. The bead with four faces is of the form of the four-faced Brahma and the devotee wearingit attains the grace of Brahma. The bead withfive faces is of the form ofPanchabrahman (the five-faced Siva)and the devotee wearing it attains the grace of Panchabrahman and drives away the sin of homicide. The bead withsix faces is of the form of the six-faced Kartikeya or Ganesha and the devotee wearing it attains the grace of wealthand health, clear intellect and wisdom,and purification. The bead withseven faces is of the form of the seven Matras (Mother Goddesses) andthe devotee wearing it attains the graceof wealth and health, right perception, and purity of mind. The bead with eight faces is of the form of the eight-fold Nature (five elements, mind, ego, and matter) or the eight Vasus andthe devotee wearing it attains the graceof these Devatas and becomestruthful. the bead with ninefaces is of the form of the Nava-Saktis and the devotee wearing it attains the grace of the nine Powers. The bead withten faces is of the form of the ten Yamas means used by Yogins and the devotee wearing it attains the grace of achieving peace of themind. The bead witheleven faces is of the form of the eleven Rudras and the devotee wearing it attains the grace of increase well-beingand wealth. The bead with twelve faces is of the form ofMahavishnu or the twelve Adityas and the devotee wearing it attains the grace of Moksha. The bead withthirteen faces is of the form of the Kama (Cupid or the god of Love) and the devotee wearing it attains the grace of Cupid in gratifying all desires. The bead with fourteen faces is of the form of Rudra being generated out of his eyes and the devotee wearing it attains the grace of destruction ofall diseases. One who wearsRudrakshas, should not use intoxicants, meat, garlic, onions, carrots and all such prohibitedthings. By wearingRudrakshas during eclipses,Vishusankranti (the end of Mina and beginning of Mesha Masa), new moon, full moon and other suchauspicious days, one isfreed of all sins. The base of theRudraksha bead is Brahma, its navel is Vishnu, its face is Rudra and its hole consists of all gods. One day Sanatkumaraasked Kalagnirudra: O Lord! Tell me the rules for wearing Rudrakshas. At that time Nidagha, Jadabharata, Dattatreya, Katyayana, Bharadvaja, Kapila, Vasishtha,Pippalada, etc., came to Kalagnirudra.Then Lord Kalagnirudra asked them why they all had come in a group. They all answered that they came tohear the method of wearing Rudrakshas. Kalagnirudra said: Those that are born out of RudrasAkshis (eyes) are called Rudrakshas. When these beads are even once touched byhand, one attains the glory of giving incharity two thousand cows at a time. When they are worn in ears, he gets the effect ofgiving out eleven thousand cows incharity. He also attains the state of the eleven Rudras. When the beads are worn on the head, one has thebenefit of giving a crore of cows incharity. Of all these places,I am unable to tell you the benefit when worn in the ears. Whoever studies this Rudraksha Jabala Upanishad, be hea boy or a youth, becomes great. Hebecomes the Guru of all and the teacher of all Mantras. Havan andArchana should be done with these Mantras (of the Upanishad). That Brahminwho recites this Upanishad in theevening, destroys the sins committedduring day time; who recites at noon, destroys the sins of six births; who recites in the morning andevening, destroys the sins of many births. He attains the same benefit of doingsix thousand lacs of Gayatri Japa. He becomespurified from all sins of killing a Brahmin, drinking toddy, stealing gold, approachingGurus wife, having intercourse with her, speaking with corrupted person, etc.He gets the benefits of all pilgrimagesand river-baths. He attains Siva-sayujya. He does not come back (to rebirth). Om ! Letmy limbs and speech, Prana, eyes, ears, vitality And allthe senses grow in strength. Allexistence is the Brahman of the Upanishads. May Inever deny Brahman, nor Brahman deny me. Let therebe no denial at all: Let therebe no denial at least from me. May the virtues that are proclaimed in the Upanishadsbe in me, Who am devoted to the Atman;may they reside in me. Om ! Let there be Peace in me ! Let there be Peace in myenvironment ! Let there be Peace in the forces that act on me ! Here ends the Rudraksha Jabalopanishad,included in the Sama-Veda. The above is one of my collections thought of sharing with all. 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