What are the diseases cured by Rudraksha?
First of all one must understand that as per astrology, each planet has its
effects on the human body. Each planet covers different organs of the
human body. The malefic situation of the planet may cause the diseases
related to the organs that comes under the specific planet. Rudraksha plays
an important role in reducing the tribulations (including diseases) caused by
the malefic planets. 1 to 9 faced (mukhi) Rudrakshas are related to the
planets. An astrologer suggests the native to wear the specific Rudraksha
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for specific planet, thus preventing the native from the diseases related to
that planet.
Important Tips about One(Single) Mukhi Rudraksha
- Rudraksha can be used to reduce the tribulations caused by malefic
planets. - Rudraksha can be used to enhance the positive results given by the
benefic planets. - Rudraksha can be used as a remedy to “Vaastu Doshas”.
- Rudraksha can be worn or can be kept in the temple at home or work
place. - Properly maintained Rudraksha can go up to next generation.
- Rudraksha should be kept clean and oiled.
- Rudraksha is a great medicine for Hypertension (Blood Pressure).
- Rudraksha can be worn in any form, may it be rosary, single bead or with
combination of any Rudraksha. - Rudrakshas can be hanged on the front doors of the temple, home and
workplace (in shape of bunch).
..Also hanging it in the corners of your Office, Board Room, Meeting room
will help you in a great deal. - One should remove Rudraksha from his body while attending a funeral
ceremony. - Rudraksha never gives negative energies; therefore they don’t have ill
effects of any kind on anyone. - Rudraksha is an excellent tool to get protected from Devil effects (BhootPret Badha).
- Rudraksha is an excellent tool to get protected from diseases, untimely
accidents and death. - Rudraksha is a great energy one should wear to get fame, name, good
fortune, never-ending wealth, - property and respect in the society.
- Everyone in the world should wear Rudraksha on his body to enhance love,
affection, faith, brotherhood and sympathy among each other.
What are the astrological purposes of Rudraksha?
In a horoscope of a native, there are 9 main planets. Each planet has its
own nature and character. There are 12 houses in the horoscope. The
snapshot of the situation of these 9 planets in 12 houses (at the time of
birth of the native) is called a Horoscope. 12 houses of the horoscope
represent different aspects of the life of the native. These houses contain
different numbers from 1 to 12. These numbers represents different Signs
(e.g. 1 represent Aries, 5 represents Leo and 12 represent Pisces). Each
sign has the lordship of particular planet (e.g. Aries, Leo and Pisces are
under the Lordship of planet Mars, Sun and Jupiter respectively). Now, in
astrology some planets are friends to each other, some planets are enemies
to each other and some planets are average to each other. When a planet is
situated in the sign of his friend planet, he use to give good results related
to that house and if a planet is situated in the sign of his enemy planet, he
use to cause tribulations related to that house.
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What is the Vedic Procedure to Energize (Praanpratishtha) a Rudraksha?
One can adopt either of the procedures to energize a Rudraksha.
General Vedic Procedure to energize a Rudraksha:
Pore the Bead(s) of Rudraksha in water of Ganga. Apply the sandal wood
paste on it. Lit insane and the lamp of Ghee. Offer some white flowers to the
Rudraksha. Chant Panchakshari Mantra for 11 times and wear the
Rudraksha.
Perform this procedure in the temple. Touch the Rudraksha Beads with the
ShivLingha or with the feats of Lord Shiva and then wear it. If you want to
adopt this procedure at your home, it will be better to have one Parad made
Shiv Lingha in your temple.
Detailed Vedic Procedure to energize a Rudraksha:
It will be better if the wearer perform this Pooja by himself, or else one can
take the services of a the Guru or the priest of a temple for this procedure.
Following items are required for this procedure:
PanchGavya Gomeya (Dung of the cow), GoMootra, Milk, Curd, and Ghee. If
these items are not available you can also make the Panchaamrit by mixing
these products: Milk, Curd, Ghee, Honey and Sugar. Make at least 100 ml.
mixture (say about one cup).
- Ganga Water
- Bunch of Kusha or Grass or a clean Spoon
- 9 Leaves of Peepal in one a vessel
- One empty vessel or a plate to keep the items of Pooja.
- Insane (Dhoop and Agarbati)
- Camphor and a lamp of Ghee
- sandal wood paste
- Rice with the coating of AsthGandha
- New White or Red cloth (about 1.25 Meters long)
- Fresh fruits, Supaari, Paan, Clove, Coconut and Flowers of white color.
- Put Supaari in the Paan leaves And close it using the clove as a stich.
- Aasan (The seat made of Kusha or Grass or blanket)
Procedure: - Have bath in morning and sit on the Aasan facing East Direction.
- Better to keep a Parad or Crystal made Shiv Lingha in front of you.
- Keep all the pooja items near you.
- Keep the container of Ganga water near you.
- Wash the Rudraksha with PanchGaveya or Panchaamrit.
- Keep the Rudraksha bead(s) in the vessel containing 9 Leaves of Peepal
in front of you. - Keep on empty vessel or plate near it to pore the Pooja items in it.
- Lit the ghee lamp and insane.
- Chant the Pachaakshari Mantra for three times. “OM NAMAH SHIVAYE”.
28 - Put some Ganga water drops on your body and the pooja items while
chanting these mantras: - OM APAVITRAH PAVITRO VAA SARVAAVASTAAN GATOPIVA, YAH SMRET
PUNDIRKAKSHAM SA BAAHAYAABHYAANTARAH SHUCHIAH - OM GURU BHAYU NAMAH
- OM GANESHAYE NAMAH
- OM KULDEVTAABHAYO NAMAH
- OM ISHTDEVTAABHAYO NAMAH
- OM MATAPITRABHAYAAM NAMAH
- Pore some Ganga Water using the bunch of Kusha or grass in your right
palm and wash both your hands. Now again pore some ganga-water in your
right palm and drink it while chanting these mantras: - OM KESHAVAAYE NAMAH
- OM NAARAAYANAAYE NAMAH
- OM MAADHAVAAYE NAMAH
- Now again pore some ganga-water in your right palm and pore it on the
earth near you while chanting these mantras: - OM GOVINDAAYE NAMAH
- Now keep the index finger on your nose and perform the Praanaayaama
and chant these mantras - OM PRAANAAVAASYA PARBRAHMHA RISHIH PARMAATAMA DEVTA DEVI
GAAYATRI CHHANDAH PRAANAAYAMI VINIYOGAH - Put some Ganga water drops on the Rudraksha Bead(s) using the bunch
of Kusha or grass and chant these mantras: - OM SADYOJAATAM PRAPADYAAMI SADYOJAATAAYA VEI NAMO NAMAH
BHAVE BHAVE NAATIBHAVE BHAVASVA MAAM BHAVODDABHAVAAYE
NAMAH - Take some white flowers in your right hand and apply the sandal wood
paste on it and touch them with the Rudraksha bead(s) and chant these
mantras: - OM VAAM DEVAAYE NAMAH, JESHTTHAAYE NAMAH, SHARESHTTHAAYE
NAMAH, RUDRAAYE NAMAH, KAALAAYE NAMAH, KAL-VIKARANAAYE
NAMAH, BAL-VIKARANAAYE NAMAH, BALAAYE NAMAH, BALPRAMATHNAAYE NAMAH, SARVA BHOOTADAMAPASYE NAMAH,
MANONMANAAYE NAMAH - Now offer the holy perfume of insane to the Rudraksha by directing the
smoke of insane towards it, while chanting these mantras: - AGHORBHAYO ATHGHOREBHAYO GHOR GHOR TAREBHYAH
- SARVEBHYAH SARVASHARVEBHAYO NAMASTEASTU RUDRARUPBHAYAH
- Again take some flowers in your hand and apply some sandal wood paste
to them and touch them to the Rudraksha bead(s) while chanting these
mantra: - OM TATPURUSHAYE VIDDMAHE MAHAADEVAYE DHIMAHI TANORUDRAH
PRACHODAYAAT - Now chant these ISHAAN Mantras to CHARGE the Rudraksha bead(s)
OM ISHAANAH SARV VIDDYAANAAMISHVARAH SARVBHOOTAANAAM
BRAHMADHIPATI BRAAHMANODHIPATI BRAHAMA SHIVOMEINASTU
SADAASHIVOM - Now take some rice in your left palm. Chant these mantras of energizing
(Praanpratishtha) and offer some rice with right hand to Rudraksha
bead(s): - OM AAM HALEEM KROM YAM RAM LAM VAM SHAM SHAM SAM HAUM HAM
SAH ASYA MAALAAYAH PRAANAAH EEH PRAANAAH
29 - OM AAM HALEEM KROM YAM RAM LAM VAM SHAM SHAM SAM HAUM HAM
SAH ASYA MAALAAYAH JEEV EEH STHITHAH - OM AAM HALEEM KROM YAM RAM LAM VAM SHAM SHAM SAM HAUM HAM
SAH ASYA MAALAAYAH SARENDRIYAANI VAANGMANSHCHAKSHU
SHROTRAGHRAANAPADAANI EEHEAIVAAGATYE SUKHAM CHIRAM
TISHATHAANTU SAWAAHA - Now again take some rice in your left palm. Chant these mantras of
devotion and offer some rice with right hand to Rudraksha bead(s) with
every mantra. All these mantras have a different purpose of welcoming the
god, offering clothes, rice, flowers, divine perfume of insane, light of the
lamp, ganga water, fruits, paan and coconut etc. Perform as directed: - Welcome Mantra (keep you hands together in the form of namaskaar and
pray to Lord Shiva) - AASANAM SAMARAPAYAAMI SHRI SHIV MAHADEVYA CHARNA
KAMLEBHAYO NAMAH - Offering Cloths (Take White or Red Cloth in your right hand and offer it
to the Rudraksha Bead(s) while chanting this mantra) - VASTRA SAMARAPAYAAMI SHRI SHIV MAHADEVYA CHARNA
KAMLEBHAYO NAMAH - Offering Rice (Now take rice in your right hand offer it to the Rudraksha
Bead(s) while chanting this mantra) - AKSHATAM SAMARAPAYAAMI SHRI SHIV MAHADEVYA CHARNA
KAMLEBHAYO NAMAH - Offering Flowers (Take white flowers in your right hand offer it to the
Rudraksha Bead(s) while chanting this mantra) - PUSHPAM SAMARAPAYAAMI SHRI SHIV MAHADEVYA CHARNA
KAMLEBHAYO NAMAH - Offering the divine perfume of insane (Direct the smoke of insane
towards Rudraksha Bead(s) with your right hand while chanting this
mantra) - DHUP SAMARAPAYAAMI SHRI SHIV MAHADEVYA CHARNA KAMLEBHAYO
NAMAH - Offering the light of lamp of ghee (Direct the light of lamp towards
Rudraksha Bead(s) with your right hand while chanting this mantra) - DEEP SAMARAPAYAAMI SHRI SHIV MAHADEVYA CHARNA KAMLEBHAYO
NAMAH - Offering the Ganga Water (Take the ganga water from the container
using the bunch of Kusha or grass with your right hand and put some drops
of the Rudraksha Bead(s) while chanting this mantra) - AACHMANIYAM SAMARAPAYAAMI SHRI SHIV MAHADEVYA CHARNA
KAMLEBHAYO NAMAH - Offering the Fruits (Take the fruits in your right hand and offer them to
the Rudraksha Bead(s) while chanting this mantra) - NAIVEDEYAM SAMARAPAYAAMI SHRI SHIV MAHADEVYA CHARNA
KAMLEBHAYO NAMAH - Offering the Ganga Water once again (Once again take the ganga water
from the container using the bunch of Kusha or grass with your right hand
and put some drops of the Rudraksha Bead(s) while chanting this mantra) - AACHMANIYAM SAMARAPAYAAMI SHRI SHIV MAHADEVYA CHARNA
KAMLEBHAYO NAMAH - Offering the Paan (Take the paan in your right hand and offer them to
Rudraksha Bead(s) while chanting this mantra)
30 - TAAMBOOLAM SAMARAPAYAAMI SHRI SHIV MAHADEVYA CHARNA
KAMLEBHAYO NAMAH - Offering Coconut (Take the coconut in your right hand and offer it to
Rudraksha Bead(s) while chanting this mantra) - SHRI FAL SAMARAPAYAAMI SHRI SHIV MAHADEVYA CHARNA
KAMLEBHAYO NAMAH - Now lit the Camphor and say Aarati for three times:
- KARPOOR GAUR KARUNAAVATAARAM SANSAARAM SAARAM
BHUJAGENDRAHAAR, SADA VASANTAM HRIDAYAARVANDE BHAVAM
BHAVAANI SAHITAM NAMAAMI - Now chant the Gayatri Mantra for three times:
- OM BHURBHUVAH SWAH
TATSVITURVARENIYAM BHARGODEVASAYADHIMAHI
DHIYOYONAH PRACHODAYAAT - Now chant the Surya Mantra for three times:
- OM BHU OM BHUVAH OM SAWAH OM MAHA OM JANNAH OM TAPAH OM
SATAYAM - Now touch your Right Eye with the fingers of your right hand and chant
the mantra: - OM AAPO JYOTI RASO AMRITAM BRAHMA BHU BHUVAH SWAROM
- Now touch your Left Eye with the fingers of your right hand and chant the
same mantra: - OM AAPO JYOTI RASO AMRITAM BRAHMA BHU BHUVAH SWAROM
- Now touch your Forehead with the fingers of your right hand and chant
the same mantra: - OM AAPO JYOTI RASO AMRITAM BRAHMA BHU BHUVAH SWAROM
- Now chant the Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra for 5 times.
OM HOM JOOM SAH
OM BHURBHUVAH SWAH
TRIYAMBAKAM YAJAAMAHE SUGANDHIM PUSHTIVARDHANAM
URVAARUKMIVBANDHANAAN MRITYOUMOKSHIYE MAMRTAAT
BHURBHUVAH SWAROM JOOM SAH HOM OM - Now Chant the Beeja mantras of Rudraksha for 1 time each:
- OM NAMAH SHIVAYE, OM HREEM NAMAH, OM NAMAH, OM KLEEM
NAMAH, OM HREEM HUM NAMAH, OM HUM NAMAH, OM KROM KSHROM ROM
NAMAH - Now pray to Lord Shiva with full faith in him:
OM PURNAMADAH PURNAMIDAM PURNAART PURMUDCHAYATE
PURNASAYE PURNMAADAAYE PURNMEVAAYE SHISHAYATE
OM SHANTIH SHANTIH SHANTIH
Now you can wear the energized (praanpratishthit) Rudraksha Bead(s) or
can place them in the temple of your home, office or workplace. Donate
some money along with all the Pooja items in the temple. Take the blessings
of your elders for your higher self.
Shiva Purana describe Rudraksha’s origin as Lord Shiva’s tears. He had been
meditating for many years for the welfare of all creatures. On opening the
eyes, hot drops of tears rolled down and the mother earth gave birth to
Rudraksha trees. Lord Siva has many aspects indicated by His 1,008 names
Lord Siva is responsible for creation, evolution and dissolution. Lord Siva
dances creation out of existence at the end of time and then after an
appropriate time He destroys the silence itself by dancing and the activity of
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His dance gives rise to the appearance of Narayana and causes creation
again.
Through the grace of Lord Siva we are able to come to a state where we
stop identifying with the Relative aspect of ourselves and come to know our
true identity as one with the Absolute. This is the death of death itself. This
is immortality. It is the total destruction of all limitation and all sorrow in
our lives and this miracle can only be brought about by the power of Lord
Siva. That is why He is called Lord Siva the Auspicious One. He destroys our
limitations and our fears. He is the very embodiment of total kindness. He is
the Lord of Yogis presiding over Transcendental Knowledge.Om Nama
Sivaya.
Lord Siva is also known as Rudra and the Lord of Tears. The meaning of the
name Rudra is traceable to the Vedas and said to be derived from rud
(dravayita) he who drives away sin or suffering.
Eight different aspects of nature are the direct manifestations of Rudra and
they are Earth, Water, Fire, Air, Space, The Sun, The Moon and the Life
Force. Anything good and auspicious, anything that keeps us healthy and
happy and anything that helps us attain freedom from pain and misery is
Rudra.
Sri Rudram is one of the five scriptural texts chosen by the ancients for
constant repetition and meditation. The five are the Upanishads of one’s
own Sakha, The Bhagavad Gita, The Vishnu Sahasranama, Sri Rudram and
Purusha Suktam.
Vedic Literature states
As by pouring water at the root of a tree, all its branches are nourished, by
pleasing Sri Rudra through Rudrajapa, all the Devas are pleased. One
attains Bhukti and Mukti, enjoyment of life as well as freedom from the ills
of the world by the chanting of Sri Rudram with devotion
To the Rudra who is in fire, who is in water, who is in trees and plants, who
has entered into the entire universe, to that Rudra let our salutations go
Vedic Literature shows that the Rudraksa Bead was created from the tears
of Rudra, the fierce form of Lord Siva thus endowing it with medicinal and
Spiritual Powers. Each of the many types of Rudraksa Beads have a
governing Diety and specific powers and properties.
Two of the most important rules to be observed in the Asta avarana that are
the eight aids or protections are the uttering of the five syllabled formula or
Mantra that is Namah Sivaya and the wearing of the Sacred Rudraksha.
Rudraksha Beads and Planets
According to Astrology, all human beings are governed and influenced by
nine planets or navagraha , the effects of which may be either beneficial or
malefic. Rudraksha Beads are said to be very effective in removing the bad
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or malefic effects of the planets in ones Horoscope. There is no other
ornament worn on a human body which is as powerful or auspicious than a
Rudraksha Bead rosary. ‘Rudraksha’ means ‘having the eyes of Lord Shiva’.
These beads are worn for health, wealth and for spirituality. Research has
proved that rudraksha therapy is more effective than magnetic therapy.
The different faced Beads are used for reducing the malefic effects of
Planets are given below:-
One mukhi – Sun
Two mukhi -Moon
Teen mukhi – Mars
Char Mukhi – Mercury
Panch Mukhi -Jupiter
Six Mukhi -Venus
7 Mukhi – Saturn
8 Mukhi – Rahu
9 Mukhi – Ketu
10 Mukhi – All Planets
12 Mukhi – Sun
14 Mukhi – Saturn
14 Mukhi Rudraksha
14 Mukhi Rudraksh
