Rudraksha Mala/Rosary

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Rudraksha Mala/Rosary

 

 

 

 

A Rudraksha rosary is most commonly strung with five-faced rudraksha beads that are available most abundantly in various sizes. In the Devi Bhagwat Puran one can read about methods for stringing Rudraksha malas suitable for counting beads while chanting mantras. The main mouth (whole side) part of a Rudraksha is called Brahma, the middle part Rudra (Shiva) and the hind part Vishnu. Thus the Trinity form of Lord Rudra bestows worldly pleasures and salvation to mankind. Lord Shiva's mantra "Om Namah Shivaya" or any other mantra chanted with a Rudraksha mala gives unlimited benefits as told in Shiva Purana. The number of the beads of a mala depends on the aim of chanting mantras. The mala of 108 + 1 = 109 beads is regarded the best to count mantras. There are three kinds of malas. One of them includes 108 beads + 1 bead called sumeru. The second comprises of 54 beads + 1 sumeru. If it is counted twice, it completes one mala. The third type of mala has 1/4 beads of a full garland i.e. 27 beads + 1 sumeru. This is called 'sumarni'. Four times of this mala completes one full Mala of 108 beads. The sumarni is good for the man who is always busy with chanting mantras and meditation. It is easily portable. A Rudraksha Garland of 132 beads is useful for performing rituals for drawing riches. A rosary of twenty five beads renders Moksa (liberation); that of thirty beads renders wealth and that of fifty beads renders prosperity. While wearing a rosary of 27 beads during rituals, a man gets a crore times more benefit. Vopadeva states in the Padarth-Darsa that one who wears thirty two Rudrakshas on the neck, forty on the forehead, six on each ear, twelve on each wrists, sixteen on each arm, four on each eye, one hundred and eight over the chest, himself becomes NeelaKantha (Shiva). There is a mention of the merits of using a rosary in chanting mantras (mystic syllables) with the combination of different fingers for different purposes in some other mystic literatures. It is said that in handling the rosary, only the forepart of the fingers should be used. There is a prominent bead, which is normally the central portion of the rosary that is called "Meru". The Sadhaka while rotating the rosary should not overtake the Meru while counting and from there he should count the recitations in reverse order./articledt.php?art_id=138