what to do with broken beads ?

[Guest guest]

Namaste Rohan,

 

If the corns are not severely broken the bead can still be worn. But

if the breakage is very severe, replace the bead with a new one.

Either keep the old one in box on the altar or bury it in the garden

after saying 'thanks' and honoring Lord Shiva by lighting ghee lamp

and incense and reciting Om Namah Shivaya.

 

Small sized mala beads such as 6mm and 7mm do not show complete 5

faces because the lines are very tiny. Sometimes, very minute lines

cannot be seen. If the sellers say they are 5 mukhi japa malas, they

are right. This is because if the some of the beads are truly 4 mukhi

or 6 mukhi, they would have been graded with other 4 and 6 mukhi

beads for stringing as these fetch higher price in japa malas.

 

Anyway, even if your 2 new japa malas truly consist of some 4 or 6

mukhis in between 5 mukhis, you are very lucky! Four mukhi

represents Brahma and 6 mukhi represents Kartikeya. This means the

japa malas give blessings of 3 Gods, i.e. Shiva, Brahma and

Kartikeya. This is good luck and auspicious. Just use the japa malas

and know that you're blessed with them as they are and reap the

benefits that will come eventually.

 

Om Bholenath