Rudraakshajabala Upanishad

॥ rudrākṣajābālopaniṣat ॥

rudrākṣopaniṣadvedyaṃ mahārudratayojjvalam ।
pratiyogivinirmuktaśivamātrapadaṃ bhaje ॥

oṃ āpyāyantu mamāṅgāni vākprāṇaścakṣuḥ
śrotramatho balamindriyāṇi ca ॥

sarvāṇi sarvaṃ brahmopaniṣadaṃ
māhaṃ brahma nirākuryāṃ mā mā brahma nirākarodanirākaraṇama-
stvanirākaraṇaṃ mestu tadātmani nirate ya upaniṣatsu dharmāste mayi
santu te mayi santu ॥

oṃ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ ॥

hariḥ oṃ ॥

atha hainaṃ kālāgnirudraṃ bhusuṇḍaḥ
papraccha kathaṃ rudrākṣotpattiḥ ।

taddhāraṇātkiṃ phalamiti ।

taṃ hovāca bhagavānkālāgnirudraḥ ।

tripuravadhārthamahaṃ nimīlitākṣo'bhavam ।

tebhyo jalabindavo bhūmau patitāste rudrākṣā jātāḥ ।

sarvānugrahārthāya teṣāṃ nāmoccāraṇamātreṇa
daśagopradānaphalaṃ darśanasparśanābhyāṃ dviguṇaṃ
phalamata ūrdhvaṃ vaktuṃ na śaknomi ।

tatraite ślokā bhavanti ।
kasmiṃsthitaṃ tu kiṃ nāma kathaṃ vā dhāryate naraiḥ ।
katibhedamukhānyatra kairmantrairdhāryate katham ॥ 1॥

divyavarṣasahasrāṇi cakṣurunmīlitaṃ mayā ।
bhūmāvakṣipuṭābhyāṃ tu patitā jalabindavaḥ ॥ 2॥

tatrāśrubindavo jātā mahārudrākṣavṛkṣakāḥ ।
sthāvaratvamanuprāpya bhaktānugrahakāraṇāt ॥ 3॥

bhaktānāṃ dhāraṇātpāpaṃ divārātrikṛtaṃ haret ।
lakṣaṃ tu darśanātpuṇyaṃ koṭistaddhāraṇādbhavet ॥ 4॥

tasya koṭiśataṃ puṇyaṃ labhate dhāraṇānnaraḥ ।
lakṣakoṭisahasrāṇi lakṣakoṭiśatāni ca ॥ 5॥

tajjapāllabhate puṇyaṃ naro rudrākṣadhāraṇāt ।
dhātrīphalapramāṇaṃ yacchreṣṭhametadudāhṛtam ॥ 6॥

badarīphalamātraṃ tu madhyamaṃ procyate budhaiḥ ।
adhamaṃ caṇamātraṃ syātprakriyaiṣā mayocyate ॥ 7॥

brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyā vaiśyāḥ śūdrāśceti śivājñayā ।
vṛthā jātāḥ pṛthivyāṃ tu tajjātīyāḥ śubhākṣakāḥ ॥ 8॥

śvetāstu brāhmaṇā jñeyāḥ kṣatriyā raktavarṇakāḥ ।
pītāstu vaiśyā vijñeyāḥ kṛṣṇāḥ śūdrā udāhṛtāḥ ॥ 9॥

brāhmaṇo bibhṛyācchvetātraktātrājā tu dhārayet ।
pītānvaiśyastu bibhṛyātkṛṣṇāñchūdrastu dhārayet ॥ 10॥

samāḥ snigdhā dṛḍhāḥ sthūlāḥ kaṇṭakaiḥ saṃyutāḥ śubhāḥ ।
kṛmidaṣṭaṃ bhinnabhinnaṃ kaṇṭakairhīnameva ca ॥ 11॥

vraṇayuktamayuktaṃ ca ṣaḍrudrākṣāṇi varjayet ।
svayameva kṛtaṃ dvāraṃ rudrākṣaṃ syādihottamam ॥ 12॥

yattu pauruṣayatnena kṛtaṃ tanmadhyamaṃ bhavet ।
samānsnigdhāndṛḍhānsthūlānkṣaumasūtreṇa dhārayet ॥ 13॥

sarvagātreṇa saumyena sāmānyāni vicakṣaṇaḥ ।
nikaṣe hemarekhābhā yasya rekhā pradṛśyate ॥ 14॥

tadakṣamamuttamaṃ vidyāttaddhāryaṃ śivapūjakaiḥ ।
śikhāyāmekarudrākṣaṃ triśataṃ śirasā vahet ॥ 15॥

ṣaṭtriṃśataṃ gale dadhyātbāhoḥ ṣoḍaśaṣoḍaśa ।
maṇibandhe dvādaśaiva skandhe pañcaśataṃ vahet ॥ 16॥

aṣṭottaraśatairmālāmupavītaṃ prakalpayet ।
dvisaraṃ trisaraṃ vāpi sarāṇāṃ pañcakaṃ tathā ॥ 17॥

sarāṇāṃ saptakaṃ vāpi bibhṛyātkaṇṭhadeśataḥ ।
mukuṭe kuṇḍale caiva karṇikāhārake'pi vā ॥ 18॥

keyūrakaṭake sūtraṃ kukṣibandhe viśeṣataḥ ।
supte pīte sadākālaṃ rudrākṣaṃ dhārayennaraḥ ॥ 19॥

triśataṃ tvadhamaṃ pañcaśataṃ madhyamamucyate ।
sahasramuttamaṃ proktamevaṃ bhedena dhārayet ॥ 20॥

śirasīśānamantreṇa kaṇṭhe tatpuruṣeṇa tu ।
aghoreṇa gale dhāryaṃ tenaiva hṛdaye'pi ca ॥ 21॥

aghorabījamantreṇa karayordhārayetsudhīḥ ।
pañcāśadakṣagrathitānvyomavyāpyapi codare ॥ 22॥

pañca brahmabhiraṅgaiśaca trimālā pañca sapta ca ।
grathitvā mūlamantreṇa sarvāṇyakṣāṇi dhārayet ॥ 23॥

atha hainaṃ bhagavantaṃ kālāgnirudraṃ bhusunḍaḥ papraccha
rudrākṣāṇāṃ bhedena yadakṣaṃ yatsvarūpaṃ yatphalamiti ।

tatsvarūpaṃ mukhayuktamariṣṭanirasanaṃ kāmābhīṣṭaphalaṃ
brūhīti hovāca ।

tatraite ślokā bhavanti ॥

ekavaktraṃ tu rudrākṣaṃ paratattvasvarūpakam ।
taddhāraṇātpare tattve līyate vijitendriyaḥ ॥ 1॥

dvivaktraṃ tu muniśreṣṭha cārdhanārīśvarātmakam ।
dhāraṇādardhanārīśaḥ prīyate tasya nityaśaḥ ॥ 2॥

trimukhaṃ caiva rudrākṣamagnitrayasvarūpakam ।
taddhāraṇācca hutabhuktasya tuṣyati nityadā ॥ 3॥

caturmukhaṃ tu rudrākṣaṃ caturvaktrasvarūpakam ।
taddhāraṇāccaturvaktraḥ prīyate tasya nityadā ॥ 4॥

pañcavaktraṃ tu rudrākṣaṃ pañcabrahmasvarūpakam ।
pañcavaktraḥ svayaṃ brahma puṃhatyāṃ ca vyapohati ॥ 5॥

ṣaḍvaktramapi rudrākṣaṃ kārtikeyādhidaivatam ।
taddhāraṇānmahāśrīḥ syānmahadārogyamuttamam ॥ 6॥

mativijñānasampattiśuddhaye dhārayetsudhīḥ ।
vināyakādhidaivaṃ ca pravadanti manīṣiṇaḥ ॥ 7॥

saptavaktraṃ tu rudrākṣaṃ saptamādhidaivatam ।
taddhāraṇānmahāśrīḥ syānmahadārogyamuttamam ॥ 8॥

mahatī jñānasampattiḥ śucirdhāraṇataḥ sadā ।
aṣṭavaktraṃ tu rudrākṣamaṣṭamātrādhidaivatam ॥ 9॥

vasvaṣṭakapriyaṃ caiva gaṅgāprītikaraṃ tathā ।
taddhāraṇādime prītā bhaveyuḥ satyavādinaḥ ॥ 10॥

navavaktraṃ tu rudrākṣaṃ navaśaktyadhidaivatam ।
tasya dhāraṇamātreṇa prīyante navaśaktayaḥ ॥ 11॥

daśavaktraṃ tu rudrākṣaṃ yamadaivatyamīritam ।
darśanācchāntijanakaṃ dhāraṇānnātra saṃśayaḥ ॥ 12॥

ekādaśamukhaṃ tvakṣaṃ rudraikādaśadaivatam ।
tadidaṃ daivataṃ prāhuḥ sadā saubhāgyavardhanam ॥ 13॥

rudrākṣaṃ dvādaśamukhaṃ mahāviṣṇusvarūpakam ।
dvādaśādityarūpaṃ ca bibhartyeva hi tatparam ॥ 14॥

trayodaśamukhaṃ tvakṣaṃ kāmadaṃ siddhidaṃ śubham ।
tasya dhāraṇamātreṇa kāmadevaḥ prasīdati ॥ 15॥

caturdaśamukhaṃ cākṣaṃ rudranetrasamudbhavam ।
sarvavyādhiharaṃ caiva sarvadārogyamāpnuyāt ॥ 16॥

madyaṃ māṃsaṃ ca laśunaṃ palāṇḍuṃ śigrumeva ca ।
śleṣmātakaṃ viḍvarāhamabhakṣyaṃ varjayennaraḥ ॥ 17॥

grahaṇe viṣuve caivamayane saṃkrame'pi ca ।
darśeṣu pūrṇamāse ca pūrṇeṣu divaseṣu ca ।
rudrākṣadhāraṇātsadyaḥ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate ॥ 18॥

rudrākṣamūlaṃ tadbrahmā tannālaṃ viṣṇureva ca ।
tanmukhaṃ rudra ityāhustadbinduḥ sarvadevatāḥ ॥ 19॥

iti ॥

atha kālāgnirudraṃ bhagavantaṃ sanatkumāraḥ
papracchādhīhi bhagavanrudrākṣadhāraṇavidhim ।

tasminsamaye nidāgha-
jaḍabharatadattātreyakātyāyanabharadvājakapilavasiṣṭha-
pippalādādayaśca kālāgnirudraṃ parisametyocuḥ ।

atha kālāgnirudraḥ kimarthaṃ bhavatāmāgamanamiti hovāca ।

rudrākṣadhāraṇavidhiṃ vai sarve śrotumicchāmaha iti ।

atha kālāgnirudraḥ provāca ।

rudrasya nayanādutpannā rudrākṣā iti loke khyāyante ।

atha sadāśivaḥ saṃhārakāle saṃhāraṃ
kṛtvā saṃhārākṣaṃ mukulīkaroti ।

tannayanājjātā rudrākṣā iti hovāca ।

tasmādrudrākṣatvamiti kālāgnirudraḥ provāca ।

tadrudrākṣe vāgviṣaye kṛte daśagopradānena
yatphalamavāpnoti tatphalamaśnute ।

sa eṣa bhasmajyotī rudrākṣa iti ।

tadrudrākṣaṃ kareṇa spṛṣṭvā dhāraṇamātreṇa
dvisahasragopradānaphalaṃ bhavati ।

tadrudrākṣe karṇayordhāryamāṇe
ekādaśasahasragopradānaphalaṃ bhavati ।

ekādaśarudratvaṃ ca gacchati ।

tadrudrākṣe śirasi dhāryamāṇe koṭigopradānaphalaṃ
bhavati ।

eteṣāṃ sthānānāṃ karṇayoḥ phalaṃ vaktuṃ na
śakyamiti hovāca ।

ya imāṃ rudrākṣajābālopaniṣadaṃ nityamadhīte
bālo vā yuvā vā veda sa mahānbhavati ।

sa guruḥ sarveṣāṃ mantrāṇāmupadeṣṭā bhavati etaireva
homaṃ kuryāt ।

etairevārcanam ।

tathā rakṣoghnaṃ mṛtyutārakaṃ guruṇā labdhaṃ kaṇṭhe bāhau
śikhāyāṃ vā badhnīta ।

saptadvīpavatī bhūmirdakṣiṇārthaṃ nāvakalpate ।

tasmācchraddhayā yāṃ kāñcidgāṃ dadyātsā dakṣiṇā bhavati ।

ya imāmupaniṣadaṃ brāhmaṇaḥ sāyamadhīyāno divasakṛtaṃ
pāpaṃ nāśayati ।

madhyāhne'dhīyānaḥ ṣaḍjanmakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ nāśayati ।

sāyaṃ prātaḥ prayuñjāno'nekajanmakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ nāśayati ।

ṣaṭsahasralakṣagāyatrījapaphalamavāpnoti ।

brahmahatyāsurāpāna-
svarṇasteyagurudāragamanatatsaṃyogapātakebhyaḥ pūto bhavati ।

sarvatīrthaphalamaśnute ।

patitasaṃbhāṣaṇātpūto bhavati ।

paṅktiśatasahasrapāvano bhavati ।

śivasāyujyamavāpnoti ।

na ca punarāvartate na ca punarāvartata ityoṃsatyamityupaniṣat ॥

oṃ āpyāyantu mamāṅgāni vākprāṇaścakṣuḥ śrotramatho
balamindriyāṇi ca ॥

sarvāṇi sarvaṃ brahmopaniṣadaṃ māhaṃ
brahma nirākuryāṃ mā mā brahma nirākarodanirākaraṇama-
stvanirākaraṇaṃ mestu tadātmani nirate ya upaniṣatsu dharmāste
mayi santu te mayi santu ॥

oṃ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ ॥

iti rudrākṣajābālopaniṣatsamāptā ॥