rudrākṣajābālopaniṣat · Chapter 1

rudrākṣajābālopaniṣat
rudrākṣopaniṣadvedyaṃ mahārudratayojjvalam /
pratiyogivinirmuktaśivamātrapadaṃ bhaje //
ॐ 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 // ॐ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ //
hariḥ ॐ // 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

divyavarṣasahasrāṇi cakṣurunmīlitaṃ mayā /
bhūmāvakṣipuṭābhyāṃ tu patitā jalabindavaḥ

tatrāśrubindavo jātā mahārudrākṣavṛkṣakāḥ /
sthāvaratvamanuprāpya bhaktānugrahakāraṇāt

bhaktānāṃ dhāraṇātpāpaṃ divārātrikṛtaṃ haret /
lakṣaṃ tu darśanātpuṇyaṃ koṭistaddhāraṇādbhavet

tasya koṭiśataṃ puṇyaṃ labhate dhāraṇānnaraḥ /
lakṣakoṭisahasrāṇi lakṣakoṭiśatāni ca

tajjapāllabhate puṇyaṃ naro rudrākṣadhāraṇāt /
dhātrīphalapramāṇaṃ yacchreṣṭhametadudāhṛtam

badarīphalamātraṃ tu madhyamaṃ procyate budhaiḥ /
adhamaṃ caṇamātraṃ syātprakriyaiṣā mayocyate

brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyā vaiśyāḥ śūdrāśceti śivājñayā /
vṛthā jātāḥ pṛthivyāṃ tu tajjātīyāḥ śubhākṣakāḥ

śvetāstu brāhmaṇā jñeyāḥ kṣatriyā raktavarṇakāḥ /
pītāstu vaiśyā vijñeyāḥ kṛṣṇāḥ śūdrā udāhṛtāḥ

brāhmaṇo bibhṛyācchvetātraktātrājā tu dhārayet /
pītānvaiśyastu bibhṛyātkṛṣṇāñchūdrastu dhārayet

samāḥ snigdhā dṛḍhāḥ sthūlāḥ kaṇṭakaiḥ saṃyutāḥ śubhāḥ /
kṛmidaṣṭaṃ bhinnabhinnaṃ kaṇṭakairhīnameva ca

vraṇayuktamayuktaṃ ca ṣaḍrudrākṣāṇi varjayet /
svayameva kṛtaṃ dvāraṃ rudrākṣaṃ syādihottamam

yattu pauruṣayatnena kṛtaṃ tanmadhyamaṃ bhavet /
samānsnigdhāndṛḍhānsthūlānkṣaumasūtreṇa dhārayet

sarvagātreṇa saumyena sāmānyāni vicakṣaṇaḥ /
nikaṣe hemarekhābhā yasya rekhā pradṛśyate

tadakṣamamuttamaṃ vidyāttaddhāryaṃ śivapūjakaiḥ /
śikhāyāmekarudrākṣaṃ triśataṃ śirasā vahet

ṣaṭtriṃśataṃ gale dadhyātbāhoḥ ṣoḍaśaṣoḍaśa /
maṇibandhe dvādaśaiva skandhe pañcaśataṃ vahet

aṣṭottaraśatairmālāmupavītaṃ prakalpayet /
dvisaraṃ trisaraṃ vāpi sarāṇāṃ pañcakaṃ tathā

sarāṇāṃ saptakaṃ vāpi bibhṛyātkaṇṭhadeśataḥ /
mukuṭe kuṇḍale caiva karṇikāhārake'pi vā

keyūrakaṭake sūtraṃ kukṣibandhe viśeṣataḥ /
supte pīte sadākālaṃ rudrākṣaṃ dhārayennaraḥ

triśataṃ tvadhamaṃ pañcaśataṃ madhyamamucyate /
sahasramuttamaṃ proktamevaṃ bhedena dhārayet

śirasīśānamantreṇa kaṇṭhe tatpuruṣeṇa tu /
aghoreṇa gale dhāryaṃ tenaiva hṛdaye'pi ca

aghorabījamantreṇa karayordhārayetsudhīḥ /
pañcāśadakṣagrathitānvyomavyāpyapi codare

pañca brahmabhiraṅgaiśaca trimālā pañca sapta ca /
grathitvā mūlamantreṇa sarvāṇyakṣāṇi dhārayet

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

dvivaktraṃ tu muniśreṣṭha cārdhanārīśvarātmakam /
dhāraṇādardhanārīśaḥ prīyate tasya nityaśaḥ

trimukhaṃ caiva rudrākṣamagnitrayasvarūpakam /
taddhāraṇācca hutabhuktasya tuṣyati nityadā

caturmukhaṃ tu rudrākṣaṃ caturvaktrasvarūpakam /
taddhāraṇāccaturvaktraḥ prīyate tasya nityadā

pañcavaktraṃ tu rudrākṣaṃ pañcabrahmasvarūpakam /
pañcavaktraḥ svayaṃ brahma puṃhatyāṃ ca vyapohati

ṣaḍvaktramapi rudrākṣaṃ kārtikeyādhidaivatam /
taddhāraṇānmahāśrīḥ syānmahadārogyamuttamam

mativijñānasaṃpattiśuddhaye dhārayetsudhīḥ /
vināyakādhidaivaṃ ca pravadanti manīṣiṇaḥ

saptavaktraṃ tu rudrākṣaṃ saptamādhidaivatam /
taddhāraṇānmahāśrīḥ syānmahadārogyamuttamam

mahatī jñānasaṃpattiḥ śucirdhāraṇataḥ sadā /
aṣṭavaktraṃ tu rudrākṣamaṣṭamātrādhidaivatam

vasvaṣṭakapriyaṃ caiva gaṅgāprītikaraṃ tathā /
taddhāraṇādime prītā bhaveyuḥ satyavādinaḥ

navavaktraṃ tu rudrākṣaṃ navaśaktyadhidaivatam /
tasya dhāraṇamātreṇa prīyante navaśaktayaḥ

daśavaktraṃ tu rudrākṣaṃ yamadaivatyamīritam /
darśanācchāntijanakaṃ dhāraṇānnātra saṃśayaḥ

ekādaśamukhaṃ tvakṣaṃ rudraikādaśadaivatam /
tadidaṃ daivataṃ prāhuḥ sadā saubhāgyavardhanam

rudrākṣaṃ dvādaśamukhaṃ mahāviṣṇusvarūpakam /
dvādaśādityarūpaṃ ca bibhartyeva hi tatparam

trayodaśamukhaṃ tvakṣaṃ kāmadaṃ siddhidaṃ śubham /
tasya dhāraṇamātreṇa kāmadevaḥ prasīdati

caturdaśamukhaṃ cākṣaṃ rudranetrasamudbhavam /
sarvavyādhiharaṃ caiva sarvadārogyamāpnuyāt

madyaṃ māṃsaṃ ca laśunaṃ palāṇḍuṃ śigrumeva ca /
śleṣmātakaṃ viḍvarāhamabhakṣyaṃ varjayennaraḥ

grahaṇe viṣuve caivamayane saṃkrame'pi ca /
darśeṣu pūrṇamāse ca pūrṇeṣu divaseṣu ca /
rudrākṣadhāraṇātsadyaḥ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

rudrākṣamūlaṃ tadbrahmā tannālaṃ viṣṇureva ca /
tanmukhaṃ rudra ityāhustadbinduḥ sarvadevatāḥ

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 //
ॐ 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 // ॐ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ //
iti rudrākṣajābālopaniṣatsamāptā //
adhikādhyayanāya