Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 11 — Chapter 5
DB 11 5.1
रुद्राक्षजपमालाविधानवर्णनम् ईश्वर उवाच लक्षणं जपमालायाः शृणु वक्ष्यामि षण्मुख । रुद्राक्षस्य मुखं ब्रह्मा बिन्दू रुद्र इतीरितः
rudrākṣajapamālāvidhānavarṇanam īśvara uvāca lakṣaṇaṃ japamālāyāḥ śṛṇu vakṣyāmi ṣaṇmukha | rudrākṣasya mukhaṃ brahmā bindū rudra itīritaḥ
Description of the rule for the rudrākṣa recitation-rosary. Īśvara said: Hear, I shall declare the marks of the recitation-rosary, O six-faced one. The mouth of the rudrākṣa is Brahmā, and the dot is said to be Rudra.
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DB 11 5.2
विष्णुः पुच्छं भवेच्चैव भोगमोक्षफलप्रदम् । पञ्चविंशतिभिश्चाक्षैः पञ्चवक्त्रैः सकण्टकैः
viṣṇuḥ pucchaṃ bhaveccaiva bhogamokṣaphalapradam | pañcaviṃśatibhiścākṣaiḥ pañcavaktraiḥ sakaṇṭakaiḥ
And the tail would be Viṣṇu; (such a rosary) bestows the fruits of enjoyment and of liberation. With twenty-five beads, five-faced, having points,
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DB 11 5.3
रक्तवर्णैः सितैर्मिश्रैः कृतरन्ध्रविदर्भितैः । अक्षसूत्रं प्रकर्तव्यं गोपुच्छवलयाकृति
raktavarṇaiḥ sitairmiśraiḥ kṛtarandhravidarbhitaiḥ | akṣasūtraṃ prakartavyaṃ gopucchavalayākṛti
red in colour, (or) white, (or) mixed, bored with holes and strung together — the bead-cord should be made, shaped like a ring (tapering) like a cow's tail.
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DB 11 5.4
वक्त्रं वक्त्रेण संयोज्य पुच्छं पुच्छेन योजयेत् । मेरुमूर्ध्वमुखं कुर्यात्तदूर्ध्वं नागपाशकम्
vaktraṃ vaktreṇa saṃyojya pucchaṃ pucchena yojayet | merumūrdhvamukhaṃ kuryāttadūrdhvaṃ nāgapāśakam
Joining mouth to mouth and tail to tail, one should make the Meru (bead) with its mouth upward, and above that the nāga-knot.
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DB 11 5.5
एवं संग्रथितां मालां मन्त्रसिद्धिप्रदायिनीम् । प्रक्षाल्य गन्धतोयेन पञ्चगव्येन चोपरि रुद्राक्षजपमालाविधानवर्णनं नाम पञ्चमोऽध्यायः
evaṃ saṃgrathitāṃ mālāṃ mantrasiddhipradāyinīm | prakṣālya gandhatoyena pañcagavyena copari rudrākṣajapamālāvidhānavarṇanaṃ nāma pañcamo'dhyāyaḥ
The rosary strung together in this way, which bestows success in mantras, having washed it with scented water and thereafter with the five products of the cow — [Here ends] the fifth chapter, called the description of the rule for the rudrākṣa recitation-rosary.
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DB 11 5.6
ततः शिवाम्भसाऽऽक्षाल्य ततो मन्त्रगणान्न्यसेत् । स्पृष्ट्वा शिवास्त्रमन्त्रेण कवचेनावगुण्ठयेत्
tataḥ śivāmbhasā''kṣālya tato mantragaṇānnyaset | spṛṣṭvā śivāstramantreṇa kavacenāvaguṇṭhayet
Then, having washed it with Śiva-water, one should then deposit the sets of mantras (upon it); having touched it with the Śiva-weapon mantra, one should envelop it with the armour mantra.
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DB 11 5.7
मूलमन्त्रं न्यसेत्पश्चात्पूर्ववत्कारयेत्तथा । सद्योजातादिभिः प्रोक्ष्य यावदष्टोत्तरं शतम्
mūlamantraṃ nyasetpaścātpūrvavatkārayettathā | sadyojātādibhiḥ prokṣya yāvadaṣṭottaraṃ śatam
Afterwards one should deposit the root mantra and should proceed as before; sprinkling it with the Sadyojāta and the other (mantras) up to a hundred and eight (times).
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DB 11 5.8
मूलमन्त्रं समुच्चार्य शुद्धभूमौ निधाय च । तस्योपरि न्यसेत्साम्बं शिवं परमकारणम्
mūlamantraṃ samuccārya śuddhabhūmau nidhāya ca | tasyopari nyasetsāmbaṃ śivaṃ paramakāraṇam
Having uttered the root mantra and set it down on pure ground, above it one should install Śiva together with Ambā, the supreme cause.
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DB 11 5.9
प्रतिष्ठिता भवेन्माला सर्वकामफलप्रदा । यस्य देवस्य यो मन्त्रस्तां तेनैवाभिपूजयेत्
pratiṣṭhitā bhavenmālā sarvakāmaphalapradā | yasya devasya yo mantrastāṃ tenaivābhipūjayet
The rosary then becomes consecrated, bestowing the fruit of every desire; with whatever mantra belongs to whatever deity, with that very one he should worship it.
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DB 11 5.10
मूर्ध्नि कण्ठेऽथवा कर्णे न्यसेद्वा जपमालिकाम् । रुद्राक्षमालया चैवं जप्तव्यं नियतात्मना
mūrdhni kaṇṭhe'thavā karṇe nyasedvā japamālikām | rudrākṣamālayā caivaṃ japtavyaṃ niyatātmanā
Or he may place the recitation-rosary on his head, on his neck, or on his ear; and thus, with a rudrākṣa rosary, one of disciplined self should recite.
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DB 11 5.11
कण्ठे मूर्ध्नि हृदि प्रान्ते कर्णे बाहुयुगेऽथवा । रुद्राक्षधारणं नित्यं भक्त्या परमया युतः
kaṇṭhe mūrdhni hṛdi prānte karṇe bāhuyuge'thavā | rudrākṣadhāraṇaṃ nityaṃ bhaktyā paramayā yutaḥ
On the neck, on the head, in the region of the heart, on the ear, or on the pair of arms — the constant wearing of rudrākṣa, endowed with the highest devotion.
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DB 11 5.12
किमत्र बहुनोक्तेन वर्णनेन पुनः पुनः । रुद्राक्षधारणं नित्यं तस्मादेतत्प्रशस्यते
kimatra bahunoktena varṇanena punaḥ punaḥ | rudrākṣadhāraṇaṃ nityaṃ tasmādetatpraśasyate
What need here of much speaking, of describing it over and over? The wearing of rudrākṣa should be constant; therefore this is commended.
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DB 11 5.13
स्नाने दाने जपे होमे वैश्वदेवे सुरार्चने । प्रायश्चित्ते तथा श्राद्धे दीक्षाकाले विशेषतः
snāne dāne jape home vaiśvadeve surārcane | prāyaścitte tathā śrāddhe dīkṣākāle viśeṣataḥ
At bathing, at giving, at recitation, at the fire-oblation, at the Vaiśvadeva rite, at the worship of the gods, at expiation and likewise at the śrāddha, and especially at the time of initiation —
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DB 11 5.14
अरुद्राक्षधरो भूत्वा यत्किञ्चित्कर्म वैदिकम् । कुर्वन्विप्रस्तु मोहेन नरके पतति ध्रुवम्
arudrākṣadharo bhūtvā yatkiñcitkarma vaidikam | kurvanviprastu mohena narake patati dhruvam
a brahmin who, being one who wears no rudrākṣa, performs through delusion any Vedic rite whatsoever, surely falls into hell.
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DB 11 5.15
रुद्राक्षं धारयेन्मूर्ध्नि कण्ठे सूत्रे करेऽथवा । सुवर्णमणिसम्भिन्नं शुद्धं नान्यैर्धृतं शिवम्
rudrākṣaṃ dhārayenmūrdhni kaṇṭhe sūtre kare'thavā | suvarṇamaṇisambhinnaṃ śuddhaṃ nānyairdhṛtaṃ śivam
One should wear the rudrākṣa on the head, on the neck, on a thread, or on the hand — pure, interspersed with gold beads, auspicious, not (already) worn by others.
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DB 11 5.16
नाशुचिर्धारयेदक्षं सदा भक्त्यैव धारयेत् । रुद्राक्षतरुसम्भूतवातोद्भूततृणान्यपि
nāśucirdhārayedakṣaṃ sadā bhaktyaiva dhārayet | rudrākṣatarusambhūtavātodbhūtatṛṇānyapi
One who is impure should not wear the bead; one should always wear it with devotion alone. Even the blades of grass carried by the wind that has arisen from a rudrākṣa tree
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DB 11 5.17
पुण्यलोकं गमिष्यन्ति पुनरावृत्तिदुर्लभम् । रुद्राक्षं धारयन्पापं कुर्वन्नपि च मानवः
puṇyalokaṃ gamiṣyanti punarāvṛttidurlabham | rudrākṣaṃ dhārayanpāpaṃ kurvannapi ca mānavaḥ
will go to the world of merit, from which return is hard to come by. And a man who wears a rudrākṣa, even while committing sin,
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DB 11 5.18
सर्वं तरति पाप्मानं जाबालश्रुतिराह हि । पशवो हि च रुद्राक्षधारणाद्यान्ति रुद्रताम्
sarvaṃ tarati pāpmānaṃ jābālaśrutirāha hi | paśavo hi ca rudrākṣadhāraṇādyānti rudratām
crosses over all evil — so indeed the Jābāla scripture declares. For even beasts attain the state of Rudra by the wearing of a rudrākṣa;
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DB 11 5.19
किमु ये धारयन्ति स्म नरा रुद्राक्षमालिकाम् । रुद्राक्षः शिरसा ह्येको धार्यो रुद्रपरैः सदा
kimu ye dhārayanti sma narā rudrākṣamālikām | rudrākṣaḥ śirasā hyeko dhāryo rudraparaiḥ sadā
how much more the men who wear a rudrākṣa rosary! Indeed a single rudrākṣa must always be worn on the head by those devoted to Rudra,
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DB 11 5.20
ध्वंसनं सर्वदुःखानां सर्वपापविमोचनम् । व्याहरन्ति च नामानि ये शम्भोः परमात्मनः
dhvaṃsanaṃ sarvaduḥkhānāṃ sarvapāpavimocanam | vyāharanti ca nāmāni ye śambhoḥ paramātmanaḥ
(It is) the destruction of all sorrows, the release from all sins. And (blessed are) those who utter the names of Śambhu, the supreme Self.
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DB 11 5.21
रुद्राक्षालङ्कृता ये च ते वै भागवतोत्तमाः । रुद्राक्षधारणं कार्यं सर्वश्रेयोऽर्थिभिर्नृभिः
rudrākṣālaṅkṛtā ye ca te vai bhāgavatottamāḥ | rudrākṣadhāraṇaṃ kāryaṃ sarvaśreyo'rthibhirnṛbhiḥ
And those who are adorned with rudrākṣa — they indeed are the foremost of the Lord's devotees. The wearing of rudrākṣa should be done by men who desire every good.
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DB 11 5.22
कर्णपाशे शिखायां च कण्ठे हस्ते तथोदरे । महादेवश्च विष्णुश्च ब्रह्मा तेषां विभूतयः
karṇapāśe śikhāyāṃ ca kaṇṭhe haste tathodare | mahādevaśca viṣṇuśca brahmā teṣāṃ vibhūtayaḥ
On the ear-loop, on the topknot, on the throat, on the hand, and likewise on the belly — Mahādeva, Viṣṇu, and Brahmā are their (the beads') manifest powers.
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DB 11 5.23
देवाश्चान्ये तथा भक्त्या खलु रुद्राक्षधारिणः । गोत्रर्षयश्च सर्वेषां कूटस्था मूलरूपिणः
devāścānye tathā bhaktyā khalu rudrākṣadhāriṇaḥ | gotrarṣayaśca sarveṣāṃ kūṭasthā mūlarūpiṇaḥ
And other gods too, with devotion, are indeed wearers of rudrākṣa; and the seers of the lineages of all (clans), abiding at the summit, existing in their original form (are wearers too).
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DB 11 5.24
तेषां वंशप्रसूताश्च मुनयः सकला अपि । श्रौतधर्मपराः शुद्धाः खलु रुद्राक्षधारिणः
teṣāṃ vaṃśaprasūtāśca munayaḥ sakalā api | śrautadharmaparāḥ śuddhāḥ khalu rudrākṣadhāriṇaḥ
And the sages born in their lineage, all of them, devoted to the Vedic law, pure, are indeed wearers of rudrākṣa.
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DB 11 5.25
श्रद्धा न जायते साक्षाद्वेदसिद्धे विमुक्तिदे । बहूनां जन्मनामन्ते महादेवप्रसादतः
śraddhā na jāyate sākṣādvedasiddhe vimuktide | bahūnāṃ janmanāmante mahādevaprasādataḥ
Faith does not arise directly in (this practice) which is established by the Veda and gives release; (only) at the end of many births, through the grace of Mahādeva,
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DB 11 5.26
रुद्राक्षधारणे वाञ्छा स्वभावादेव जायते । रुद्राक्षस्य तु माहात्म्यं जाबालैरादरेण तु
rudrākṣadhāraṇe vāñchā svabhāvādeva jāyate | rudrākṣasya tu māhātmyaṃ jābālairādareṇa tu
does the wish to wear rudrākṣa arise of itself. And the greatness of the rudrākṣa is (recited) with reverence by the Jābālas,
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DB 11 5.27
पठ्यते मुनिभिः सर्वैर्मया पुत्र तथैव च । रुद्राक्षस्य फलं चैव त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुतम्
paṭhyate munibhiḥ sarvairmayā putra tathaiva ca | rudrākṣasya phalaṃ caiva triṣu lokeṣu viśrutam
it is recited by all the sages, and by me likewise, my son. And the fruit of the rudrākṣa is renowned in the three worlds.
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DB 11 5.28
फलस्य दर्शने पुण्यं स्पर्शात्कोटिगुणं भवेत् । शतकोटिगुणं पुण्यं धारणाल्लभते नरः
phalasya darśane puṇyaṃ sparśātkoṭiguṇaṃ bhavet | śatakoṭiguṇaṃ puṇyaṃ dhāraṇāllabhate naraḥ
There is merit in seeing the fruit; from touching it, it becomes ten million times (that); a man obtains merit a thousand million times (as great) from wearing it.
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DB 11 5.29
लक्षकोटिसहस्राणि लक्षकोटिशतानि च । जपाच्च लभते नित्यं नात्र कार्या विचारणा
lakṣakoṭisahasrāṇi lakṣakoṭiśatāni ca | japācca labhate nityaṃ nātra kāryā vicāraṇā
And from muttering (with it) he constantly obtains thousands of hundred-thousand-crores and hundreds of hundred-thousand-crores (of merit); no doubt is to be entertained here.
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DB 11 5.30
हस्ते चोरसि कण्ठे च कर्णयोर्मस्तके तथा । रुद्राक्षं धारयेद्यस्तु स रुद्रो नात्र संशयः
haste corasi kaṇṭhe ca karṇayormastake tathā | rudrākṣaṃ dhārayedyastu sa rudro nātra saṃśayaḥ
Whoever wears a rudrākṣa on the hand, or on the chest, on the throat, on the two ears, and on the head — he is Rudra; there is no doubt here.
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DB 11 5.31
अवध्यः सर्वभूतानां रुद्रवद्धि चरेद्भुवि । सुराणामसुराणां च वन्दनीयो यथा शिवः
avadhyaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ rudravaddhi caredbhuvi | surāṇāmasurāṇāṃ ca vandanīyo yathā śivaḥ
He cannot be slain by any beings; he moves on earth just like Rudra. And he is to be revered by gods and demons, as Śiva is.
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DB 11 5.32
रुद्राक्षधारी सततं वन्दनीयस्तथा नरैः । उच्छिष्टो वा विकर्मस्थो युक्तो वा सर्वपातकैः
rudrākṣadhārī satataṃ vandanīyastathā naraiḥ | ucchiṣṭo vā vikarmastho yukto vā sarvapātakaiḥ
The wearer of rudrākṣa is always to be revered by men in that way. Whether he has food-remnants (on him), or stands in wrong action, or is joined with all the sins,
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DB 11 5.33
मुच्यते सर्वपापेभ्यो रुद्राक्षस्य तु धारणात् । कण्ठे रुद्राक्षमाबध्य श्वापि वा म्रियते यदि
mucyate sarvapāpebhyo rudrākṣasya tu dhāraṇāt | kaṇṭhe rudrākṣamābadhya śvāpi vā mriyate yadi
he is freed from all sins by the wearing of the rudrākṣa. If even a dog dies with a rudrākṣa bound at its throat,
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DB 11 5.34
सोऽपि मुक्तिमवाप्नोति किं पुनर्मानुषोऽपि सः । जपध्यानविहीनोऽपि रुद्राक्षं यदि धारयेत्
so'pi muktimavāpnoti kiṃ punarmānuṣo'pi saḥ | japadhyānavihīno'pi rudrākṣaṃ yadi dhārayet
it too attains liberation — how much more so a human being! Even one destitute of muttered prayer and meditation, if he wears a rudrākṣa,
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DB 11 5.35
सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः स याति परमां गतिम् । एकं वापि हि रुद्राक्षं कृत्वा यत्नेन धारयेत्
sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ sa yāti paramāṃ gatim | ekaṃ vāpi hi rudrākṣaṃ kṛtvā yatnena dhārayet
freed from all sins, he goes to the highest goal. Let him make even a single rudrākṣa and wear it with care.
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DB 11 5.36
एकविंशतिमुद्धृत्य रुद्रलोके महीयते । अतः परं प्रवक्ष्यामि रुद्राक्षस्य पुनर्विधिम्
ekaviṃśatimuddhṛtya rudraloke mahīyate | ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi rudrākṣasya punarvidhim
Having drawn up twenty-one, he is honoured in Rudra's world. After this I shall declare further the rule concerning the rudrākṣa.
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