7. Mantras to wear in different parts

[...] Rudrākṣajābāla Upaniṣad verse 23-25

While wearing the beads on the various parts of the body, one should invoke the following Mantras–viz.

i) the Mantra “Īśānaḥ sarva vidyānām” should be invoked for wearing the beads on the head.

ii) The “Mantrā tatpuruṣāya vidmahe mahādevāya” should be invoked for wearing the beads as a girdle or wreath around the neck in the region of the Adam’s apple round the neck.

iii) The Mantra “aghorebhyo” should be invoked while wearing the beads as a necklace or garland around the neck and hanging or dangling on the chest or above the heart.

An expert and wise person should invoke the ‘Aghora Mantra’ for holding the beads in the hands. While passing the string through the hole in each of the beads, one should invoke all the alphabets in Sanskrit from the first letter ‘A’ ([...]) to the last letter ‘Kṣa’ ([...]) as combained with Anusvāra, root or seed words for invoking the various Gods in creation. The beads should then be blessed and empowered with the Pañca Brahma Mantra’ or ‘Pañcākṣarī mantra’ (which is ‘Om namaḥ Śivāya’. This will endow the beads with divine, sublime and subtle mystical powers.

Then parallel strands numbering 3,5, or 7 (odd numbers) should be worn like multiple garlands attached or linked to or interwined with each other and worn simultaneously.^[1]

Footnotes and references:

[1]:

Ibid verse 23-25 [...]