According to mythology,
Rudraksha is the tear center
of
Lord Shiva's eyes, which is like the Lord Shiva
himself.
"Rudra" means terrible and
"Aksha" means eyes and the axis. Even in his
angry form,
Lord Shiva is beneficial, When he opens
his third eye, He even turns "Kama" to ashes. In fact,
Lord Shiva is the axis, the base, foundation of the
world. The
Rudraksha has originated from the aqueous
drop center of the eye of the Lord and is very beneficial for human
beings.
At one time the
Rudraksha was very popular in India.
All young and old men, and even women used to wear
Rosaries
of Rudraksha. First Mohammedans came to India and then
the British followed. Both ruled our country. During this period the
importance of the Rudraksha diminished. These foreign people began to
call those men who sported the
Rudraksha as
uncivilized and barbarians. They would say that these Indians wear
ornaments of seeds of just any tree. The Indians, fooled by the ignorant
comments gradually gave up wearing
Rudraksha. They
even forgot its beneficial qualities.
The supreme father
Lord Shiva went into deep samadhi.
After the deluge for the sake of creating this world
Lord Shiva
went into meditation and turned his full attention inwards and got lost
in deep penance. When his penance was complete and his eyes opened,
along with all the Gods and Goddesses, the tears that fell upon the
earth solidified and gave birth to
Rudraksha. These
are the solidified tears of pity that he sheds at the woes of his
bhakts. These trees bear fruit, which are indeed the Rudraksha. These
fruits like Rudraksha are used as ornaments by all the Gods and
Goddesses for their own well being.
