IMPORTANCE OF SHIV NAAM, BHASAM, RUDRAKSH

The combination of three the SHIV NAAM, BHASAM and RUDRAKSH are considered to be most sacred in HINDU RELIGION. The persons who is having these three things are considered to be saint in the HINDU RELIGION. The SHIV NAAM is represented by RIVER GANGA, the BHASAM is represented by the YAMUNA and the RUDRAKSH is represented by the SARASWATI and by combining the three is the TRIVENI.

BHASAM is a very sacred thing in the HINDU religion. It is the residual left after burning of woods with GHEE and other HAVAN material or the residual left after burning the dry cow dunk. The BHASAM of the cow dunk is supposed to be the best. This shows the importance of cow for HINDUS. Not only dunk but the urine of cow is used in PANCHAMRAT which is used in worshipping. This is not due to a myth but has a research by our ancient RISHI MUNIES who were the scientists of their time. It is also written in old religious books that the cow milk is as good as mother milk. It is easy to digest, made the memory and mind sharp and has so many other advantages over the other milk. This is one of the reasons that is why the cow is considered as the mother in India.

The BHASAM is mainly of two types named MAHABHASAM and SWALAP BHASAM. The MAHABHASAM is further of three type named as SHRUOT, SMART AND LOKIK. The first two can be used only for the saint or VAIRAGIES and LOKIK can be used by the others. The BHASAM can be taken on the body on 32 or 16 or 8 places or just on the forehead in the TRIPUND( having three lines). Each line of these three lines represents the nine DEVTAS the first line represent the AKAR of the OM, DHARAM, RIGVED, PRITHVI, GRAH AGNI, PRATSWAN , RAJSIGUN, KRIYA SHAKTI, MAHADEV. The second line represents the UKAR of the OM, AKASH, YAJURVED, DAKSHINAY AGNI, MADHYMKAL SWAN, SATVIK GUN, ANTARATMA, ICHASHAKTI, MAHESHWAR The third line represents the MAKAR of the OM, AVHANIYA AGNI, DHULOK, SAMVED, TAMOGUN, TRITAYSWAN,PARAMATMA,GYANSHAKTI, SHIV.

Similarly the RUDHRAKSH is a fruit which is find in INDIA. Actually once the LORD SHIV being the YOGIRAJ was doing meditation for centuries together and once when HE opened HIS eyes then the two drops of water fell down as tears and those water crops give rise to trees of RUDRAKSH. These are spherical in the shape and have throne on its surface. The effectiveness of the RUDRAKSH depends upon the size of the RUDHRAKSH. The smaller it is the better it is. The different colors of RUDHRAKSH is recommended for the different casts as white for the BRAHMINS, dark red for the SHATRIYA, yellow for the VAISHYAY and the black for the SHUDARS. The other things which effect the effectiveness of the RUDRAKSH is the mouth it has. It can have at the most 14 mouths.