ŚRĪ PARĀŚARA SAMHITĀ II - 68th Chapter - Jaya Hanumanji

68^thChapter (Ashţaşaşţitama Paţalah)

“The Story of the Features of the Wheel Amulet”

(Cakralakşaņa Kathanam)

श्रीपराशरः
मन्त्रांतरं प्रवक्ष्यामि शृणुष्व मुनिपुंगव!।। 1

ŚrīParaāśara:

“Oh! Great Sage! Mytrēya! I am telling about another mantra. (1)

आदौ प्रणवमुच्चार्य रामदूताय चोच्चरेत्
लंकाविध्वंसनायेति वह्निजायां समुच्चरेत्।। 2

First, utter, ‘Ōm’ (the cosmic sound₌praņava), followed by, ‘Rāmadūtāya’ (to the emissary of Rāma) followed by ‘lankāvidhvamsanāya’ (to the destroyer of the Lanka city), concluding with, ‘swāhā’ (end of end of mantra). (2)

सर्वसम्पत्प्रदातृणां एषा पव्म्चदशाक्षरी
ऋषिरस्य मनोर्ब्रह्मा गायत्री छंद इष्यते।। 3

This is the 15-Lettered (pańcadaśākşree) mantra. Creator Brahma is the seer and Gāyatri is the metre for this mantra. (3)

हनुमान् देवता प्रोक्ता प्रणवो बीजमुच्यते
शक्तिष्च वह्निजाया तु रामदूताय कीलकम्।। 4

Know that Hanumān is the Lord, Ōm the base (beejam), swāhā is the power and Rāmadūtāya is the key. (4)

विनियोगपदं चोक्त्वा देवानुग्रहकांक्षया
न्यासं कृत्वा प्रयत्नेन मूलमंत्रेण चैव हि।। 5

Tell the utilisation (viniiyōgah) as the desire for the lord’s benevolence and then perform body-part-touching (nyāsa) with the base /root mantra. (5)

ध्यानम्
यस्तृणीकृतब्रह्मास्त्रसारस्सर्वसुरार्चितः
शैर्यसर्वंकषप्रज्ञस्तं वन्दे वायुनन्दनम्।। 6

Dhyanam (Meditation)

I bow to the sun of the King of Wind God that could neutralise even the great mantra-operated weapon Brahmāstra, one worshiped by all the divine personalities and the one that, by his skills, can cut all (bad entities). (6)

अथ यन्त्रं प्रवक्ष्यामि चक्राणामुत्तमोत्तमम्
आदौ चंद्रं समालिख्य षट्कोणं विलिखेत्ततः।। 7

The Best Wheel Amulet (Cakra)

I am telling now the best of the Amulets among all Wheel Amulets. First, draw the picture of Moon and the draw the six angles. (7)

तद्बहिवृत्तमालिख्य अष्टपत्रं लिखेत्ततः
पुनर्वर्तुलमालिख्य भूपुरद्वयमालिखेत्।। 8

Drawing a circle (around) outside that, then draw eight petals (angles). Drawing a circle again, draw two portals or angular structures (bhūpura). (8)

मंत्रराजमनुं तत्र प्रागक्षराण्यनुक्रमात्
प्रणवादि लिखेन्मध्ये मंत्रवर्णं लिखेत्ततः।। 9

Then write the words of the mantra in the same order, starting from the eastern side. Write the praņava –‘Ōm’ – in the middle and then the letters of the mantra. (9)

पूर्वकोणं समारभ्य षट्कोणेषु लिखेत्सुधीः
विलिखेदष्टपत्रेषु ह्यष्टवर्णान् लिखेत्ततः।। 10

A knowledgeable person writes in the six angles, starting from the eastern most of the angles. Then the eight letters are to be written in the eight petals. (10)

स्वरान्षोडश संगृष्ह्य विलिखेद्भूपुरद्वये।। 11

The sixteen consonants have to be written in the angular portals. (11)

सौवर्णे राजते वापि ताम्रे वापि विशेषतः
भूर्जे वा तालपत्रे वा विलिखेच्चक्रमुत्तमम्।। 12

A good cakraor wheel amulet has to be drawn on a sheet of gold or silver or especially of copper or birch (bhoorjari patra) or on Palmyra leaf (tāļa patra). (12)

प्राणप्रतिष्ठां कृत्वा तु सुगंधकुसुमाक्षतैः
मल्लिकाजातिपुष्पैश्च करवीरैश्च चंपकैः।। 13

Worship and Its Fruits

After imparting life to it (prāņapratişţa), with sandal paste, flowers, sacred yellowed rice and jasmine, creeper jasmine, a type of tube rose (Neriumodorum Mill), champaka (Magnolia champaca) and other flowers, (13)

शैवे वा वैष्णवे पीठे प्रत्यहं पूजयेज्जनः
नियमेन सदा कुर्यात् तत्र लक्ष्मीरचव्म्चला।। 14

To be worshipped daily after keeping a Śivaite or Vaişņavaite seat. The wealth remains whereever worship is done in this manner. (14)

शिखायां मध्यकण्ठे वा दक्षिणे प्यथवा करे
कट्यां च धारयेन्मत्र्यः कंदर्पसदृशो भवेत्।। 15

Wearing it on the top of the hair bundle (śikha) or around the neck or on the right hand or around the waist makes one equal to the Cupid (Manmatha). (15)

भूतप्रेतपिशाचाद्या वेतालब्रह्मराक्षसाः।।
दूरादेव पलायंते चक्रराजस्य दर्शनात्।। 16

Just by seeing this amulet, dead spirits, devils and wandering spirits or even great demons run far away. (16)

राजद्वारे सभामध्ये व्याघ्रसिंहभयेषु च
तस्य क्वापि भयं नास्ति सत्यं सत्यं तपोधन।। 17

An individual wearing this amulet will have no fear at the entrance to a king’s palace, inside a king’s council or in front of a tiger or lion or anywhere. Oh! Person rich in wealth of penance! This is absolutely true. (17)

ग्रहणेषु स्पृशन्विद्यामष्टाक्षरमहामनुम्
अष्टोत्तरसस्रं वा अष्टोत्तरशताधिकम्
वीर्यशिद्धि प्रकुर्वीत जपं कुर्वीत बुद्धिमान्।। 18

During sun or lunar eclipses, one has to recite the 8-Lettered (aşţākşree) mantra 1008 or 108 times, touching the amulet. A wise person can also worship the amulet for attainment of energy (veeryasiddhi). (18)

मंदवारे च मध्याह्ने पूजयेच्च प्रयत्नतः।।
नैवेद्यं च फलापूपान् मधुरान् गोघृतान्वितान्।। 19

On purpose this amulet has to be worshipped in the afternoon of Saturdays. As offering, fruits rice cakes fried in ghee and other delicacies, (19)

कदलीचूतपनसैः खर्जूरफलसंयुतम्
ब्राह्मणान्पव्म्चसंख्याकान् यथेष्टं भोजयेत्ततः।। 20

Banana, mango, jackfruit, dates and other fruits have to be provided. Then, five Brāhmins are to be feasted. (20)

गुरुं संपूज्य यत्नेन गृहणीयाच्चक्रमुत्तमम्
गुरुपत्नीमलंकृत्वा वस्त्रालंकरणादिभिः।। 21

Guru Worship

Especially to be worshipped is the guru, also presenting him new cloths, ornaments and others; while the guru‘s wife has to be well adorned with ornaments and only then the best of the amulets (cakraśrēşţa) has to be accepted. (21)

अमूल्यवस्त्रकव्म्चुकैर्गंधपुष्पाक्षतादिभिः
तोषयित्वा नमस्कृत्वा श्रियं मनसि भावयेत्।। 22

Satisfying the guru with invaluable clothes and attributes, with sandal-flower-sacred rice and others one has to bow in reverence and imagine wealth in one’s mind. (22)

महदैष्वर्यमाप्नोति कल्पायुष्यमवाप्नुयात्
पापसंघान्विनिर्जित्य हनूमत्पदमाप्नुयात्।। 23

In this manner, one can acquire great wealth and longevity for the whole life cycle. One can get rid of all the sins and reach the abode of Lord Hanumān. (23)

सर्वस्य दक्षिणा देया वस्त्रालङ्करणादिभिः
भूदानं कारयेद्विद्वानैश्वर्यापेक्षया द्विजः।। 24

Along with cloths, ornaments, everything has to be offered as sacred gift (dakşiņa, to a priest or guru). (24)

सुवर्णकोटिसाहस्रं शक्तिर्दातुं न चेद्बुधः
कर्षमात्रसुवर्णं वा निष्कमात्रमथापि वा।। 25

For increasing one’s power, 10 billion gold coins have to be offered. Otherwise, twenty tiny bits (about ¹/₃ of a gram) of gold or at least some gold have to be offered, (25)

अर्पयेद्गुरवे विद्वान् न शक्यं वर्णितुं फलम्।। 26

To the revered guru. The resulting beneficial results can just not be described. (26)

अश्वामान्दोलिकां वापि गुरवे यस्समर्पयेत्
चक्रवर्ती भवेद्राजा सर्वद्वीपाधिपस्स्वयम्।। 27

Whichever king presents to the guru a horse or a palanquin, will become the supreme authority and emperor of all the great islands. (27)

बहुनात्र किमुक्तेन गुरुं संपूज्य यत्नतः
मनसा चिंतितं कामं प्राप्नोत्येव न संशयः।। 28

What more to tell about this? Whatever one wishes and worships the guru on purpose that one will get it definitely. There is no doubt about it. (28)

वव्म्चयेद्यदि मूढात्मा गुरुं दैवतरूपिणं
इह चानर्थमाप्नोति परे च नरकं व्रजेत्।। 29

Whichever evil-minded one deceives the Godly guru, that one will get nothing in this world and will suffer hell in the other world. (29)

यत्किव्म्चिदपि दातुव्म्चेदशक्तः पुरुषो गुरोः
सेवया वा नमस्कारैः तोषयेत्तं कृपानिधिम्।। 30

If one is totally incapable of gifting anything to the guru, one can satisfy the kind guru by service or showing reverence. (30)

विश्वासरहितो यस्तु स्वयं वर्तेत साधकः
स दुष्टः कीटवल्लोके संशयो न विनश्यति।। 31

Whichever a seeker behaves without faith but with ego, will wither away like a harmful insect. There is no doubt about that. (31)

बहुनात्र किमुक्तेन वित्तशाठ्यविव£जतः
पूजयेद्देशिकं मन्त्री तोषयेद्वापि सेवया।। 32

Why to say so much? A mantra expert should not be miserly and worship the guru. Or satisfy him with service. (32)

गुरुं प्रकाशयेद्धीमान् मन्त्रं यत्नेन गोपयेत्।।
गुरुभक्तिर्मंत्रगुप्तिद्र्वयं सिद्धिप्रदं नृणाम्।। 33

A wise person tells that his guru is great. The nantra itself has to be kept a secret. The best two duties that can give achievement (siddhi) are devotion towards the guru and keeping the mantra a secret. (33)

गुरुर्मंत्रो देवता च त्रयमेव परं स्मृताः
तत्रापि देशिकष्श्रेष्ठः तमेवाराधयेत्सुधीः।। 34

The three main things are the guru, the mantra and the God. Among these the guru that has imparted the mantra is the top one. Hence, a knowing person must always worship the guru. (34)

गुरौ तुष्टे जगत्तुष्टं संतुष्टस्सर्वसिद्धिदः
देवे रुष्टे गुरुस्त्राता गुरौ रुष्टे न कश्चन।। 35

If the guru is happy, the whole world is happy. A contented guru gives imparts everything. If God is angry (with you) the guru will protect. If that guru himself is angry, there is no one to protect. (35)

कृतघ्नश्च गुरुद्रोही न निश्कृतिमवाप्नुयात्।। 36

There is no relief from sin to the faithless and to the cheater of a guru. (36)

उत्सवेषु च सर्वत्र व्रतेषु हनुमत्प्रभोः
गुरुपूजा च कर्तव्या भक्तिविश्वासपूर्वकम्।। 37

Guru worship must always be carried out with devotion and faith in all Hanumān related rituals and festivals. (37)

गुरुं मंत्रोपदेष्टारं वंचयित्वा नराधमः
श्वानयोनिशतं गत्वा पिशाचत्वमवाप्नुयात्।। 38

A person cheating a guru that has imparted the mantra, is lowly and turns into a wandering spirit (pisāca) after having a hundred lives as a dog. (38)

निर्जने विपिने घोरे विच्छाये कंटकावृते
क्षुत्पिपासासमाक्रांतः कल्पानामयुतं वसेत्।। 39

Such a person lives wretchedly for 10,000 years with hunger and thirst in a ghastly forest not visited by humans and is full of dangerous thorns.(39)

पुनश्च सद्गुरोरेव कृपया स विमुच्यते
मंत्रं वा कवचं वापि स्तोत्रं वा न्यासमेववा
उपदिशति यस्सो हि गुरुरित्युच्यते बुधैः।। 40

Such an individual will be rendered free again, only by a good guru. Wise people say that a guru is one that imparts to you a mantra or kavaca (protective hymn) or invocative hymns (stōtra) or even a nyāsa (body touching ritual). (40)

तस्यावमानको मत्र्यो नरकायैव जीवति
तस्यानुवर्तनादेव जीवन्मुक्तो न संशयः।। 41

One that belittles such a guru lives only for suffering in the hell. By following that guru only one can definitely gain attainment. (41)

उपदेषं विना मंत्रं देशिकस्य जपेद्यदि
अतिलोभेन मोहेन पिशाचत्वमवाप्नुयात्।। 42

A person with too much of miserliness, too much of desire and reciting a mantra without impartation of the same by a guru, will become a flesh-eating spirit. (42)

गुरौ देशांतरस्थे तु देवमाराध्य साधकः
निवेद्य परमान्नं च पूजयित्वा तथा मनुम्
गुरुपादौ नमस्कृत्य जपेन्मंत्रं न दोषभाक्।। 43

If the guru is a different place, the one intending to practice recitation of a mantra should worship the lord, offer rice-milk pudding (pāyasa), reverentially, bow to the foot-wear (pādukāni) of the guru, and then recite the mantra. (43)

अन्यद्रहस्यं वक्ष्यामि मन्त्रराजं यथोत्तमम्
शृणु मैत्रेय विप्रेन्द्र लोकानामुपकारकम्।। 44

A Unique Mantra

Oh! Mytrēya! I am telling about another secret mantra, the very best one. Listen to this that does well to the people of the world. (44)

मंत्राक्षराणां चानुक्तौ तारत्रयमुदीरयेत्
बीजाक्षराणां चानुक्तौ नामाद्यक्षरमुच्चरेत्।। 45

If the mantra letters were not told, one has to recite three Omkars (Om, Om, Om). If the base letter (beeja of the mantra) was not told, the first letter of the God (dēvatā) has to be uttered. (45)

स्वाभीष्टमन्त्रस्यैकस्य यथाशास्त्रं जपो भवेत्
इतरेषां तु मन्त्राणां यथाशक्ति जपं चरेत्।। 46

One has to recite the mantra most liked by him/her self, but as stipulated. Others can be recited according to one’s own capacity. (46)

न तत्र न्यूनता दोषो नाधिक्येनापि दोषभाक्
इति मन्त्रविदां रीतिरिति शतातपो ब्रतीत्।। 47

It would not be a mistake if it is a bit more or a bit less in this regard. Such is the procedure of mantra reciters, as told by Śātātapa. (47)

साकारे च वकारे च हाकारे होममाचरेत्
होतव्यं जुहुयादग्नौ स्वाहाकारं समुच्चरेत्।। 48

One has to offer things in fire of the fire-sacrifice (hōma) pronouncing saaor va orhā. Hence the word swāhā has to be uttered while performing hōma. (48)

उच्चार्योपरतो भूत्वा न हूयाद्धविरंततः
व्यवधाने होमविधौ राक्षसः प्रीतिमाप्नुयुः।। 49

One should not delay between uttering swāhā and offering during performance of the hōma. (49)

जप्यं भूमध्यदृष्ट्वा वा नासाग्रस्य दृशापि वा
वर्णमालादृशा वापि जपन्सिद्धिमवाप्नुयात्।। 50

Attainment can be gained by concentrating on the space between the eye brows or on the tip of the nose or on the string of alphabets (akşaramālā). (50)

अंतर्लक्ष्यो बहिर्दृष्टिः ध्यायेत्कपिवरं हृदि।। 51

One has to meditate keeping the aim in the heart (mind), look on the outside and think about best of monkeys, Hanumān. (51)

स्वेष्टदैवतगायत्री मुद्रास्तस्य यथाविधि
सूक्तं सहस्रनामानि चक्रमित्येव पंचकम्।। 52

The mantra Gāyatriswāhā (base hymn), stipulated mudras (gesticulations), sooktam (invocation hymns), sahasranāma (1000 or many names) and yantras (amulets) of the desired beloved God are the five, (52)

दैवप्रसादमूलत्वात् मूलमन्त्रस्य सिद्धये
मूलपंचकमेवेति कथितं मन्त्रवित्तमैः।। 53

Basic things of God’s grace (daivānugrahamāla) for giving attainment of the mālāmantra. Hence the mantra experts tell them as moolapańcakam (the Basic Five). (53)

पव्म्चकं यो न जानाति न प्रसीदति देवता
तस्मात्सर्वप्रेयत्नेन गृष्हीयान्मूलपव्म्चकम्।। 54

Whoever does not know this Five (Pańcakam) cannot obtain the grace of the lord. Hence this Basic Five has to be obtained by putting in every effort. (54)