Ratnācala Mantras
Ratnācala Mantra, “the mantras of the mountain of gems”
The Ratnācala Mantras are two verses the giver says when he gives the Ratnācala, the mountain of gems, to the guru and the ṛtvijas. Śrī Kṛshṇa teaches them to Yudhishṭhira in the Uttara Parva of the Bhavishya Purāṇa, among the ten mountain gifts.
The setting
By the gift of the Ratnācala the giver reaches Saptarshiloka. A mountain of a thousand pearls is the best, of five hundred the middle, of three hundred the ordinary, and one of small means gives it with a hundred. Around it the four boundary mountains are made of a fourth of it, in gems: Mandarācala in the east of diamond and gomeda, Gandhamādana in the south of pushparāga with indranīla, Vipulācala in the west of vaiḍūrya with coral, and Supārśva in the north of padmarāga with gārutmata. All else is as for the Dhānyaparvata: the golden devatās, forests and trees are set up, invoked and worshipped. In the morning, free of envy, the giver gives all to the guru and the ṛtvijas with these mantras.
The mantras
In meaning:
- “Acala, as all the hosts of devas dwell in all gems, so you are ever made of gems: therefore protect us, Mahācala.”
- “Since Śrī Hari is satisfied by the gift of gems, protect us always.”
The phala
One who gives the mountain of gems by this rule, honoured by Indra, attains sālokya with Bhagavān Vishṇu and dwells there for more than a hundred kalpas. Born again, he has beauty, health and good qualities and rules the seven dvīpas, and whatever pāpas such as brahmahatyā he has done are destroyed, as a mountain struck by the vajra.
Source: Bhavishya Purāṇa, Uttara Parva, Chapters 202–203
Sources
- Bhavishya Purāṇa, Uttara Parva, Chapters 202–203