RUDRAKSH🙏🏻🔱
The Rig Veda states -
“Rukha Dravyati Iti Rudra.”
‘Rukha’means ‘misery’and ‘Dravyati’ means to ‘eradicate.’
Rudra is the one who eradicates misery.
In other words, Rudra transforms tears of sorrow into tears of bliss which is represented by the Rudraksha.
In the Svetasvatara Upanishad, the supreme consciousness (Brahman) is identified with Rudra.
He is not just the destroyer, but the Supreme Being himself. ‘Rud’ means “to cry” and ‘Ra’ is the ‘light,’ the divine consciousness, pervading the whole cosmos.
and aksh (अक्ष) means 'teardrops'
When any being experiences divinity, the floodgates of the eyes open, leading to tears of joy. Rudra is that consciousness that brings tears of love, bliss, and gratitude.
As per the legend, this was found to be true even in the case of the “Ishwar”,himself.
This leads us to the origin of Rudraksha, which means “the tears of Rudra”,
According to Sanskrit dictionaries "Rudraksha" is a Sanskrit compound word consisting of Rudra (Sanskrit: रुद्र) and aksh (Sanskrit: अक्ष). Rudra is one of Shiva's Vedic names and aksh (Sanskrit: अक्ष) as An Eye
accordingly,Rudraksha may be interpreted as meaning "eye of Rudra".