Bija Mantra – பீஜ மந்திரம்
Devi worship will be usually done by using bheej mantras.
Generally bheej mantras relates to Shakthi (“I” in shiva relates to Shakthi. Without “I” i.e. shakthi, shiva becomes Shava i.e., corpse.. It means, without shakthi, siva is “0”)
“Hreem” is the earliest bheej mantra and belongs to bhuvaneshwari. It consists of 4 matrikas or seeds viz., “ha” (akasha bheeja) , “ra” (agni bheeja), “ee” (maya bheeja) and “m” (samhara bheeja – Anuswara)
“Kleem” is known as Kamaraja bheeja or Manmatha bheeja. It also consists of 4 Matrikas or seeds viz., “ka” (kama), “la” (prithvi), “ee” (maya) and “m” (answara)
“kreem” is known as Kali bheeja. If agni bheeja “ra” is used instead of prithvi bheeja “la” from the above kamaraja bheeja, it become, “ka” (kama), “ra” (agni), “ee” (maya) and “m” (answara)
“Aim” is for Saraswathi. It consists of 3 matrikas “a” “e” m”. Since these 3 matrikas doesn’t need the involvement of tongue, this bheej mantra is easy to recite in mind (internally)
“Sreem” is for Sri or Lakshmi. Sreem too contains 4 matrikas viz., “sa” (lakshmi, pure and auspicious) , “ra” (agni), “ee” (maya) and “m” (anuswara)
Few bheej mantras with their respective Gods:
Kreem – Kali
Hreem – Bhuvaneswari
Kleem – Kamaraj
Sreem – Sri Lakshmi
Aim – Saraswathi
Dhom – Durga
Hroum – Shiva
Dam – Vishnu
Fraum – Hanuman
Gam – Ganapathi or vinayak
Bhram – Bhairav murhty
Hleem – Bagalamukhi
Dhoom – Dhoomavathi
Kshraum – Nrisimha or Narasimha
Dhham – Kuber
Ham – Akash
Ram – Agni
Yam – Vayu
Ksham – Prithvi
Tam – Shanthi or peace
