‘Shree Rannachandika Naimittik Prapatti’

The word ‘Prapatti’ simply means ‘surrender that relieves of disaster or calamity.’

1. The first aspect is the Chandika Mahishasurmardini. She is the Mother of the paramatma and

therefore the paramatma is forever in a state of surrender unto Her and so it follows that I too

must be in surrender unto Her.

2. The second aspect and principle is to harbour and also repeatedly express the unshakable belief

anchored firm in the heart that the Chandika Herself and through Her dear Son as

well, will definitely protect me.

Not only should you hold on to the belief but root it firmly in your heart and express overtlythat the

Chandika and Her Son, Trivikram will protect us and take care of us -the shraddhaavaan-. Hold this

belief in your heart and speak it out in so many words.

3. The third one is accepting with love and faith as our refuge, the Son of the Chandika - the

paramatma, whom we call Mahavishnu, Sai, Ram, Krishna or the Paramshiva;

willingly choosing to live in this refuge and shelter, recalling Him to the mind with love, observing His

instruction at all times and at all costs, having unconditional, singular and

whole-hearted faith that He and He alone is my support my one and only support in life. This is one

of the important aspects of the prapatti.

4. The fourth principle is praying that the Chandika hold usclose in Her arms and hand us over in

the charge of the paramatma. Praying to Her with love to say, ‘O Mother

Chandika, hold me in Your arms, hold me close and hand me over to the paramatma’

5. The fifth aspect is to offer yourself in loving surrender to the Chandika so that you keep

enhancing and intensifying your bhakti and so that with Her grace you attain success and

fulfillment both at the worldly and at the spiritual levels Shreerannachandika prapatti are both to be

performed imbibing all of these five principles as values of life

What we have to understand now, is the ‘naimittik prapatti’ or the prapatti to be offered in a

prescribed form and on a certain occasion.

‘Shreerannachandika naimittik prapatti’ for men.

This may be offered on any Monday of the month of Shravan.

Who is worshipped on the Monday of the month of Shravan? The Shivashankar for one, yes sure.

Who else? the other pictures that we include in the poojan ? Jeevatyaa and Narsimha.

The poojan on the Monday of the Shravan is addressed to Nrisimha.

The Nrisimha form is half lion and half man. Every man must have the firm belief that the Nrisimha is

indeed the Trivikram and the Trivikram is the Nrisimha, they are one and

the same.

The men offer at home their prapatti after sunset but individually and separately . In case of men, it is

enclosed space that enhances their capacity to receive and absorb.

The procedure for men:

After a bath, sit before the image of the Trivikram and when it is past sunset, recite the

Shreegurukshetram mantra nine times.

Then recite the mantra ‘Om namashchandikaayaee’ 108 times. This mantra was born of the

loud roar of the Devisinha, who is in fact the paramatma and no different from the Trivikram,

the original form of the Nrisinha.

This mantra is the most eminent, the supreme one of all that gives valour to men.

1. First recite the Gukshetram mantra nine times because it is the mantra of the Trivikram too

and then recite 108 times ‘Om namashchandikaayaee’, the mantra that was born of the roar

of the devisinha.

2. Now placing the image of the Trivikram on the head, recite the Gurukshetram mantra nine

times all over again. This will initiate and cause the very essence or core

feature of the Nrisinha, i.e. of the Devisinha to flow, travel from the head through the entire body.

There is no better remedy to rid of timidity and weakness.

The radiant energy of the Nrisinha enters your body and prepares and equips you to become a soldier,

capable of protecting the home, the dharma and the country.

So that is how the Shreerannachandika prapatti makes of the man, a protecting soldier of the family,

the dharma and the country.

The details of the procedure :

1. Offer the Trivikram, a naivedya of a banana along with a mixture of curds and sugar. The

banana and the curds (with sugar) are to be offered in separate bowls, do not mix in the two.

The one offering the prapatti will eat a spoonful of the curds (mixed with sugar).

2. Give the banana as Prasad, to both the men and the women in the family. Now come back and

sit before the Trivikram and eat all of the remaining curds looking at the Trivikram all along as

you do so. Curds enhances the oj (valour).

The oj of the Trivikram, that is received in the form of vibrations, is absorbed or taken in, in the form

of curds.

3. Then offer fragrant flowers to the Trivikram and then offer the lotangan. The flowers come

right at the end, if you noticed! Flowers are meant to express gratitude, to thank.

Any man above the age of sixteen can do the prapatti.

Remember the Shreerannachandika prapatti is not to be done in a group; it has got to be done individually, all by yourself.

The prapatti can make of men alike, valiant soldiers apart from making them the protector-

bodyguards at least of their family. When every single family is protected, it follows that the nation is

and so is the dharma.

Doing it once will Surely fetch you an adequate, abundant and beautiful fruit.

That was about the Shreechandika prapatti that makes men successful and valiant soldiers on the

worldly as well as the spiritual plane. The Shreerannachandika prapatti will enhance the purushartha,

the valour and their power as men.

!!Hari Om!!

II Avadhoot Chintan Shri Gurudev dutta II

II Shri Chandika Mata ki Jai II

II Ramrajya Suswagatam II

Reference : Discourse of Parampoojya Sadguru Shree Aniruddha Bapu on "Ramrajya" (6th may

2010)