SHREE RANACHANDIKA PRAPATTI

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SHREE RANACHANDIKA PRAPATTI

 

 

The Chandika has a very important role to play in bringing in the Ramrajya. It is Her grace alone that is going to make things possible. With Her grace and with Her grace only Ramrajya is possible.

The upasana of Mata Chandika has the strength and capacity to destroy them all, evil occurrences and evil things.

‘The Shree Chandika Prapatti’. Although fully spiritual in itself, this will make of every man and every woman, a valiant soldier, a valiant human being, a valiants piritual person. For the men it is going to be ‘The Ranachandika Prapatti’.

The word ‘Prapatti’ simply means ‘surrender that relievesof disaster or calamity.’ There are five aspects to it.

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.

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 overtly that 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.

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.

The fourth principle is praying that the Chandika hold us close 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’.

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. Living the sentiment expressed in the words ‘You and You alone aremy support, my one and only support’, ‘I offer myself in unconditional, whole-hearted and singularly focused faith,I turn to you with love, please accept me’. ‘Complete, total honesty’, is actually surrendering unto Her.

Information about Shree Ranachandika Prapatti from 'RamRajya 2025' -

Now for the 'Shreerannachandika naimittik prapatti' for men.

This may be offered on any Monday of the month of Shravan. Just the one day (Sankranti) for women and a choice of four or even five Mondays for the men! Why is that? That is because not only the energy centres of women but also their capacity to receive and absorb differ considerably from those of men. Besides, this is how Nature has made them both. The difference moreover, is to be traced to the hormones that are specific to the gender. The day of the Sankranti for the women and any Monday of the month of Shravan for the men, is an arrangement made in consideration of this difference and not meant to give any special facility to the men.

Do you know who is worshipped on the Monday of the month of Shravan? The Shivashankar for one, yes sure. Who else? Do you remember the other picture that we include in the poojan. How many of you do all this in the first place? Whose pictures are these? Jeevatyaa and Narsimha. The poojan on the Monday of the Shravan is addressed to Nrisimha. The Nrismha 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 their prapatti after sunset but individually and separately whereas the women do it after sunset of course but as a group, collectively. The open space enhances the capacity of the women to receive and absorb whereas in case of men, it is enclosed space that enhances their capacity to receive and absorb. Besides, their capacities of energy acceptance too differ and so the men will sit at home (enclosed space) and the women will offer the prapatti outdoors in open space. 

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 Nrisinha. What was the purpose behind the creation of this mantra? Valour! The mantra is the most eminent, the supreme one of all that gives valour to men. First recite the Gurukshetram 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. 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. The prapatti renders the woman too capable of protecting her household and family if she prays for it. If she prays to the Chandika wishing to become the protector of the dharma and the country apart from her family, she is made into a capable soldier to do so. Is that clear? So that is how the Shreerannachandika prapatti makes of the man, a protecting soldier of the family, the dharma and the country.

Let us come back to the details of the procedure. 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). 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. 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 and women 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.

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