'Shree Rannchandika Prapatti'. Although fully spiritual in itself, this will make of every man and every woman, a valiant soldier, a valiant human being and also make him valiant spiritually.
The women would be observing ‘Shreemangalchandika Prapatti’ and men would be observing ‘Shree Rannachandika Prapatti’. The ‘Rann’ is the battlefield and both kinds of Prapattis make out of men and women alike, successful and capable soldiers, soldiers at the worldly level for one, soldiers at the spiritual level and there is this third thing that will be known to us in due course.
The word ‘Prapatti’ simply means ‘surrender that relieves of disaster or calamity'. There are five aspects to both the Prapattis, be it the Shreemanagalchandika Prapatti or the Shreerannachandika Prapatti.
1) The first aspect is, Shri Adimata Chandika Mahishasurmardini. She is the Mother of the Parmatma and therefore the Paramatma is forever in a state of surrender unto Her and so it follows that we too must be in surrender unto Her.
2) The second aspect and principle is to harbour and also repeatedly express the unshakable belief, anchored firmly in the heart that Goddess Chandika Herself and through Her dear Son (Parmatma), will definitely protect me. Not only should we hold on to this belief but also root it firmly in our heart and express overtly that Goddess Chandika and Her Son, Trivikram will protect us and take care of us. Holding this belief in our heart, we should express it out in as many words as possible.
3) The third one is accepting the Son of the Chandika (Lord Parmatma) with love and faith and as our only refuge, whom we call by different names Mahavishnu, Sai, Ram, Krishna or the Paramshiva; willingly choosing to live in His refuge and shelter, recalling Him in our minds with love, observing His instructions at all times and at all costs and having unconditional, single lined (focussed) 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 us close in Her arms and hand over our charge to the Lord Parmatma. Praying to Her with love to say, ‘O Mother Chandika, hold me in Your arms, hold me close and hand me over to the Parmatma’.
5) The fifth aspect is to offer ourselves in loving surrender to the Mother Chandika so that we keep enhancing and intensifying our Bhakti and so that with Her grace we attain success and fulfillment both at the worldly and at the spiritual levels. Living the sentiment expressed in the words ‘You and You alone are my 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.
Following is the clarification to some of the doubts that have been raised by few fellow Shraddhavans:
1) This Shree Ranchandika Prapatti should be performed only by gents on any one of the Mondays of the month of Shravan. (It is not compulsory to perform the Prapatti on all Mondays of the month though it would be better to perform the Prapatti on all the Mondays as well. The Prapatti must be compulsorily performed only once on all the Mondays).
2) Shraddhavan dress code (white shirt / kurta/ sadra, white lungi and uparna) is compulsory while performing Shree Ranchandika Prapatti.
3) It would be fine to burn incense (Dhoopshikha) while performing Shree Ranchandika Prapatti.
4) Shraddhavans may or may not use mat (seat cloth) while performing Shree Ranchandika Prapatti when they sit on floor.
5) The Prasad (holy offering) of Curd-sugar and bananas can be also be kept in front of the photoframe from the very start of Prapatti.
6) For performing Prapatti photo of Trivikram of any size will suffice the purpose.
7) It is not necessary to wash/ shampoo our hair during the bath that has to be taken before performing Prapatti.
8) Shraddhavans of one single family can do the Prapatti by using a single photoframe of Shree Trivikram available at their homes. But they should not be sitting together but rather should sit separated from each other keeping some distance between them. The Prasad that everyone offers has to be separate.
9) If any Shraddhavan is unable to sit on the floor to perform Prapatti because of physical problems or ailments then he should feel free to sit on table / chair or any other arrangement.
10) For the Prapatti, Shree Adimata Chandika Mahishasurmardini’s photoframe can also be kept alongside photoframe of Shree Trivikram.
11) Incase the photoframe of Trivikram which is being used for performing Prapatti is large in size then a smaller photoframe may also be used for bearing on our head.
12) After the Prapatti is done it would be fine for the Shraddhavans to perform Aarti of Shree Mahishsurmardini.
(Note: The Ram Rajya discourse booklet by Param Poojya Sadguru Aniruddha Bapu contains detailed information about Shree Ranchandika Prapatti. The details can be found from Page No. 41 to Page No. 50. You can also refer the image above and by using its menu options understand the procedure to be implemented while performing this Prapatti in details).
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