dandavat pranams
Please accept the blessings of my Gurudeva and Srila Prabhupada
There is a prayer in the Nrsimha Purana for freedom from worldly obligations and depths.Sadly some persons in India use this mantra for business and gives it to others telling them it will solve their financial crisis, this is foolishness, because no real devotee
wants to make Lord Narasimha fix their bank balance, He naturally cares for His devotees.
The chanting however is very nicely done by a Sri Vaisnava but not related to these persons business schemes.
Rina-mochana Nrisimha Stotra
This is a stotram from the Nrisimha Purana is a prayer to Lord Nrisimha for the release of all kinds of worldly obligations.
1. Devata-karya-siddhyartam
sabha-stambha-samudbhavam
sri nrisimham maha-viram
namami rina-muktaye
Lord Nrisimha is to be worshipped if perfection is desired. Unto the all-powerful Sri Nrisimha, who appeared from the pillar of the assembly hall, I offer my obeisances so that I may become released from mundane obligations.
2. Lakshmyalingita vamangam
bhaktanam vara-dayakam
sri nrisimham maha-viram
namami rina-muktaye
Embraced on His left side by Lakshmidevi, Lord Nrisimha gives benedictions to His devotees. My obeisances to the all-powerful Lord Nrisimha, so that I may be released from all other obligations.
3. Antra-mala-dharam shankha
chakrabjayudha-dharinam
sri nrisimham maha-viram
namami rina-muktaye
Wearing a garland of intestines, He carries the conch, disc, lotus, club and other weapons. Unto Lord Nrisimha, the all-powerful, I offer my obeisances to become free from worldly debts.
4. Samaranat sarva-papa-ghnam
kadruja-visha-nashanam
sri nrisimham maha-viram
namami rina-muktaye
By remembrance of Lord Nrisimha all sins are destroyed and the poisonous effect of the descendants of Kadru (serpents) are nullified. My obeisances unto Him the all-powerful, so that I may become free from all other debts.
5. Simha-nadena mahata
dig-danti bhaya-nashanam
sri nrisimha maha-viram
namami rina-muktaye
By His greatly ferocious roar and His fearful teeth, which encompass all ten directions, He destroys all fear. Unto the all-powerful Lord Nrisimha my obeisances, so that I may become free from worldly obligations.
6. Prahlada-varadam shrisham
daityeshvara-vidaranam
sri nrisimham maha-viram
namami rina-muktaye
Lord Nrisimha is the Lord of Lakshmi and the giver of benedictions to Prahlada Maharaja, yet He ripped apart the king of demons, Hiranyakashipu. May I become free from debts by offering obeisances unto the all-powerful Lord Nrisimha.
7. Krura-grahaih piditanam
bhaktanan abhaya-pradam
sri nrisimham maha-viram
namami rina-muktaye
When His devotees are oppressed by inauspicious planets, Lord Nrisimha gives them fearlessness. I offer my obeisances unto the all-powerful Lord Nrisimha so that I may be released from worldly obligations.
8. Veda-vedanta-yajnesham
brahma-rudradi-vanditam
sri nrisimham maha-viram
namami rina-muktaye
Lord Nrisimha is the master of all the Vedas, Vedanta and the process of sacrifice. He is offered prayers by Lord Brahma, Lord Shiva and the other demigods. I offer my obeisances unto the all-powerful Lord Nrisimha so that I may be freed from all other debts.
9. Ya idam pathate nityam
rina-mochana-samjnitam
anrini jayate sadyo
dhanam shighram avapnuyat
Whoever reads this regularly, consciously desiring freedom from debts, immediately becomes freed from all obligations and very soon attains opulence.
This prayer has to be understood in the mood of
Srimad Bhāgavatam (11.5.41):
- devarṣi-bhūtāpta-nṛṇāṁ pitṟṇāṁ
- na kiṅkaro nāyam ṛṇī ca rājan
- sarvātmanā yaḥ śaraṇaṁ śaraṇyaṁ
- gato mukundaṁ parihṛtya kartam
"Anyone who has taken shelter of the lotus feet of Mukunda, the giver of liberation, giving up all kinds of obligation, and has taken to the path in all seriousness, owes neither duties nor obligations to the demigods, sages, general living entities, family members, humankind or forefathers." Such obligations are automatically fulfilled by performance of devotional service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Srila Prabhupada has quoted this for example in Bhagavad Gita purport to 1.41
According to the rules and regulations of fruitive activities, there is a need to offer periodical food and water to the forefathers of the family. This offering is performed by worship of Viṣṇu, because eating the remnants of food offered to Viṣṇu can deliver one from all kinds of sinful actions. Sometimes the forefathers may be suffering from various types of sinful reactions, and sometimes some of them cannot even acquire a gross material body and are forced to remain in subtle bodies as ghosts. Thus, when remnants of prasādam food are offered to forefathers by descendants, the forefathers are released from ghostly or other kinds of miserable life. Such help rendered to forefathers is a family tradition, and those who are not in devotional life are required to perform such rituals. One who is engaged in the devotional life is not required to perform such actions. Simply by performing devotional service, one can deliver hundreds and thousands of forefathers from all kinds of misery. It is stated in the Bhāgavatam (11.5.41):
- devarṣi-bhūtāpta-nṛṇāṁ pitṟṇāṁ
- na kiṅkaro nāyam ṛṇī ca rājan
- sarvātmanā yaḥ śaraṇaṁ śaraṇyaṁ
- gato mukundaṁ parihṛtya kartam
"Anyone who has taken shelter of the lotus feet of Mukunda, the giver of liberation, giving up all kinds of obligation, and has taken to the path in all seriousness, owes neither duties nor obligations to the demigods, sages, general living entities, family members, humankind or forefathers." Such obligations are automatically fulfilled by performance of devotional service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Also in Bhagavad Gita 2.38
BG 2.38, Purport:
He who acts for his own sense gratification, either in goodness or in passion, is subject to the reaction, good or bad. But he who has completely surrendered himself in the activities of Kṛṣṇa consciousness is no longer obliged to anyone, nor is he a debtor to anyone, as one is in the ordinary course of activities. It is said:
- devarṣi-bhūtāpta-nṛṇāṁ pitṟṇāṁ
- na kiṅkaro nāyam ṛṇī ca rājan
- sarvātmanā yaḥ śaraṇaṁ śaraṇyaṁ
- gato mukundaṁ parihṛtya kartam
"Anyone who has completely surrendered unto Kṛṣṇa, Mukunda, giving up all other duties, is no longer a debtor, nor is he obliged to anyone—not the demigods, nor the sages, nor the people in general, nor kinsmen, nor humanity, nor forefathers." (
SB 11.5.41) That is the indirect hint given by Kṛṣṇa to Arjuna in this verse, and the matter will be more clearly explained in the following verses.
A devotees real duty is to chant Hare Krishna and surrender to Krishna:
Srila Isvara Puri the spiritual master of Lord Caitanya has stated:
yoga-shruty-upapatti-nirjana-vana-dhyanadhva-sambhavita-
svarajyam pratipadya nirbhayam ami mukta bhavantu dvijah
asmakam tu kadamba-kunja-kuhara-pronmilad-indivara-
shreni-shyamala-dhama-nama jushatam janmastu lakshavadhi
yoga—of yoga; shruti—and Vedic study; upapatti—attainment; nirjana—in a solitary; vana—forest; dhyana—meditation; adhva—path; sambhavita—may be; svarajyam—kingdom; pratipadya—entering; nirbhayam—fearless; ami—they; muktah—liberated; bhavantu—may become; dvijah—the twice-born; asmakam—of us; tu—however; kadamba—of kadamba trees; kunja—of a grove; kuhara—deep within; pronmilat—blooming; indivara—of blue lotus flowers; shreni—of a series; shyamala—a dark; dhama—splendor; nama—the name; jushatam—engaged; janma—birth; astu—may be; laksha-avadhi—100,000.
Let the twice-born enter the fearless kingdom of yoga, Vedic study, and solitary meditation in the forest. Let them become liberated in that way. As for us, we will spend hundreds of thousands of births chanting the holy name of Lord Krishna, whose splendid dark complexion and yellow garments are like a host of blue lotus flowers blooming in a grove of yellow-flower-bearing kadamba trees.
—Shri Ishvara Puri
This Rina Mochana Narasimha Stotram is really in the mood of being abel to become a renounced sannyasi, just like the prayers of Srila Prahlada Maharaja in SB 5. chapter 18 text 8 to 14 ,where a renounced devotee only keeps the lotusfeet of Lord Narasimha as His only treasure in this world.
your servant
Paramananda das
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