Rinamochana Ganapathi Mantra
ॐ गणेश ऋणं छिन्धि वरेण्यं हुं नमः फट्In Devanagari, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and English — with the meaning of every word, and the one syllable most people pronounce wrongly.
Who Rinamochana Ganapathi is
Rinamochana Ganapathi is the form of Ganesha addressed as the releaser from ṛṇa, and one of the thirty-two forms whose meditation verses are gathered in the nineteenth-century Sritattvanidhi. The Sanskrit term ṛṇa names not only monetary debt but every unsettled obligation—ancestral, ritual, or karmic—that continues to bind the jīva. His name is a compound of ṛṇa and mocana, the act of setting free. His dhyāna verse pictures him crystal-white and clothed in red, holding the noose, the goad, his own tusk and a rose-apple.
The Severing of Ṛṇa
The mantra chanted for this form comes from the Ṛṇahartṛ Gaṇeśa Stotra, the hymn to Ganesha as the remover of debt: oṃ gaṇeśa ṛṇaṃ chindhi vareṇyaṃ huṃ namaḥ phaṭ. It calls him by name, gaṇeśa, and makes one plain request, ṛṇaṃ chindhi, cut through the debt. Vareṇya, the excellent one worthy to be chosen, honours him, and the syllables huṃ and phaṭ close the mantra with namaḥ, salutation, between them. The meditation verse for Rinamochana among the thirty-two forms is brief. Crystal-white and wearing red, he holds the noose and the goad, his tusk and the rose-apple, and the verse asks that he be a source of joy. It gives him no special gesture. What sets the form apart is the name itself, and the request of the mantra that the bond of what is owed be cut.
The mantra, in six scripts
The seed mantra, and the form most devotees chant daily. No initiation is required — it is open to anyone, including a parent chanting for a child.
- ॐ
- oṃ — the sacred syllable
- गणेश
- gaṇeśa — O Ganesha
- ऋणं
- ṛṇaṃ — debt
- छिन्धि
- chindhi — cut away
- वरेण्यं
- vareṇyaṃ — excellent, worthy to be chosen
- हुं
- huṃ — protective seed syllable
- नमः
- namaḥ — salutation
- फट्
- phaṭ — the syllable that cuts through
More Rinamochana Ganapathi mantras
Rinamochana Ganapathi Dhyana Shloka
The verse recited to picture the deity before japa.
- पाशाङ्कुशौ
- pāśāṅkuśau — the noose and the goad
- दन्तजम्बु
- dantajambu — the tusk and a rose-apple (jambu)
- दधानः
- dadhānaḥ — holding
- स्फाटिकप्रभः
- sphāṭikaprabhaḥ — bright as crystal
- रक्तांशुको
- raktāṃśuko — clad in red
- गणपतिर्
- gaṇapatir — Gaṇapati
- मुदे
- mude — for joy
- स्याद्
- syād — may he be
- ऋणमोचकः
- ṛṇamocakaḥ — the releaser from debt (Ṛṇamocaka)
Source: Dhyāna śloka of this form in the Śrītattvanidhi's thirty-two Gaṇapati forms (no. 25 in the Stotranidhi list). Stotranidhi and Drik Panchang agree letter for letter. The verse names the form Ṛṇamocaka (same meaning as Ṛṇamocana).
The syllable people get wrong
The word ṛṇaṃ begins with the vocalic ṛ, a vowel in its own right, not the consonant r followed by i. Speakers commonly say “rinam”, adding a vowel the word does not have, and the same slip produces the spelling “rina”. Equally common is the reduction of the retroflex ṇ to a plain dental n; the tongue tip should curl back for ṇ so that the word for debt is heard clearly.
When Rinamochana Ganapathi is chanted
Weekday. Tuesday
Questions
Have your chart read before you decide
Chanting is yours to do, and free. But which deity your situation calls for — and whether a mantra alone is the right response — depends on your chart. Sometimes it is; sometimes it is not.
- Over 30 years in the Guru–Sishya Parampara, from the age of five
- He reads every chart himself — 60 minutes, one to one, never delegated
- Charts are read only between sunrise and sunset, following tradition
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Mala, counts, timing and the mistakes that apply to any mantra.
Ganapathi Mula Mantra
The foundational mantra. Chanted at the start of any undertaking.
Vidya Ganapathi Mantra
For study, examinations and retention of what is learned.
Ganapathi Homa
The fire ritual, performed for you and telecast live.
Chanting is yours to do. Some things are performed for you.
Where a matter carries real weight, devotees sponsor the homa alongside their own practice. Performed for you and any family members you name, at our Yagna Ashram, in your name and gotra, on a muhurta calculated from your chart, and telecast live so you can watch it done for you.