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Listening to or reciting the Shri Hari Stotram brings inner peace, removes obstacles, and frees the devotee from sorrow. According to its concluding fruit verse (Phalashruti), regular devotion leads one to Vaikuntha and ends the cycle of birth and death.

Key Benefits Mentioned in the Text

Destruction of Sorrow: Acts as a remedy to erase mental anguish, grief, and distress.

Liberation from Rebirth: Grants passage to the sorrowless abode of Lord Vishnu, breaking the cycle of old age and death (jarajanmshokam).

Fulfillment of Desires: Pleases Lord Hari and indirectly invokes the grace of Goddess Lakshmi for peace and prosperity.

Mental Calmness: Purifies the mind when listened to with a steady and peaceful consciousness.

Scriptural Quote & MeaningThe concluding Phalashruti of the Shri Hari Stotram states:

“इदं यस्तु नित्यं समाधाय चित्तं पठेदष्टकं कण्ठहारं मुरारेः । स विष्णोर्विशोकं ध्रुवं याति लोकं जराजन्मशोकं पुनर्विन्दते नो ॥ ·

Meaning:“One who reads [or listens], with a peaceful mind, this octet of Lord Hari which is like a garland around Murari's neck, would definitely reach the abode of Vishnu, which is always free of sorrows, and he never again partakes the pain of birth and old age.

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radhe radhe and hare krishna dear devotees! PAMHO, this is a bit long but please try to read.

i need some serious help, please try to be as compassionate and emotionally understanding as this is a very sensitive topic to me. its been really tough for me since the past 10 months and have been suffering from insane amount of depression, anxiety.

Well when i was new to bhakti about almost 2 years back, i kind of criticized a lot of great vaishnavas and maybe blasphemed. i don't think so i have hurt a vaishnava infront of them but could have been. and then i realised after some time oh no! i have done VAISHNAV APRADH. even typing this word brings me trauma.

so i researched about it online and felt absolutely lost,scared and alone. bec i can't apologise to these vaishnavas since its difficult to meet them also some of them have already went to divine abode of shyama shyam. i have read all sorts of things like whoever does vaishnav apradh goes to hell and 12 years of your bhakti will be useless, u suffer severe consequences lose taste in chanting and bhakti etc. so can u just imagine, i am super young and new to bhakti and i feel like my life ended.

I couldn't eat properly in october or sleep. i started to punish myself mentally bec i heard that if u feel guilt so krsna MIGHT forgive u. so i tried sharing it with my bua (who is an initiated devotee and super nice) and parents, they told me that krishna is very merciful he will forgive u. No problem, just mentally ask forgiveness, my bua also told me to leave this topic completely relaxed since it wont let u focus on ur sadhana. but hearing all these things online about the severe consequences of it, i feel scared every single day thinking i am going to go to tell after this. right now i mostly pray to radha krishna out of fear not love unlike back then. i also started chanting one round of mahamantra in october but now i haven't been doing that either for a long time and think its because of my vaishnav apradh. i think i have lost taste etc everything bec of it.

My bua and also another devotee tried to console me that vaishnavas are merciful they will forgive don't worry about ur offences. i have read all types of solutions with a devotee saying to do dand utsav (but i dont have the strenght to that). even a very exalted pure devotee of radha krsna said in their online satsang to forget about offences and start fresh chanting from today.

But because i am still materially contaminated i sometimes do end up criticizing or seeing faults in devotees, i sometimes i also end up having bad dreams about devotees and then go in deep guilt again, i sometimes also don't have the courage to apologize to them. I also might not be able to be able to go to vrindavan dham so i again feel bec of my vaishnav apradh. some say to leave everything and go to mayapur or vrindavan and spend ur life there repenting for it but i can't do that. i dont want to speedrun my bhakti, i want to take it simple and my own pace but i feel like my bhakti already ended before it even started. krishna has given me everything nice but bec of this thing for the past 10 months i worry and can't focus on my responsibilities and my studies. i feel like i am wasting my potential worrying about it.

i feel like krishna has withdrawn his mercy from me and radha rani would not accept me and i m just traumatised. i also have my NEET exam and i need to study hard for it but i can't because of these mental concoctions, i also struggle with other things like lust, anger, greed etc. PLEASE DO PRAY FOR ME, and pray to krishna to maybe forgive my offences towards him and his devotees. AT this point, i just want to forget about vaishnav apradh and focus on my studies and live life happily. I also don't want to bother my parents and bua about this. pls try to help me understand that radhe rani and krishna will still love me and pray for me to chant. i am thinking of starting narsimha aarti to remove obstacles. i just don't want to go to hell . i don't want krishna to abandon me💔😥. please give me hope that i can still do bhakti and krishna will have mercy on me. also please tell me will narsimha aarti maybe forgive me.

also advice from mayank sharma, wonderful future and other dear devotees would very much be appreciated as your previous post have helped me with my bhakti. especially the article on how to not speed run bhakti 🙏.

also i apologise if i have offended anyone🙏