Conclusion of Lalita Saharanama: PHALA SRUTI [24-39]

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24. If you touch with your palm the head of a feverish person, while

reciting this Sahasranama, then the fever and headache will be

immediately relieved.

 

24/25. If you externally apply, for healing purposes, ash that has

been sanctified by this Sahasranama, then all diseases will be

immediately cured.

 

25/26. O Muni! If you empower a pot full of water through the

recitation of this Sahasranama, and pour it over the head of a person

who is "possessed," then the graha [evil spirit] will leave that

person at once.

 

26/27. If you meditate on Mother Lalita as seated in the midst of the

Nectar-Ocean, while reciting this Sahasranama, the effects of poison

will be neutralized.

 

27/28. If a childless woman ingests butter sanctified by this

Sahasranama, she will surely beget children.

 

28/29. If you meditate upon the Devi as binding the person one desires

by Her noose, and drawing her/him toward you with Her elephant goad,

that person will come to your side, even if confined in a palace.

 

30. If you would conquer a king, you should turn and face the

direction in which that king resides, and repeat this Sahasranama for

three nights, fully devoted to the worship of the Devi. ...

 

31. ... and that king, losing his independent spirit, will ride to you

by horse or by elephant, and prostrate before you as a servant.

 

32/33. By a mere gaze at the person who daily repeats this secret

Sahasranama, every being in the Three Worlds is bewitched.

 

33. The enemies of the person who recites this Sahasranama even once

will be killed by Sarabheswara [a terrible/ugra form of Siva].

 

34. Any black magic practiced against the person who recites this

Sahasranama will not only be ineffectual; ...

 

35. ... but will also be made, by Pratyangiras [mantras or hymns that

nullify the effect of black magic], to rebound upon the practitioner

with deadly effect.

 

35/36. One who looks upon the reciter of this Sahasranama with an evil

eye will soon be struck blind by Martanda Bhairava [a form of Siva

Ardhanareswara].

 

36/37. The thief who robs the property of a reciter of this

Sahasranama will be killed by Ksetrapala [a temple-protecting form of

Siva], wherever s/he may hide.

 

37/38. The learned one who dares debate or argue against the Vidya

with a reciter of this Sahasranama will at once be struck dumb by

Nakuleswari.

 

38/39. When a king makes war on a devotee of this Sahasranama, Dandini

Herself will destroy his entire army.

 

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(TO BE CONTINUED ...)