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O Raghava, no person comes to grief
who recites this (hymn) when he is in
peril or is ill or in a lonely place or
in fear.
 
YUDDHAKANDA
 
पूजयस्वैनमेकाम्रो देवदेवं जगत्पतिम् ।
एतत् त्रिगुणितं जप्त्वा युद्धेषु विजयिष्यसि ॥
 
Worship with concentration this god of
gods, the lord of the world. By repeating
this hymn thrice, you will obtain victory
in battles.
 
अस्मिन् क्षणे महाबाहो रावणं त्वं वधिष्यसि ॥
 
O mighty-armed one, in this very
moment you will kill Ravana."
 
एवमुत्तवा तदाऽगस्त्यो जगाम च यथागतम् ॥
 
Speaking thus, Agastya then went as
he came.
 
एतच्छ्रुत्वा महातेजा नष्टशोकोऽभवत्तदा ।
धारयामास सुप्रीतो राघवः प्रयतात्मवान् ॥
 
Hearing this, the highly effulgent
Raghava then became free from anxiety.
Then well pleased, Raghava, exerting
himself, contemplated (on that hymn).