On effects of Lalita SahasranAma stotram

[Guest guest]

Dear friends,

 

I have read in the uttarabhAga of Sri Lalita SahasranAma stotram that

if a person reads the stotra thrice a day for one month, Goddess

Saraswati/Bharati dances at the tip of one's tongue - that is his

speech will become very profound. And if one reads it once a day for

6 months, Goddess Laxmi will stay with him ever.

 

My question is: Do the beneficial effects of reading Lalita

SahasranAma stotram occur to everybody who reads it, or only to those

who have taken Sri Devi diksha/initiation?

 

Yours truly,

Subhas.

[Guest guest]

, "Subhas Reddy" <subhasreddy>

wrote:

Brothers and Sisters

The benefits will be there for everybody who reads it with

faith in Devi. even SriDevi Diksha or initiation is just to enhance

the faith of the aspirant.

Jai Gurudev

 

Mahadevan Venkitaraman

> Dear friends,

>

> I have read in the uttarabhAga of Sri Lalita SahasranAma stotram

that

> if a person reads the stotra thrice a day for one month, Goddess

> Saraswati/Bharati dances at the tip of one's tongue - that is his

> speech will become very profound. And if one reads it once a day

for

> 6 months, Goddess Laxmi will stay with him ever.

>

> My question is: Do the beneficial effects of reading Lalita

> SahasranAma stotram occur to everybody who reads it, or only to

those

> who have taken Sri Devi diksha/initiation?

>

> Yours truly,

> Subhas.

[Guest guest]

|| Jai Sadguru Dutta ||

 

The first and foremost requirement in spirituality is "shradDhA" -

faith. Without faith, all sadhanas, rituals will be futile. Lord

Shrii KrShna has said thus in the Geeta:

 

"shradDhAvAn laBhathE Phalam" - only the faithful will be benefited.

 

"sanshayAthmA vinashyathi" -- the doubtfull will perish.

 

Hence don't do anything without faith.

 

Strictly speaking, one who is not initiated into Shriividya should

not chant the LalithA sahasranAma. Infact, it is (LS) indirectly

referred to as the "rahasyanAma sAhasri" (the most secret

sahasranAma). Lord Hayagreeva, who taught LS to sage Agastya warns:

 

"na shaTAya na dhushtAya na vishwAsAya karhichith | shrii maathr

Bhakthi yukthAya shriividhyA rAja vEdhinE ||"

 

--- L.S. poorva piiTika (preamble)

 

[this sacred sahasranAma shall not be taught to a person who is

adamant, evil, and an infidel. Also, a person who lacks pure devotion

towards the Universal Mother and who is not initiated into the

Shriividya shall not be taught the same...]

 

Still, an uninitiated person can chant the sacred L.S., only after

he/she has learnt it from a Shriividya upasak. This serves two

purposes: the devotee will be initiated into the practice of L.S.,

and it will help him pronounce the shlokas correctly. Offering "guru

thamboolam" is essential to be sure of success in any ritual. Not to

mention, the devotee should regard all women as his own mother; or

else it will earn him the wrath of the Divine Mother.

 

One last suggestion: Shlokas and mantras are not read; they are

chanted.

 

|| namasthE jagadhEka mAthah ||

 

 

, "Subhas Reddy" <subhasreddy>

wrote:

> Dear friends,

>

> I have read in the uttarabhAga of Sri Lalita SahasranAma stotram

that

> if a person reads the stotra thrice a day for one month, Goddess

> Saraswati/Bharati dances at the tip of one's tongue - that is his

> speech will become very profound. And if one reads it once a day

for

> 6 months, Goddess Laxmi will stay with him ever.

>

> My question is: Do the beneficial effects of reading Lalita

SahasranAma stotram occur to everybody who reads it, or only to those

> who have taken Sri Devi diksha/initiation?

>

> Yours truly,

> Subhas.

[Guest guest]

, "Subhas Reddy" <subhasreddy>

wrote:

> Dear friends,

>

> I have read in the uttarabhAga of Sri Lalita SahasranAma stotram

that

> if a person reads the stotra thrice a day for one month, Goddess

> Saraswati/Bharati dances at the tip of one's tongue - that is his

> speech will become very profound. And if one reads it once a day

for

> 6 months, Goddess Laxmi will stay with him ever.

>

> My question is: Do the beneficial effects of reading Lalita

> SahasranAma stotram occur to everybody who reads it, or only to

those

> who have taken Sri Devi diksha/initiation?

 

In the first place the Lalita Sahasranama can be chanted only if

one is initiated into Bala Tripura Sundari mantra. That is the

minimum requirement/qualification to chant Lalita Sahasranama.

Now, some saints and swamis will say you can read Lalita sahasranama

without upadesha and they will give some illogical reasons. But know

this for sure that they are wrong.

 

Second: What you mentioned i.e reciting so and so and such and such

benefit is a prayoga and that prayoga can be done only when one has

done Purascharana of Panchadshakshari or Lalita MahaTripura Sundari

mantra. I am not quite sure if one can do the above prayoga without

Panchadashakshari.

 

Shri Srinath Atreya(our list member) will be able to explain more

on this. Please contact him.

 

Rgds

Satish.