Shloka 29
Adhyaya 92 — Devi’s Assurance of Protection and the Fruits of Reciting the Devi Mahatmyam
मम प्रभावात्सिंहाद्या दस्यवो वैरिणस्तथा ।
दूरादेव पलायन्ते स्मरतश्चरितं मम ॥
mama prabhāvāt siṃhādyā dasyavo vairiṇas tathā | dūrād eva palāyante smarataś caritaṃ mama ||
Sa pamamagitan ng Aking kapangyarihan, ang mga leon at katulad nila, ang mga tulisan, at gayundin ang mga kaaway ay tumatakas mula sa malayo kapag inaalala ng tao ang Aking mga gawa.
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FAQs
The text frames devotion as a force that reorganizes one’s environment: the devotee’s alignment with śakti is said to diminish hostile forces, encouraging steadfastness rather than panic.
Concluding efficacy statement (phalaśruti) to the Devi Mahatmyam; not a pancalakṣaṇa element.
Hostile forces ‘fleeing from afar’ suggests that when consciousness is established in Devi (śakti), negative tendencies lose proximity and immediacy; threats are ‘kept at a distance’ by inner sovereignty.