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    इदं स्तोत्रं पठित्वा तु महास्तोत्र पठेन्नरः । सप्तशती समाराध्य वरमाप्नोति दुर्लभम् ॥ २७॥

    Having read this stotra (i.e., the argala stotra), one should then read the great stotra (i.e., the core Durga saptashati), this stotra (i.e., argala stotra) is equally revered like the saptashati; by reading this with devotion, one obtains difficult to obtain boons ।। 27 ।।