The 'statement of the fruit'; the closing passage of a hymn or rite that declares what its recitation is said to accomplish. The Vishnu Sahasranama's phala-shruti promises the four aims of life and, finally, release from rebirth.

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• The Vishnu Sahasranama Worship →

  The closing verses, the phala-shruti , the statement of the fruit, tell the reciter what the chanting is said to do, and they are strikingly practical before they are lofty.

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