In the last stanzas of this great work the benefits which would accrue on reading this prayer is mentioned. If this is not possible, it would be better to go to a temple where there is a sannidhi of Swami Hayagreevar along with Lakshmi, offer pranams and create a belief in your mind that you have learnt it from that God i.e. It is suggested that these should be got from a great Guru. It is told in the book itself that the proper method of reading it is to first read Narayana Hrudayam, then Lakshmi Hrudayam and then again Narayana Hrudayam. The book has two parts viz Narayana Hrudayam and Lakshmi Hrudayam. My attempt in translation is based on the book published by Lifco Publishers with lot of help from the translation and commentary of Dr.Saroja Ramanujam. An extensive commentary of this great work has been done by a team of great Vaishnavite scholars headed by Dr.Saroja Ramanujam. The stotras have been published in Sanskrit as well as Tamil by Lifco publishers Madras. With the opening up of Hinduism, this book is available now. For thousands of years this great prayer was kept as extremely secret as the prayer itself tells that it should not be taught indiscriminately. This great prayer has two distinct parts viz Narayana Hrudayam and Lakshmi Hrudayam and occurs in a book called Atharva Rahasya (The secret Atharva).
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