THE vile and stubborn demons tremble, for the bank of the Bhima rejoices in the town of Pandhari. Now shout aloud the thousand names at once ! Vithai enters her worshippers’ bodies and drives out any demon that has lodged there. Slta was seized by a demon and taken to live in the asoka forest; yet a mother came to her in the form of a goblin* with loose hair. Mahisasura made Prahlada mad, suddenly Vithai came to the scene, gnashing her teeth. When seven children of Vasudeva had been devoured, she came at the appointed time for Vasudeva’s sake. When the THE POWER OP GOD’S NAME poor Pandavas were forced to wander in the forest like madmen, she ran and saved them, protecting them in the flesh. Wherever men fix their thoughts on her name, thither she runs herself: she considers not the low degree of any men where she sees faith. O ancient goddess of our line, O mother, says Tuka, Why should we fear now spirits of evil or servants of Yarna ?