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Mahalakshmi Ashtakam

Lakshmi

Transliteration

Mantra language

The Eight Verses

Namastestu mahamaye shripithe surapujite, shankha-chakra-gada-haste mahalakshmi namostu te. (1)
Namaste garudarudhe kolasura bhayankari, sarvapapahare devi mahalakshmi namostu te. (2)
Sarvagye sarvavarade sarvadushta bhayankari, sarvaduhkhahare devi mahalakshmi namostu te. (3)
Siddhi-buddhi-prade devi bhukti-mukti-pradayini, mantramurte sada devi mahalakshmi namostu te. (4)
Adyanta-rahite devi adyashakte maheshvari, yogagye yoga-sambhute mahalakshmi namostu te. (5)
Sthula-sukshma maharaudre mahashakti mahodare, mahapapahare devi mahalakshmi namostu te. (6)
Padmasana-sthite devi parabrahma-svarupini, parameshi jaganmatah mahalakshmi namostu te. (7)
Shvetambara-dhare devi nanalankara-bhushite, jagat-sthite jaganmatah mahalakshmi namostu te. (8)

Phala Shruti (Closing Verses)

Mahalakshmy-ashtakam stotram yah pathed bhaktiman narah, sarva-siddhim avapnoti rajyam prapnoti sarvada. (9)
Eka-kale pathen nityam mahapapa-vinashanam, dvikalam yah pathen nityam dhana-dhanya-samanvitah. (10)
Trikalam yah pathen nityam mahashatru-vinashanam, mahalakshmir bhaven nityam prasanna varada shubha. (11)

Meaning

1: Salutations to you, Mahamaya, seated on the Shripitha and worshipped by the gods, holding conch, discus and mace in your hands — Mahalakshmi, I bow to you.

2: Salutations to you who ride upon Garuda and are a terror to the demon Kola, remover of all sins — Devi Mahalakshmi, I bow to you.

3: All-knowing giver of every boon, terror to all the wicked, remover of all sorrow — Devi Mahalakshmi, I bow to you.

4: Giver of accomplishment and wisdom, of worldly enjoyment and liberation, whose very form is mantra — Mahalakshmi, I bow to you.

5: Without beginning or end, the primal power, supreme goddess, knower of yoga and born of yoga — Mahalakshmi, I bow to you.

6: Subtle and gross, awe-inspiring, of great power, holding the whole universe within you, remover of great sins — Mahalakshmi, I bow to you.

7: Seated on the lotus, in essence the Supreme Brahman, supreme goddess and mother of the world — Mahalakshmi, I bow to you.

8: Clad in white and adorned with many ornaments, abiding in the world and mother of the world — Mahalakshmi, I bow to you.

9: The verse says that whoever recites this eight-verse hymn to Mahalakshmi with devotion attains every accomplishment and lasting prosperity.

10: It says that reciting it once a day destroys great sins, and reciting it twice a day brings wealth and grain.

11: It says that reciting it three times a day destroys great enemies, and that Mahalakshmi is ever pleased, granting boons and auspiciousness.

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