Goddess Lakshmi

aṣṭalakṣmī dhyāna ślokāḥ

(Astalaksmi Dhyana Slokah in English (IAST))

Also known as ashtalakshmi dhyana shlokah · ashtalakshmi dhyana shlokas · eight lakshmi meditation verses

Eight meditation verses, one for each of the eight Lakshmis, and nothing else — no praise, no fruit, only what the worshipper is to hold in mind before each of them. The first is Adilakshmi: two arms and two eyes, the gestures of fearlessness and of the boon, wearing a garland of flowers, seated on a lotus, framed by an arch of blossoms and ringed with a halo of light. The second has the matted crown and the firm seat, the gesture of fearlessness and a bangled hand, and a full pot in the other two, wearing a bodice and a sacred thread and pearls, attended on both sides by women holding lamp and fly whisk. The last is the Gajalakshmi form, four-armed, two lotuses in her hands, bathed from golden pots. Read together they are a specification an image-maker could work from.

|| śrī gaṇeśāya namaḥ ||
|| śrī aṣṭalakṣmī dhyāna ślokāḥ ||

1. śrī ādi lakṣmīḥ (The Primal Source)

dvibhujāṃ ca dvinetrāṃ ca sā'bhayāṃ varadānvitām |
puṣpamālādharāṃ devīṃ ambujāsana saṃsthitām ||
puṣpatoraṇasamyuktāṃ prabhāmaṇḍalamaṇḍitām |
sarvalakṣaṇasamyuktāṃ sarvābharaṇabhūṣitām ||
pītāmbaradharāṃ devīṃ makuṭīcārubandhanām |
saundaryanilayāṃ śaktiṃ ādilakṣmīmahaṃ bhaje ||

2. śrī santāna lakṣmīḥ (The Bestower of Progeny)

jaṭāmakuṭasamyuktāṃ sthirāsana samanvitām |
abhayaṃ kaṭakaṃ caiva pūrṇakumbhaṃ karadvaye ||
kañcukaṃ sannavītaṃ ca mauktikaṃ cā'pi dhāriṇīm |
dīpa cāmara hastābhiḥ sevitāṃ pārśvayordvayoḥ ||
bālasenāni saṅkāśāṃ karuṇāpūritānanām |
mahārājñīṃ ca santānalakṣmīmiṣṭārthasiddhaye ||

3. śrī gaja lakṣmīḥ (The Giver of Royal Power)

caturbhujāṃ mahālakṣmīṃ gajayugmasupūjitām |
padmapatrābhanayanāṃ varābhayakarojjvalām ||
ūrdhvaṃ karadvaye cābjaṃ dadhatīṃ śuklavastrakam |
padmāsane sukhāsīnāṃ gajalakṣmīmahaṃ bhaje ||

4. śrī dhana lakṣmīḥ (The Goddess of Wealth)

kirīṭamukuṭopetāṃ svarṇavarṇa samanvitām |
sarvābharaṇasamyuktāṃ sukhāsana samanvitām ||
paripūrṇaṃ ca kumbhaṃ ca dakṣiṇena kareṇa tu |
cakraṃ bāṇaṃ ca tāmbūlaṃ tadā vāmakareṇa tu ||
śaṅkhaṃ padmaṃ ca cāpaṃ ca kuṇḍikāmapi dhāriṇīm |
sakañcukastanīṃ dhyāyeddhanalakṣmīṃ manoharām ||

5. śrī dhānya lakṣmīḥ (The Goddess of Grain/Nourishment)

varadā'bhayasamyuktāṃ kirīṭamakuṭojjvalām |
ambujaṃ cekṣuśāliṃ ca kadambaphaladroṇikām ||
paṅkajaṃ cāṣṭahasteṣu dadhānāṃ śuklarūpiṇīm |
kṛpāmūrtiṃ jaṭājūṭāṃ sukhāsana samanvitām ||
sarvālaṅkārasamyuktāṃ sarvābharaṇabhūṣitām |
madamattāṃ manohārirūpāṃ dhānyaśriyaṃ bhaje ||

6. śrī vijaya lakṣmīḥ (The Goddess of Victory)

aṣṭabāhuyutāṃ devīṃ siṃhāsanavarasthitām |
sukhāsanāṃ sukeśīṃ ca kirīṭamakuṭojjvalām ||
śyāmāṅgīṃ komalākārāṃ sarvābharaṇabhūṣitām |
khaḍgaṃ pāśaṃ tadā cakramabhayaṃ savyahastake ||
kheṭakaṃ cāṅkuśaṃ śaṅkhaṃ varadaṃ vāmahastake |
rājarūpadharāṃ śaktiṃ prabhāsaundaryaśobhitām ||
haṃsārūḍhāṃ smareddevīṃ vijayāṃ vijayaprade ||

7. śrī dhairya lakṣmīḥ (The Goddess of Courage)

aṣṭabāhuyutāṃ lakṣmīṃ siṃhāsanavarasthitām |
taptakāñcanasaṅkāśāṃ kirīṭamakuṭojjvalām ||
svarṇakañcukasamyuktāṃ sannavītatarāṃ śubhām |
abhayaṃ varadaṃ caiva bhujayoḥ savyavāmayoḥ ||
cakraṃ śūlaṃ ca bāṇaṃ ca śaṅkhaṃ cāpaṃ kapālakam |
dadhatīṃ dhairyalakṣmīṃ ca navatālātmikāṃ bhaje ||

8. śrī aiśvarya lakṣmīḥ (The Goddess of Prosperity)

caturbhujāṃ dvinetrāṃ ca varābhayakarānvitām |
abjadvayakarāmbhojāṃ ambujāsanasaṃsthitām ||
sasuvarṇaghaṭorābhyāṃ plāvyamānāṃ mahāśriyam |
sarvābharaṇaśobhāḍhyāṃ śubhravastrottarīyakām ||
cāmaragrahanārībhiḥ sevitāṃ pārśvayordvayoḥ |
āpādalambivasanāṃ karaṇḍamakuṭāṃ bhaje ||
|| oṃ mahālakṣmyai namaḥ ||

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