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(I meditate on Sri Devi Lakshmi in the early morning) O Mother, Whose Gracious Lotus Face conquer our Hearts at the very beginning, Who is born of the Milky Ocean, and Who is an embodiment of Purity in all the Worlds, Whose Lotus Feet is worshipped by the Afflicted and those seeking Refuge in life; They are singing Your Glory in this early morning: O Sri Devi Lakshmi, May this Beautiful Dawn be spent in Your Adoration; O Mother, May this beautiful Dawn be spent in Your Meditation.

(I meditate on Sri Devi Lakshmi in the early morning) Within the freshly Blooming Flowers, becoming intoxicated by its Fragrance,...... countless Bees are singing Your Glories, O Mother, That Beautiful Sound is Awakening the Divine Atmosphere (in this Early Morning); The Bees are singing Your Glory in this early morning: O Sri Devi Lakshmi, May this Beautiful Dawn be spent in Your Adoration; O Mother, May this Beautiful Dawn be spent in Your Meditation.

(I meditate on Sri Devi Lakshmi in the early morning) Having Bathed Your Pure Form (in the early morning), the Divine Elephants, who have huge Divine Bodies,...... are holding up the Lotus Flowers with their Trunks, around Your Shining Face, And Standing near the Entrance of Your Temple Shrine, Your most excellent Devotees (are offering You worship before that picture); The Devotees are singing Your Glory in this early morning: O Sri Devi Lakshmi, May this Beautiful Dawn be spent in Your Adoration; O Mother, May this Beautiful Dawn be spent in Your Meditation.

(I meditate on Sri Devi Lakshmi in the early morning) The bright Lotuses abiding (on the Pond) are captivating my Mind (reminding me of You),... As also the Gentle Breeze blowing in this Early Morning; (I am lost in Your Contemplation) amidst this Heart-Stealing Beauty of this Nature of Yours; The whole Nature is singing Your Glory in this early morning: O Sri Devi Lakshmi, May this Beautiful Dawn be spent in Your Adoration; O Mother, May this Beautiful Dawn be spent in Your Meditation.

(I meditate on Sri Devi Lakshmi in the early morning) The series of Mountains Peaks are standing in the East, and...... the rising Sun is making them glitter for a moment, revealing O Devi, Your Great Light; It is appearing as if Your Form is shining with the Splendour of the Diadem (which the Mountain Peaks are resembling); The Mountain Peaks are singing Your Glory in this early morning: O Sri Devi Lakshmi, May this Beautiful Dawn be spent in Your Adoration; O Mother, May this Beautiful Dawn be spent in Your Meditation.

(I meditate on Sri Devi Lakshmi in the early morning) (O Mother) For Your Darshana, the Chief of the Devas proceed towards Your Presence, The Devas then offer their Hearts at Your Lotus Feet, Collecting those (i.e. Accepting those Offerings) You indeed make their Works Shine (i.e. Empower their Works with Your Power and Blessings); The Devas are singing Your Glory in this early morning: O Sri Devi Lakshmi, May this Beautiful Dawn be spent in Your Adoration; O Mother, May this Beautiful Dawn be spent in Your Meditation.

(I meditate on Sri Devi Lakshmi in the early morning) Collecting fresh Flowers with one's own Hands...... for Your Worship; Human beings wearing White Clothes are...... arriving at Your Temple, becoming absorbed in Your Devotion; They are singing Your Glory in this early morning: O Sri Devi Lakshmi, May this Beautiful Dawn be spent in Your Adoration; O Mother, May this Beautiful Dawn be spent in Your Meditation.

(I meditate on Sri Devi Lakshmi in the early morning) O the One to Whom Lotus is Dear; Who has a Charming Lotus Face which blossoms with a Smile, Who has Conquered the Abode of Lotus by Her Form by Splitting the Lotus (sitting in its middle) (with petals emanating from all directions), (O Mother) You Please Protect the People, always (Who are Your Children); (Your Children) Who are incessantly afflicted by Fear; Who are offering you prayers by singing Your Glory in this early morning: O Sri Devi Lakshmi, May this Beautiful Dawn be spent in Your Adoration; O Mother, May this Beautiful Dawn be spent in Your Meditation.

(I meditate on Sri Devi Lakshmi in the early morning) O Mother, those who wish to get Purified (and Liberated) in this World, indeed holds on to Your Image, They are eternally Surrendered to You, and You make them shine as the Protector of the Eternal Dharma, Such Devotees under Your Refuge, indeed destroy the mass of Sorrows in life; They, with a purified mind are singing Your Glory in this early morning: O Sri Devi Lakshmi, May this Beautiful Dawn be spent in Your Adoration; O Mother, May this Beautiful Dawn be spent in Your Meditation.

(I meditate on Sri Devi Lakshmi in the early morning) O Mother, Please reside in my Heart as a Compassionate Mother, And make my Life Purposeful and Resplendent; Resplendent with the Light of the Aatman, Under Your Refuge, one's Life indeed cannot go Astray and become afflicted with Fear; Therefore I am singing Your Glory in this early morning: O Sri Devi Lakshmi, May this Beautiful Dawn be spent in Your Adoration; O Mother, May this Beautiful Dawn be spent in Your Meditation.

(I meditate on Sri Devi Lakshmi in the early morning) You indeed always (lovingly) dwell within the Heart of Sri Hari, And from there, O Mother, make Your Grace flow for the Welfare of the World, That Loving Form of Yours spread Fearlessness and Compassion; Remembering that Form I am singing Your Glory in this early morning: O Sri Devi Lakshmi, May this Beautiful Dawn be spent in Your Adoration; O Mother, May this Beautiful Dawn be spent in Your Meditation.

(I meditate on Sri Devi Lakshmi in the early morning) By beholding Your Eyes whose curves are blooming with the moisture (of Compassion),...... Sriman Narayana spreads Himself in the World (as if through Your Eyes) in the form of Compassion; O You Who are an Ocean of Compassion, You are an embodiment of eternal Loving Affection, and the Mother of the World; Remembering Your Compassionate Eyes, I am singing Your Glory in this early morning: O Sri Devi Lakshmi, May this Beautiful Dawn be spent in Your Adoration; O Mother, May this Beautiful Dawn be spent in Your Meditation.

(I meditate on Sri Devi Lakshmi in the early morning) Your Eyes in the form of a Sun is like a fully-blown Lotus Seat, Which Sun exists in the Sky (like this) which Shine always (Protecting the Devotees)? You are the constant Protector of the Devotees when they get lost in the midst of the Water (i.e. when they are engulfed by misfortunes in life); Therefore the Devotees are singing Your Glory in this early morning: O Sri Devi Lakshmi, May this Beautiful Dawn be spent in Your Adoration; O Mother, May this Beautiful Dawn be spent in Your Meditation.

(With the) Sprout of Your Gentle Smile, Shining and Lovely with its own Beauty,...... You make the Beautiful Shining Moon break the darkness of the Sky, Lightening it up, Your Gentle Smile indeed Shines like the Radiance of the Moon; Meditating on which I am singing Your Glory in this early morning: O Sri Devi Lakshmi, May this Beautiful Dawn be spent in Your Adoration; O Mother, May this Beautiful Dawn be spent in Your Meditation.

(I meditate on Sri Devi Lakshmi in the early morning) Your Conscious Form always Rise within the Pure and Blemishless Heart, That Wealth (of Purity of Heart), You always multiply (by Your Grace), You are that Accomplishment (which manifests as the Fullness of the Heart), O Auspicious Mother; Feeling that Fullness within my Heart, I am singing Your Glory in this early morning: O Sri Devi Lakshmi, May this Beautiful Dawn be spent in Your Adoration; O Mother, May this Beautiful Dawn be spent in Your Meditation.

(I meditate on Sri Devi Lakshmi in the early morning) During our life's journey from Birth to Birth in all the various Lokas (Worlds), all our special Wishes...... You indeed Fulfill, even Moksha (Liberation), O Devi, I am under Your Refuge, O the Boon-Giver and the Mother of the World; In gratitude for Your Grace, I am singing Your Glory in this early morning: O Sri Devi Lakshmi, May this Beautiful Dawn be spent in Your Adoration; O Mother, May this Beautiful Dawn be spent in Your Meditation.

(I meditate on Sri Devi Lakshmi in the early morning) Within the all-Expansive Fullness of the Great Consciousness of Sriman Narayana,...... You are Narayani, His Dearest part; May You be present for the purpose of being invoked by our Hymns, You are ever the Beloved of Sri Hari, and Your Heart is ever merged in Him; Meditating on You within the Heart of Sri Hari, I am singing Your Glory in this early morning: O Sri Devi Lakshmi, May this Beautiful Dawn be spent in Your Adoration; O Mother, May this Beautiful Dawn be spent in Your Meditation.

(I meditate on Sri Devi Lakshmi in the early morning) With His Eyes showering Love and Heart absorbed (in You),...... Sriman Narayana always delights in You within the Lotus of His Heart, That Manifestation of Love, O Devi, is always present in You as Mother (showering on Her Children); Meditating on that Love, I am singing Your Glory in this early morning: O Sri Devi Lakshmi, May this Beautiful Dawn be spent in Your Adoration; O Mother, May this Beautiful Dawn be spent in Your Meditation.

(I meditate on Sri Devi Lakshmi in the early morning) Seeing there, O Devi, the Suppliant Munis in the Muni Loka (World of Sages),...... Chanting the Sri Sukta Mantra millions of times with Purified Heart;... That Heart which is Protected (i.e. Nourished) by severe Penance on You, and Purified by Your Devotion; Seeing those suppliant Munis chanting Your Glories, I am singing Your Glory in this early morning: O Sri Devi Lakshmi, May this Beautiful Dawn be spent in Your Adoration; O Mother, May this Beautiful Dawn be spent in Your Meditation.

(I meditate on Sri Devi Lakshmi in the early morning) Earth (Prthvi), Water (Jala), Fire (Tapana), Air (Vayu) and Sky (Nabha)...... are verily under Your Refuge, and function by Your Great Power, Everything is thus Your Glory alone, which are declared within the Scriptures; which are kindled with the firewood of Knowledge; Seeing You within the entire Nature, I am singing Your Glory in this early morning: O Sri Devi Lakshmi, May this Beautiful Dawn be spent in Your Adoration; O Mother, May this Beautiful Dawn be spent in Your Meditation.

(I meditate on Sri Devi Lakshmi in the early morning) Who is the Embodiment of the Consciousness which is the Final Aim of the Shrutis (Scriptures), standing erect (i.e. manifesting visibly) within the Lotus-Abode of the Mind, Whose Purity manifests within the Blooming Lotuses and the Laughter of the Child, You indeed always abide, O Devi, within the Purity of the Heart; Meditating on that Purity, I am singing Your Glory in this early morning: O Sri Devi Lakshmi, May this Beautiful Dawn be spent in Your Adoration; O Mother, May this Beautiful Dawn be spent in Your Meditation.

(I meditate on Sri Devi Lakshmi in the early morning) During the Evening, You reside in the midst of the Pure Cows (which are to be milked), (You reside) within the Love of the Mother Cow for the Calf, during the Milking process (to yield the milk), (Finally you reside) within the goodness of the Milk of the Cow itself, in the form of Nourishment; Meditating on Your Nourishing aspect, I am singing Your Glory in this early morning: O Sri Devi Lakshmi, May this Beautiful Dawn be spent in Your Adoration; O Mother, May this Beautiful Dawn be spent in Your Meditation.

(I meditate on Sri Devi Lakshmi in the early morning) (O Devi) You are present in the Mountains, within the regions of its Beautiful Peaks (where Beauty and Purity are manifest), You are present in the Flowers and other (Vegetation) within the regions of the Dense Forest (where Beauty and Purity are manifest), You are present in river Mandakini, within the regions of its Banks and flowing Waters (where Beauty and Purity are manifest); Meditating on those aspects of Nature, I am singing Your Glory in this early morning: O Sri Devi Lakshmi, May this Beautiful Dawn be spent in Your Adoration; O Mother, May this Beautiful Dawn be spent in Your Meditation.

(I meditate on Sri Devi Lakshmi in the early morning) (O Mother) When one controls the Prana (from frittering, and tries to dive in its source), You manifest within the Heart as the eternal Consciousness, And when one applies oneself in the contemplation of Narayana, You manifest in the human beings as Devotion, O Mother, You always (i.e. You only) manifest in the form of that great (Spiritual) Awakening (when one applies oneself rightly in the spiritual path); Meditating on that awakening, I am singing Your Glory in this early morning: O Sri Devi Lakshmi, May this Beautiful Dawn be spent in Your Adoration; O Mother, May this Beautiful Dawn be spent in Your Meditation.

(I meditate on Sri Devi Lakshmi in the early morning) Under Your Refuge, all the Auspicious Fruits manifest in this World, And along with it, one attains the state of Moksha upon Meditation, Under Your Refuge, one gains the Refuge of Madhusudana; Under the shadow of Your Refuge, I am singing Your Glory in this early morning: O Sri Devi Lakshmi, May this Beautiful Dawn be spent in Your Adoration; O Mother, May this Beautiful Dawn be spent in Your Meditation.

(I meditate on Sri Devi Lakshmi in the early morning) If a person who has been extremely Wicked by Intellect, daily (contemplates on You for deliverance), Who for gaining Wealth, may have indeed performed many Wicked undertakings, You still like Mother rectify him, and deliver him (in life); Contemplating on Your Compassion, I am singing Your Glory in this early morning: O Sri Devi Lakshmi, May this Beautiful Dawn be spent in Your Adoration; O Mother, May this Beautiful Dawn be spent in Your Meditation.

(I meditate on Sri Devi Lakshmi in the early morning) (O Mother) Without You (i.e. without Devotion to You), the Fruits of Human Birth (i.e. Human Life) in this World...... which a Man obtains by Self-Effort alone, are all Deficient (i.e. does not give inner fulfillment in the long run), Therefore, You kindly Protect us and extend Your Compassion (enveloping our lives with Your Devotion); Seeking Your Compassion, I am singing Your Glory in this early morning: O Sri Devi Lakshmi, May this Beautiful Dawn be spent in Your Adoration; O Mother, May this Beautiful Dawn be spent in Your Meditation.

(I meditate on Sri Devi Lakshmi in the early morning) Whose side Glance towards Madhusudana (i.e. Lord Vishnu) is a Repository of Love, (And) Who is Lakshmi, Whose side Glance towards the World increases all Wealth (both inner and outer) which are based upon Purity, (O Mother) May you Shine within the Lotus of my Heart in the form of the fullness of Knowledge arising from Atman, And guide me in this World in all my efforts; directing towards the paths which are fit for me in the long run.