॥ Devi Stotram – Sri Suktam in Kannada
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ಓಂ ॥ ಹಿರ’ಣ್ಯವರ್ಣಾಂ ಹರಿ’ಣೀಂ ಸುವರ್ಣ’ರಜತಸ್ರ’ಜಾಮ್ – ಚಂದ್ರಾಂ ಹಿರಣ್ಮ’ಯೀಂ ಲಕ್ಷ್ಮೀಂ ಜಾತ’ವೇದೋ ಮ ಆವ’ಹ ॥
ತಾಂ ಮ ಆವ’ಹ ಜಾತ’ವೇದೋ ಲಕ್ಷ್ಮೀಮನ’ಪಗಾಮಿನೀ”ಮ್ ।
ಯಸ್ಯಾಂ ಹಿರ’ಣ್ಯಂ ವಿಂದೇಯಂ ಗಾಮಶ್ವಂ ಪುರು’ಷಾನಹಮ್ ॥
ಅಶ್ವಪೂರ್ವಾಂ ರ’ಥಮಧ್ಯಾಂ ಹಸ್ತಿನಾ”ದ-ಪ್ರಬೋಧಿ’ನೀಮ್ ।
ಶ್ರಿಯಂ’ ದೇವೀಮುಪ’ಹ್ವಯೇ ಶ್ರೀರ್ಮಾ ದೇವೀರ್ಜು’ಷತಾಮ್ ॥
ಕಾಂ ಸೋ”ಸ್ಮಿತಾಂ ಹಿರ’ಣ್ಯಪ್ರಾಕಾರಾ’ಮಾರ್ದ್ರಾಂ ಜ್ವಲಂ’ತೀಂ ತೃಪ್ತಾಂ ತರ್ಪಯಂ’ತೀಮ್ ।
ಪದ್ಮೇ ಸ್ಥಿತಾಂ ಪದ್ಮವ’ರ್ಣಾಂ ತಾಮಿಹೋಪ’ಹ್ವಯೇ ಶ್ರಿಯಮ್ ॥
ಚಂದ್ರಾಂ ಪ್ರ’ಭಾಸಾಂ ಯಶಸಾ ಜ್ವಲಂ’ತೀಂ ಶ್ರಿಯಂ’ ಲೋಕೇ ದೇವಜು’ಷ್ಟಾಮುದಾರಾಮ್ ।
ತಾಂ ಪದ್ಮಿನೀ’ಮೀಂ ಶರ’ಣಮಹಂ ಪ್ರಪ’ದ್ಯೇஉಲಕ್ಷ್ಮೀರ್ಮೇ’ ನಶ್ಯತಾಂ ತ್ವಾಂ ವೃ’ಣೇ ॥
ಆದಿತ್ಯವ’ರ್ಣೇ ತಪಸೋஉಧಿ’ಜಾತೋ ವನಸ್ಪತಿಸ್ತವ’ ವೃಕ್ಷೋஉಥ ಬಿಲ್ವಃ ।
ತಸ್ಯ ಫಲಾ’ನಿ ತಪಸಾನು’ದಂತು ಮಾಯಾಂತ’ರಾಯಾಶ್ಚ’ ಬಾಹ್ಯಾ ಅ’ಲಕ್ಷ್ಮೀಃ ॥
ಉಪೈತು ಮಾಂ ದೇವಸಖಃ ಕೀರ್ತಿಶ್ಚ ಮಣಿ’ನಾ ಸಹ ।
ಪ್ರಾದುರ್ಭೂತೋஉಸ್ಮಿ’ ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೇஉಸ್ಮಿನ್ ಕೀರ್ತಿಮೃ’ದ್ಧಿಂ ದದಾದು’ ಮೇ ॥
ಕ್ಷುತ್ಪಿ’ಪಾಸಾಮ’ಲಾಂ ಜ್ಯೇಷ್ಠಾಮ’ಲಕ್ಷೀಂ ನಾ’ಶಯಾಮ್ಯಹಮ್ ।
ಅಭೂ’ತಿಮಸ’ಮೃದ್ಧಿಂ ಚ ಸರ್ವಾಂ ನಿರ್ಣು’ದ ಮೇ ಗೃಹಾತ್ ॥
ಗಂಧದ್ವಾರಾಂ ದು’ರಾಧರ್ಷಾಂ ನಿತ್ಯಪು’ಷ್ಟಾಂ ಕರೀಷಿಣೀ”ಮ್ ।
ಈಶ್ವರೀಗ್‍ಮ್’ ಸರ್ವ’ಭೂತಾನಾಂ ತಾಮಿಹೋಪ’ಹ್ವಯೇ ಶ್ರಿಯಮ್ ॥
ಮನ’ಸಃ ಕಾಮಮಾಕೂತಿಂ ವಾಚಃ ಸತ್ಯಮ’ಶೀಮಹಿ ।
ಪಶೂನಾಂ ರೂಪಮನ್ಯ’ಸ್ಯ ಮಯಿ ಶ್ರೀಃ ಶ್ರ’ಯತಾಂ ಯಶಃ’ ॥
ಕರ್ದಮೇ’ನ ಪ್ರ’ಜಾಭೂತಾ ಮಯಿ ಸಂಭ’ವ ಕರ್ದಮ ।
ಶ್ರಿಯಂ’ ವಾಸಯ’ ಮೇ ಕುಲೇ ಮಾತರಂ’ ಪದ್ಮಮಾಲಿ’ನೀಮ್ ॥
ಆಪಃ’ ಸೃಜಂತು’ ಸ್ನಿಗ್ದಾನಿ ಚಿಕ್ಲೀತ ವ’ಸ ಮೇ ಗೃಹೇ ।
ನಿ ಚ’ ದೇವೀಂ ಮಾತರಂ ಶ್ರಿಯಂ’ ವಾಸಯ’ ಮೇ ಕುಲೇ ॥
ಆರ್ದ್ರಾಂ ಪುಷ್ಕರಿ’ಣೀಂ ಪುಷ್ಟಿಂ ಸುವರ್ಣಾಮ್ ಹೇ’ಮಮಾಲಿನೀಮ್ ।
ಸೂರ್ಯಾಂ ಹಿರಣ್ಮ’ಯೀಂ ಲಕ್ಷ್ಮೀಂ ಜಾತ’ವೇದೋ ಮ ಆವ’ಹ ॥
ಆರ್ದ್ರಾಂ ಯಃ ಕರಿ’ಣೀಂ ಯಷ್ಟಿಂ ಪಿಂಗಲಾಮ್ ಪ’ದ್ಮಮಾಲಿನೀಮ್ ।
ಚಂದ್ರಾಂ ಹಿರಣ್ಮ’ಯೀಂ ಲಕ್ಷ್ಮೀಂ ಜಾತ’ವೇದೋ ಮ ಆವ’ಹ ॥
ತಾಂ ಮ ಆವ’ಹ ಜಾತ’ವೇದೋ ಲಕ್ಷೀಮನ’ಪಗಾಮಿನೀ”ಮ್ ।
ಯಸ್ಯಾಂ ಹಿರ’ಣ್ಯಂ ಪ್ರಭೂ’ತಂ ಗಾವೋ’ ದಾಸ್ಯೋஉಶ್ವಾ”ನ್, ವಿಂದೇಯಂ ಪುರು’ಷಾನಹಮ್ ॥
ಓಂ ಮಹಾದೇವ್ಯೈ ಚ’ ವಿದ್ಮಹೇ’ ವಿಷ್ಣುಪತ್ನೀ ಚ’ ಧೀಮಹಿ – ತನ್ನೋ’ ಲಕ್ಷ್ಮೀಃ ಪ್ರಚೋದಯಾ”ತ್ ॥
ಶ್ರೀ-ರ್ವರ್ಚ’ಸ್ವ-ಮಾಯು’ಷ್ಯ-ಮಾರೋ”ಗ್ಯಮಾವೀ’ಧಾತ್ ಪವ’ಮಾನಂ ಮಹೀಯತೇ” – ಧಾನ್ಯಂ ಧನಂ ಪಶುಂ ಬಹುಪು’ತ್ರಲಾಭಂ ಶತಸಂ”ವತ್ಸರಂ ದೀರ್ಘಮಾಯುಃ’ ॥
ಓಂ ಶಾಂತಿಃ ಶಾಂತಿಃ ಶಾಂತಿಃ’ ॥
॥ Devi Stotram – Sri Suktam Meaning
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Invoke for me, O Agni, the Goddess Lakshmi, who shines like gold, yellow in hue, wearing gold and silver garlands, blooming like the moon, the embodiment of wealth. O Agni! Invoke for me that unfailing Lakshmi, being blessed by whom I shall win wealth, cattle, horses and men.
I invoke (Lakshmi), who has a line of horses in front of her, a series of chariots in the middle, who is being awakened by the trumpeting of elephants, who is divinely resplendent. May that divine Lakshmi grace me. I hereby invoke that (Lakshmi) who is an embodiment of Absolute Bliss; who is of a pleasant smile on her face; whose lustre is like that of burnished gold; who is wet, as it were, (just from the milky ocean), who is blazing with splendour and is the embodiment of the fulfilment of all wishes; who satisfies the desires of her votaries; who is seated on the lotus and is beautiful like the lotus.
For shelter in this world, I resort to that Lakshmi who is beautiful like the moon, who shines bright, who is blazing with renown, who is adored (even) by the gods, who is highly magnanimous, and grand like the lotus. May my misfortunes perish. I surrender myself to Thee. O Thou, resplendent like the Sun! By Thy power and glory have the plants, (like) the bael tree, grown-up. May the fruits thereof destroy through Thy Grace all inauspiciousness rising from the inner organs and ignorance as well as from the outer senses.
O, Lakshmi! I am born in this country with a heritage of wealth. May the friend of the Lord Siva (Kubera) and Kirti (fame) come to me. May these (having taken their abode with me) bestow on me fame and prosperity. I shall destroy the elder sister of Lakshmi, the embodiment of inauspiciousness and such evil as hunger, thirst, and the like. O, Lakshmi! Drive out from my abode all misfortune and poverty.
I invoke hereby that Lakshmi (Shri), whose (main) avenue of perception is the odoriferous sense (i.e., who abides mainly in cows); who is incapable of defeat or threat from anyone; who is ever healthy (with such virtuous qualities as truth); whose grace is seen abundantly in the refuse of cows (the cows being sacred); and who is supreme over all created beings. O, Lakshmi! May we obtain and enjoy the fulfilment of our desires and our volitions, the veracity of our speech, the wealth of cattle, the abundance of varieties of food to eat! May prosperity and fame reside in me (thy devotee)!
Lakshmi! You have progeny in Kardama. (Hence) O Kardama, may you reside in me. Make Mother with garlands of lotuses, to have Her abode in my (ancestral) line. May the (holy) waters create friendship (they being of an adhesive nature). O Chiklita (Progeny of Shri), reside in my home; and arrange to make Divine Mother stay in my lineage!
Invoke for me, O Agni, Lakshmi who shines like gold, is brilliant like the sun, who is powerfully fragrant, who wields the rod of suzerainty, who is of the form of supreme rulership, who is radiant with ornaments and is the goddess of wealth. Invoke for me, O Agni, the Goddess Lakshmi who shines like gold, blooms like the moon, who is fresh with anointment (of fragrant scent), who is adorned with the lotuses (lifted up by celestial elephants in the act of worship), who is the presiding deity of nourishment, who is yellow in colour, and who wears garlands of lotuses.
Invoke for me, O Agni, that Goddess Lakshmi who is ever unfailing, being blessed by whom I shall win wealth in plenty, cattle, servants, horses, and men.
We commune ourselves with the Great Goddess and meditate on the Consort of Vishnu. May that Lakshmi direct us (to the Great Goal).
Om. May there be Peace, Peace, Peace.