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श्री सूक्तम् Śrī Sūktam

The Shri Sukta is one of the oldest surviving hymns to Lakshmi, embedded in the Khilani — the appendix supplement to the Rigveda. Its fifteen core mantras are addressed directly to Jataveda (the

16 verses · 12 min recitation · Smarta
1
हिरण्यवर्णां हरिणीं सुवर्णरजतस्रजाम् ।
चन्द्रां हिरण्मयीं लक्ष्मीं जातवेदो म आवह ॥
O Jataveda (Agni), bring to me Lakshmi — golden-hued, graceful as a doe, garlanded with gold and silver, lunar-radiant, the golden one.
2
तां म आवह जातवेदो लक्ष्मीमनपगामिनीम् ।
यस्यां हिरण्यं विन्देयं गामश्वं पुरुषानहम् ॥
Bring to me, O Jataveda, Lakshmi who does not depart — through whose grace I shall gain gold, cows, horses, and progeny.
3
अश्वपूर्वां रथमध्यां हस्तिनाद-प्रबोधिनीम् ।
श्रियं देवीमुपह्वये श्रीर्मा देवी जुषताम् ॥
Heralded by horses, flanked by chariots, awakened by the trumpeting of elephants — I invoke the goddess Shri. May the goddess Shri be pleased with me.
4
कां सोस्मितां हिरण्यप्राकारामार्द्रां ज्वलन्तीं तृप्तां तर्पयन्तीम् ।
पद्मे स्थितां पद्मवर्णां तामिहोपह्वये श्रियम् ॥
Sweetly smiling, armoured in gold, moist with compassion, radiant, content and bestowing contentment, abiding on the lotus, lotus-hued — this Shri I here invoke.
5
चन्द्रां प्रभासां यशसा ज्वलन्तीं श्रियं लोके देवजुष्टामुदाराम् ।
तां पद्मिनीमीं शरणमहं प्रपद्ये ऽलक्ष्मीर्मे नश्यतां त्वां वृणे ॥
Lunar, radiant, blazing with renown, Shri beloved of the gods in this world, the generous one — to that lotus-bearer I take refuge. May all unluckiness be destroyed; I choose you.
6
आदित्यवर्णे तपसोऽधिजातो वनस्पतिस्तव वृक्षोऽथ बिल्वः ।
तस्य फलानि तपसा नुदन्तु मायान्तरायाश्च बाह्या अलक्ष्मीः ॥
O solar-hued goddess, the bilva tree is your tree, born of tapas. May its fruits, through the power of austerity, drive away all inner obstacles and outer unluckiness.
7
उपैतु मां देवसखः कीर्तिश्च मणिना सह ।
प्रादुर्भूतोऽस्मि राष्ट्रेऽस्मिन् कीर्तिमृद्धिं ददातु मे ॥
May the friend of the gods (the presiding spirit of prosperity) come to me, along with Fame and Jewels. I have appeared in this land; may he grant me renown and abundance.
8
क्षुत्पिपासामलां ज्येष्ठामलक्ष्मीं नाशयाम्यहम् ।
अभूतिमसमृद्धिं च सर्वां निर्णुद मे गृहात् ॥
I destroy Jyeshtha (the elder sister of Lakshmi, deity of misfortune) who is tainted with hunger and thirst. Drive away all poverty and absence of prosperity from my home.
9
गन्धद्वारां दुराधर्षां नित्यपुष्टां करीषिणीम् ।
ईश्वरीं सर्वभूतानां तामिहोपह्वये श्रियम् ॥
She whose gate is fragrance, unconquerable, ever prosperous, connected to the fertile earth — the sovereign of all beings. This Shri I here invoke.
10
मनसः काममाकूतिं वाचः सत्यमशीमहि ।
पशूनां रूपमन्नस्य मयि श्रीः श्रयतां यशः ॥
May we attain the desires of the mind, the truth of intention, and the truth of speech. May Shri abide in me — her beauty among animals, her nourishment in food, her glory.
11
कर्दमेन प्रजाभूता मयि संभव कर्दम ।
श्रियं वासय मे कुले मातरं पद्ममालिनीम् ॥
O Kardama, born among the progeny of Shri — manifest within me. Install Shri, the lotus-garlanded mother, in my lineage.
12
आपः सृजन्तु स्निग्धानि चिक्लीत वस मे गृहे ।
नि च देवीं मातरं श्रियं वासय मे कुले ॥
May the waters create what is nourishing and wholesome. O Chikleeta (son of Shri), dwell in my home. Install the divine mother Shri in my lineage.
13
आर्द्रां पुष्करिणीं पुष्टिं पिङ्गलां पद्ममालिनीम् ।
चन्द्रां हिरण्मयीं लक्ष्मीं जातवेदो म आवह ॥
O Jataveda, bring to me Lakshmi — moist with compassion, dwelling in the lotus pond, the nourisher, golden-tinted, lotus-garlanded, lunar-radiant, the golden one.
14
आर्द्रां यः करिणीं यष्टिं सुवर्णां हेममालिनीम् ।
सूर्यां हिरण्मयीं लक्ष्मीं जातवेदो म आवह ॥
O Jataveda, bring to me Lakshmi — moist, wish-fulfilling, excellent, golden, garlanded with gold, solar-radiant, the golden one.
15
तां म आवह जातवेदो लक्ष्मीमनपगामिनीम् ।
यस्यां हिरण्यं प्रभूतं गावो दास्योऽश्वान् विन्देयं पुरुषानहम् ॥
Bring to me, O Jataveda, Lakshmi who does not depart — through whose grace I shall gain abundant gold, cows, servants, horses, and progeny.
16
यः शुचिः प्रयतो भूत्वा जुहुयादाज्यमन्वहम् ।
सूक्तं पञ्चदशर्चं च श्रीकामः सततं जपेत् ॥
One who, being pure and disciplined, daily offers ghee into the sacred fire and regularly recites this fifteen-verse Sukta with desire for Shri — will attain prosperity.