The Mahalakshmi Stotra: A Transliteration and Translation

Transliteration:
Shree Indra Uvach,
Namostute-astu Mahamaye
shri peethe soorpoojite,
shankh chakra gada haste
MahaLakshmi Namostute (1)

Namaste Garuda-rudhe
kalasura bhayankari,
sarva paphare devi
MahaLakshmi Namostute (2)

Sarvagye sarva-varde
sarvadusta bhayankari,
sarva dukh-hare devi
MahaLakshmi Namostute (3)

Siddhi Budhhi prade devi
bhakti mukti pradayini,
mantramurte sadadevi
MahaLakshmi Namostute (4)

Aadhyantara-hite devi
aadhya shakti maheshwari,
yogje yog sambhoote
MahaLakshmi Namostute (5)

SthulaSukshma Maharoudrou
Mahashakti Mahodare,
Mahapap hare devi
MahaLakshmi Namostute (6)

Padmasan-stithe devi
par-brahm swaroopini,
parmeshi jaganmatar
MahaLakshmi Namostute (7)

Shwetambardhare devi
nanalankar bhushite,
jagat-stithe jaganmata
MahaLakshmi Namostute (8)

MahaLakshmyastak-stotram
yah pathed bhaktiman nar,
sarvasiddhim-avapnotim
rajyam prapnoti sarvada (9)

Ek-kale pathen-nityam
mahapapvinashanam,
dwi-kale yah pathen-nityam
dhandhanyasamanvit (10)

Tri-kalam yah pathen-nityam
mahashatruvinashan,
MahaLakshmi Bhaven-nityam,
prassanna varda shubham (11)

Iti Shri MahaLakshmyastak Sampoornam


Translation:
Lord Indra said, "O great force! one who is beseated on the seat of wealth, worshipped by the gods, Salutations to you! One who wields in her hands Conch, Discus, and the gada, O MahaLakshmi! Salutations to you! (1)

One who sits on the Garuda, by whom Kolasura fears, and the destroyer of all the sins, O Goddess MahaLakshmi! Salutations to you! (2)

One who knows everything, giver (of boons) to all, source of deterrence to all evil, & remover of everybody's sorrows, O Goddess MahaLakshmi! Salutations to you! (3)

Giver of Success (Siddhi), intellect (buddhi), enjoyment (bhog), & emancipation (moksha), O Goddess MahaLakshmi! Always Salutations to you! (4)

O Goddess, one whose existence is free from the beginning & the end, the eternal force, O Goddess, O Goddess who has taken form out of YOGA, Goddess MahaLakshmi! Salutations to you! (5)

O Goddess, you are the (main) substance (sthuhl), extremely minute (sukshma), and the most defiant & angry formed one ( Maharoudrou), you are the great force (of the world), and destroyer of the extremely big sins, O Goddess MahaLakshmi! Salutations to you! (6)

O Goddess who sits on the lotus, one whose form (swaroop) is as vibrant as the eternal God (parabrahma), O greatest Goddess, O Jagdamba, O MahaLakshmi, Salutations to you! (7)

O Goddess you are the one who adorns white clothes, several types of jewels. You are the omnipresent, and the creator of the world. (8)

The man who reads this stotra regularly, with devotion, he acquires all successes & stately adornments. (9)

One who reads this stotra once, daily; his greatest sins get destroyed. One who reads, this stotra twice, daily, gets abundant wealth & material requirement, as per requirement. (10)

One who reads daily, this stotra thrice, his greatest enemies would be destroyed and Goddess MahaLakshmi, giver of boons, doer of good for everybody, is always happy on him. (11)

Thus ends the MahaLakshmi Stotra, written by Indra.

---

Mr. Santwani is a MBA student at the Som-Lalit Institute of Management Studies, Ahmedabad, India