Kanakadhara Stotram कनकधारा स्तोत्र
The "shower of gold" hymn to Lakshmi: eighteen verses praising her sidelong glance that rests on Vishnu and grants wealth and welfare, ending with salutations and the fruit of daily recitation. Tradition says Shankara sang it for a poor woman, and gold gooseberries rained down.
- Deity Lakshmi
- Type Stotra
- Language Sanskrit
- Tradition Smarta
- Source The Works of Sri Sankaracharya, vol. 18 — Sri Vani Vilas Press, Srirangam — Vol. 18, pp. 70–74 (scan pages 82–86)
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Shloka 1
अङ्गं हरे पुलकभूषणमाश्रयन्तीaṅgaṃ hare pulakabhūṣaṇamāśrayantīഅങ്ഗം ഹരേ പുലകഭൂഷണമാശ്രയന്തീ
भृङ्गाङ्गनेव मुकुलाभरणं तमालम् ।bhṛṅgāṅganeva mukulābharaṇaṃ tamālam |ഭൃങ്ഗാങ്ഗനേവ മുകുലാഭരണം തമാലമ് ।
अङ्गीकृताखिलविभूतिरपाङ्गलीलाaṅgīkṛtākhilavibhūtirapāṅgalīlāഅങ്ഗീകൃതാഖിലവിഭൂതിരപാങ്ഗലീലാ
माङ्गल्यदास्तु मम मङ्गलदेवतायाः ॥ १ ॥māṅgalyadāstu mama maṅgaladevatāyāḥ || 1 ||മാങ്ഗല്യദാസ്തു മമ മങ്ഗലദേവതായാഃ ॥ 1 ॥
Shloka 2
मुग्धा मुहुर्विदधती वदने मुरारेःmugdhā muhurvidadhatī vadane murāreḥമുഗ്ധാ മുഹുര്വിദധതീ വദനേ മുരാരേഃ
प्रेमत्रपाप्रणिहितानि गतागतानि ।prematrapāpraṇihitāni gatāgatāni |പ്രേമത്രപാപ്രണിഹിതാനി ഗതാഗതാനി ।
मालादृशोर्मधुकरीव महोत्पले याmālādṛśormadhukarīva mahotpale yāമാലാദൃശോര്മധുകരീവ മഹോത്പലേ യാ
सा मे श्रियं दिशतु सागरसम्भवायाः ॥ २ ॥sā me śriyaṃ diśatu sāgarasambhavāyāḥ || 2 ||സാ മേ ശ്രിയം ദിശതു സാഗരസമ്ഭവായാഃ ॥ 2 ॥
Shloka 3
विश्वामरेन्द्रपदविभ्रमदानदक्ष-viśvāmarendrapadavibhramadānadakṣa-വിശ്വാമരേന്ദ്രപദവിഭ്രമദാനദക്ഷ-
मानन्दहेतुरधिकं मुरविद्विषोऽपि ।mānandaheturadhikaṃ muravidviṣo'pi |മാനന്ദഹേതുരധികം മുരവിദ്വിഷോഽപി ।
ईषन्निषीदतु मयि क्षणमीक्षणार्द्ध-īṣanniṣīdatu mayi kṣaṇamīkṣaṇārddha-ഈഷന്നിഷീദതു മയി ക്ഷണമീക്ഷണാര്ദ്ധ-
मिन्दीवरोदरसहोदरमिन्दिरायाः ॥ ३ ॥mindīvarodarasahodaramindirāyāḥ || 3 ||മിന്ദീവരോദരസഹോദരമിന്ദിരായാഃ ॥ 3 ॥
Shloka 4
आमीलिताक्षमधिगम्य मुदा मुकुन्द-āmīlitākṣamadhigamya mudā mukunda-ആമീലിതാക്ഷമധിഗമ്യ മുദാ മുകുന്ദ-
मानन्दकन्दमनिमेषमनङ्गतन्त्रम् ।mānandakandamanimeṣamanaṅgatantram |മാനന്ദകന്ദമനിമേഷമനങ്ഗതന്ത്രമ് ।
आकेकरस्थितकनीनिकपक्ष्मनेत्रंākekarasthitakanīnikapakṣmanetraṃആകേകരസ്ഥിതകനീനികപക്ഷ്മനേത്രം
भूत्यै भवेन्मम भुजङ्गशयाङ्गनायाः ॥ ४ ॥bhūtyai bhavenmama bhujaṅgaśayāṅganāyāḥ || 4 ||ഭൂത്യൈ ഭവേന്മമ ഭുജങ്ഗശയാങ്ഗനായാഃ ॥ 4 ॥
Shloka 5
बाह्वन्तरे मधुजितः श्रितकौस्तुभेयाbāhvantare madhujitaḥ śritakaustubheyāബാഹ്വന്തരേ മധുജിതഃ ശ്രിതകൌസ്തുഭേയാ
हारावलीव हरिनीलमयी विभाति ।hārāvalīva harinīlamayī vibhāti |ഹാരാവലീവ ഹരിനീലമയീ വിഭാതി ।
कामप्रदा भगवतोऽपि कटाक्षमालाkāmapradā bhagavato'pi kaṭākṣamālāകാമപ്രദാ ഭഗവതോഽപി കടാക്ഷമാലാ
कल्याणमावहतु मे कमलालयायाः ॥ ५ ॥kalyāṇamāvahatu me kamalālayāyāḥ || 5 ||കല്യാണമാവഹതു മേ കമലാലയായാഃ ॥ 5 ॥
Shloka 6
कालाम्बुदालिललितोरसि कैटभारे-kālāmbudālilalitorasi kaiṭabhāre-കാലാമ്ബുദാലിലലിതോരസി കൈടഭാരേ-
र्धाराधरे स्फुरति यत्तटिदङ्गनेव ।rdhārādhare sphurati yattaṭidaṅganeva |ര്ധാരാധരേ സ്ഫുരതി യത്തടിദങ്ഗനേവ ।
मातुः समस्तजगता महनीयमूर्ति-mātuḥ samastajagatā mahanīyamūrti-മാതുഃ സമസ്തജഗതാ മഹനീയമൂര്തി-
र्भद्राणि मे दिशतु भार्गवनन्दनायाः ॥ ६ ॥rbhadrāṇi me diśatu bhārgavanandanāyāḥ || 6 ||ര്ഭദ്രാണി മേ ദിശതു ഭാര്ഗവനന്ദനായാഃ ॥ 6 ॥
Shloka 7
प्राप्तं पदं प्रथमतः खलु यत्प्रभावा-prāptaṃ padaṃ prathamataḥ khalu yatprabhāvā-പ്രാപ്തം പദം പ്രഥമതഃ ഖലു യത്പ്രഭാവാ-
न्माङ्गल्यभाजि मधुमाथिनि मन्मथेन ।nmāṅgalyabhāji madhumāthini manmathena |ന്മാങ്ഗല്യഭാജി മധുമാഥിനി മന്മഥേന ।
मय्यापतेत्तदिह मन्थरमीक्षणार्धंmayyāpatettadiha mantharamīkṣaṇārdhaṃമയ്യാപതേത്തദിഹ മന്ഥരമീക്ഷണാര്ധം
मन्दालसं मकरालयकन्यकायाः ॥ ७ ॥mandālasaṃ makarālayakanyakāyāḥ || 7 ||മന്ദാലസം മകരാലയകന്യകായാഃ ॥ 7 ॥
Shloka 8
दद्याद्दयानुपवनो द्रविणाम्बुधारा-dadyāddayānupavano draviṇāmbudhārā-ദദ്യാദ്ദയാനുപവനോ ദ്രവിണാമ്ബുധാരാ-
मस्मिन्न किञ्चन विहंगशिशौ विषण्णे ।masminna kiñcana vihaṃgaśiśau viṣaṇṇe |മസ്മിന്ന കിഞ്ചന വിഹംഗശിശൌ വിഷണ്ണേ ।
दुष्कर्मधर्ममपनीय चिराय दूरंduṣkarmadharmamapanīya cirāya dūraṃദുഷ്കര്മധര്മമപനീയ ചിരായ ദൂരം
नारायणप्रणयिनीनयनाम्बुवाहः ॥ ८ ॥nārāyaṇapraṇayinīnayanāmbuvāhaḥ || 8 ||നാരായണപ്രണയിനീനയനാമ്ബുവാഹഃ ॥ 8 ॥
Shloka 9
इष्टाविशिष्टमतयोऽपि यया दयार्द्र-iṣṭāviśiṣṭamatayo'pi yayā dayārdra-ഇഷ്ടാവിശിഷ്ടമതയോഽപി യയാ ദയാര്ദ്ര-
दृष्ट्या त्रिविष्टपपदं सुलभं लभन्ते ।dṛṣṭyā triviṣṭapapadaṃ sulabhaṃ labhante |ദൃഷ്ട്യാ ത്രിവിഷ്ടപപദം സുലഭം ലഭന്തേ ।
दृष्टिः प्रहृष्टकमलोदरदीप्तिरिष्टांdṛṣṭiḥ prahṛṣṭakamalodaradīptiriṣṭāṃദൃഷ്ടിഃ പ്രഹൃഷ്ടകമലോദരദീപ്തിരിഷ്ടാം
पुष्टिं कृषीष्ट मम पुष्करविष्टरायाः ॥ ९ ॥puṣṭiṃ kṛṣīṣṭa mama puṣkaraviṣṭarāyāḥ || 9 ||പുഷ്ടിം കൃഷീഷ്ട മമ പുഷ്കരവിഷ്ടരായാഃ ॥ 9 ॥
Shloka 10
गीर्देवतेति गरुडध्वजसुन्दरीतिgīrdevateti garuḍadhvajasundarītiഗീര്ദേവതേതി ഗരുഡധ്വജസുന്ദരീതി
शाकम्भरीति शशिशेखरवल्लभेति ।śākambharīti śaśiśekharavallabheti |ശാകമ്ഭരീതി ശശിശേഖരവല്ലഭേതി ।
सृष्टिस्थितिप्रलयकेलिषु संस्थितायैsṛṣṭisthitipralayakeliṣu saṃsthitāyaiസൃഷ്ടിസ്ഥിതിപ്രലയകേലിഷു സംസ്ഥിതായൈ
तस्यै नमस्त्रिभुवनैकगुरोस्तरुण्यै ॥ १० ॥tasyai namastribhuvanaikagurostaruṇyai || 10 ||തസ്യൈ നമസ്ത്രിഭുവനൈകഗുരോസ്തരുണ്യൈ ॥ 10 ॥
Shloka 11
श्रुत्यै नमोऽस्तु शुभकर्मफलप्रसूत्यैśrutyai namo'stu śubhakarmaphalaprasūtyaiശ്രുത്യൈ നമോഽസ്തു ശുഭകര്മഫലപ്രസൂത്യൈ
रत्यै नमोऽस्तु रमणीयगुणार्णवायै ।ratyai namo'stu ramaṇīyaguṇārṇavāyai |രത്യൈ നമോഽസ്തു രമണീയഗുണാര്ണവായൈ ।
शक्त्यै नमोऽस्तु शतपत्रनिकेतनायैśaktyai namo'stu śatapatraniketanāyaiശക്ത്യൈ നമോഽസ്തു ശതപത്രനികേതനായൈ
पुष्ट्यै नमोऽस्तु पुरुषोत्तमवल्लभायै ॥ ११ ॥puṣṭyai namo'stu puruṣottamavallabhāyai || 11 ||പുഷ്ട്യൈ നമോഽസ്തു പുരുഷോത്തമവല്ലഭായൈ ॥ 11 ॥
Shloka 12
नमोऽस्तु नालीकनिभाननायैnamo'stu nālīkanibhānanāyaiനമോഽസ്തു നാലീകനിഭാനനായൈ
नमोऽस्तु दुग्धोदधिजन्मभूम्यै ।namo'stu dugdhodadhijanmabhūmyai |നമോഽസ്തു ദുഗ്ധോദധിജന്മഭൂമ്യൈ ।
नमोऽस्तु सोमामृतसोदरायैnamo'stu somāmṛtasodarāyaiനമോഽസ്തു സോമാമൃതസോദരായൈ
नमोऽस्तु नारायणवल्लभायै ॥ १२ ॥namo'stu nārāyaṇavallabhāyai || 12 ||നമോഽസ്തു നാരായണവല്ലഭായൈ ॥ 12 ॥
Shloka 13
सपत्कराणि सकलेन्द्रियनन्दनानिsapatkarāṇi sakalendriyanandanāniസപത്കരാണി സകലേന്ദ്രിയനന്ദനാനി
साम्राज्यदानविभवानि सरोरुहाक्षि ।sāmrājyadānavibhavāni saroruhākṣi |സാമ്രാജ്യദാനവിഭവാനി സരോരുഹാക്ഷി ।
त्वद्वन्दनानि दुरिताहरणोद्यतानिtvadvandanāni duritāharaṇodyatāniത്വദ്വന്ദനാനി ദുരിതാഹരണോദ്യതാനി
मामेव मातरनिशं कलयन्तु मान्ये ॥ १३ ॥māmeva mātaraniśaṃ kalayantu mānye || 13 ||മാമേവ മാതരനിശം കലയന്തു മാന്യേ ॥ 13 ॥
Shloka 14
यत्कटाक्षसमुपासनाविधिःyatkaṭākṣasamupāsanāvidhiḥയത്കടാക്ഷസമുപാസനാവിധിഃ
सेवकस्य सकलार्थसम्पदः ।sevakasya sakalārthasampadaḥ |സേവകസ്യ സകലാര്ഥസമ്പദഃ ।
संतनोति वचनाङ्गमानसै-saṃtanoti vacanāṅgamānasai-സംതനോതി വചനാങ്ഗമാനസൈ-
स्त्वां मुरारिहृदयेश्वरीं भजे ॥ १४ ॥stvāṃ murārihṛdayeśvarīṃ bhaje || 14 ||സ്ത്വാം മുരാരിഹൃദയേശ്വരീം ഭജേ ॥ 14 ॥
Shloka 15
सरसिजनिलये सरोजहस्तेsarasijanilaye sarojahasteസരസിജനിലയേ സരോജഹസ്തേ
धवलतमांशुकगन्धमाल्यशोभे ।dhavalatamāṃśukagandhamālyaśobhe |ധവലതമാംശുകഗന്ധമാല്യശോഭേ ।
भगवति हरिवल्लभे मनोज्ञेbhagavati harivallabhe manojñeഭഗവതി ഹരിവല്ലഭേ മനോജ്ഞേ
त्रिभुवनभूतिकरि प्रसीद मह्यम् ॥ १५ ॥tribhuvanabhūtikari prasīda mahyam || 15 ||ത്രിഭുവനഭൂതികരി പ്രസീദ മഹ്യമ് ॥ 15 ॥
Shloka 16
दिग्हस्तिभिः कनककुम्भमुखावसृष्टdighastibhiḥ kanakakumbhamukhāvasṛṣṭaദിഗ്ഹസ്തിഭിഃ കനകകുമ്ഭമുഖാവസൃഷ്ട
स्वर्वाहिनीविमलचारुजलाप्लुताङ्गीम् ।svarvāhinīvimalacārujalāplutāṅgīm |സ്വര്വാഹിനീവിമലചാരുജലാപ്ലുതാങ്ഗീമ് ।
प्रातर्नमामि जगता जननीमशेषprātarnamāmi jagatā jananīmaśeṣaപ്രാതര്നമാമി ജഗതാ ജനനീമശേഷ
लोकाधिनाथगृहिणीममृताब्धिपुत्रीम् ॥ १६ ॥lokādhināthagṛhiṇīmamṛtābdhiputrīm || 16 ||ലോകാധിനാഥഗൃഹിണീമമൃതാബ്ധിപുത്രീമ് ॥ 16 ॥
Shloka 17
कमले कमलाक्षवल्लभे त्वंkamale kamalākṣavallabhe tvaṃകമലേ കമലാക്ഷവല്ലഭേ ത്വം
करुणापूरतरङ्गितैरपाङ्गैः ।karuṇāpūrataraṅgitairapāṅgaiḥ |കരുണാപൂരതരങ്ഗിതൈരപാങ്ഗൈഃ ।
अवलोकय मामकिञ्चनानांavalokaya māmakiñcanānāṃഅവലോകയ മാമകിഞ്ചനാനാം
प्रथमं पात्रमकृत्रिमं दयायाः ॥ १७ ॥prathamaṃ pātramakṛtrimaṃ dayāyāḥ || 17 ||പ്രഥമം പാത്രമകൃത്രിമം ദയായാഃ ॥ 17 ॥
Shloka 18
स्तुवन्ति ये स्तुतिभिरमीभिरन्वहंstuvanti ye stutibhiramībhiranvahaṃസ്തുവന്തി യേ സ്തുതിഭിരമീഭിരന്വഹം
त्रयीमयीं त्रिभुवनमातरं रमाम् ।trayīmayīṃ tribhuvanamātaraṃ ramām |ത്രയീമയീം ത്രിഭുവനമാതരം രമാമ് ।
गुणाधिका गुरुतरभाग्यभाजिनोguṇādhikā gurutarabhāgyabhājinoഗുണാധികാ ഗുരുതരഭാഗ്യഭാജിനോ
भवन्ति ते भुवि बुधभाविताशयाः ॥ १८ ॥bhavanti te bhuvi budhabhāvitāśayāḥ || 18 ||ഭവന്തി തേ ഭുവി ബുധഭാവിതാശയാഃ ॥ 18 ॥
19
इति श्रीमत्परमहंसपरिव्राजकाचार्यस्य श्रीगोविंदभगवत्पूज्यपादशिष्यस्य श्रीमच्छङ्करभगवतः कृतौ कनकधारास्तोत्रं सम्पूर्णम् ॥iti śrīmatparamahaṃsaparivrājakācāryasya śrīgoviṃdabhagavatpūjyapādaśiṣyasya śrīmacchaṅkarabhagavataḥ kṛtau kanakadhārāstotraṃ sampūrṇam ||ഇതി ശ്രീമത്പരമഹംസപരിവ്രാജകാചാര്യസ്യ ശ്രീഗോവിംദഭഗവത്പൂജ്യപാദശിഷ്യസ്യ ശ്രീമച്ഛങ്കരഭഗവതഃ കൃതൌ കനകധാരാസ്തോത്രം സമ്പൂര്ണമ് ॥
Read in another script: ગુજરાતી বাংলা தமிழ் తెలుగు ಕನ್ನಡ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ · letter-for-letter from the Devanagari text, approximate
Text: The Works of Sri Sankaracharya, vol. 18 (Stotras, part 2), Sri Vani Vilas Press, Srirangam, printed pp. 70–74 = scan pages 82–86, validated on Sanskrit Wikisource (https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%83%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%3A%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%99%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A3%E0%A4%BF_%28%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%83_%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%83%29.pdf/%E0%A5%AE%E0%A5%A8&oldid=288201 … https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%83%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%3A%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%99%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A3%E0%A4%BF_%28%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%83_%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%83%29.pdf/%E0%A5%AE%E0%A5%AC&oldid=288205); 18 verses and colophon. Verified on 11 November 2026 by half-verse with cmp.py --loose against (B) Sanskrit Wikisource main page कनकधारास्तोत्रम् (https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D&oldid=399053; 22 verses): 21 identical, 15 differing, 0 only in edition, 0 only in witness; letter agreement 99.2% over the 36 edition half-verses matched to it, 8 witness half-verses (its extra verses) unmatched; and (C) Brihat Stotra Ratnakara, Nirnaya Sagar 1912, no. 76 श्रीकनक(लक्ष्मी)स्तवः, OCR layer, djvu 177–179 (https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%83%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%3ABrihat_Stotra_Ratnakara_1912.djvu/%E0%A5%A7%E0%A5%AD%E0%A5%AD&oldid=377855; 16 verses in a different order): 3 identical, 23 differing, 10 only in edition, 0 only in witness; letter agreement 66.4% over the matched half-verses, 6 witness half-verses unmatched. Uncorrected edition vs B: 20 identical, 16 differing, 0 only in edition, 0 only in witness; letter agreement 99.1%. Corrections: v.5 बाह्यन्तरे मधुजितः → बाह्वन्तरे मधुजितः (transcription slip: the print reads बाह्वन्तरे, as do both witnesses); v.7 मय्यापतेतदिह → मय्यापतेत्तदिह (transcription slip: the print reads मय्यापतेत्तदिह, as do both witnesses); v.6 कालाम्बुदालिललितारसि → कालाम्बुदालिललितोरसि (majority reading: the print itself has ललितारसि, a misprint for the sandhi form ललित+उरसि that both witnesses give). Pages 83, 85 and 86 of the scan were read at 1280–1920 px to settle these. Edition readings kept: v.1 अङ्गं हरे (B, C हरेः); v.3 placed third (C has it seventh); v.13 सपत्कराणि as printed (B सम्पत्कराणि; C lacks the verse); v.16 दिग्हस्तिभिः and जलाप्लुताङ्गीम् (B दिग्घस्तिभिः, जलप्लुताङ्गीम्); v.6 and v.16 जगता (so printed, without anusvara; B जगतां); the ASCII pipe keyed for the danda in v.18 was replaced by ।; v.18 भाग्यभाजिनो (B, C भागिनो), भुवि बुधभाविताशयाः (C भवमनु भाविताशयाः); v.4 आमीलिताक्षम् (C आमीलितार्द्धम्), v.8 विषण्णे (C निषण्णे), v.9 इष्टाविशिष्टमतयोऽपि यया दयार्द्रदृष्ट्या (C …नरा यया द्राग्दृष्टास्त्रिविष्टपसदश्च पदं भजन्ते), v.10 गरुडध्वजसुन्दरीति, प्रलयकेलिषु (C गरुडजभामिनीति, प्रलयसिद्धिषु), v.11 गुणार्णवायै (C गुणाश्रयायै). B's extra verses (नमोऽस्तु हेमाम्बुजपीठिकायै, नमोऽस्तु देव्यै भृगुनन्दनायै, नमोऽस्तु कान्त्यै, देवि प्रसीद जगदीश्वरि) and C's three extra नमोऽस्तु verses are not in this edition and are described under variants. The Vani Vilas colophon is kept as prose.
The Roman line is IAST transliteration derived from the Devanagari (ā = long a, ṃ = anusvara, ḥ = visarga, ś/ṣ = sh sounds, c = ch as in “church”). In Hindi, Awadhi and Braj texts the silent final “a” is dropped. Transliteration does not show Vedic accents.
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Questions
What is Kanakadhara Stotram?
The "shower of gold" hymn to Lakshmi: eighteen verses praising her sidelong glance that rests on Vishnu and grants wealth and welfare, ending with salutations and the fruit of daily recitation. Tradition says Shankara sang it for a poor woman, and gold gooseberries rained down.
Who is Kanakadhara Stotram associated with?
Kanakadhara Stotram is associated with Lakshmi. Goddess of prosperity, well-being and auspiciousness, consort of Vishnu; worshipped especially on Diwali and on Fridays.
What does Kanakadhara Stotram mean?
A short paraphrase, not a translation. May the goddess of auspiciousness, who rests on Hari's thrilled body like a bee on a budding tamala tree, grant me good fortune. May the glance of the ocean-born, which plays shyly on Murari's face like a bee on a lotus, bestow prosperity on me. May the half-glance of Indira, blue as the lotus heart, rest on me for a moment; it gives even the gods their thrones and delights Vishnu himself. Her gaze fixed on Mukunda, her lotus-lidded eyes half closed in love, her necklace of glances on Vishnu's breast — may these bring me welfare. Like lightning on a da…
What is the source of Kanakadhara Stotram?
The Works of Sri Sankaracharya, vol. 18 — Sri Vani Vilas Press, Srirangam — Vol. 18, printed pp. 70–74 (scan pages 82–86). Tradition: Smarta.
Are there different versions of Kanakadhara Stotram?
The hymn circulates in 18-, 21- and 22-verse forms. The Vani Vilas text (18 verses) is followed here. The Sanskrit Wikisource transcription adds नमोऽस्तु हेमाम्बुजपीठिकायै, नमोऽस्तु देव्यै भृगुनन्दनायै, नमोऽस्तु कान्त्यै कमलेक्षणायै after verse 12 and देवि प्रसीद जगदीश्वरि before the last verse; the 1912 Brihat Stotra Ratnakara prints a 16-verse "Kanaka (Lakshmi) Stava" with the three extra नमोऽस्तु verses, without verses 13–17 of this edition, and with verses 3, 8 and 9 in other positions and several different readings (आमीलितार्द्धम्, निषण्णे, गरुडजभामिनीति, प्रलयसिद्धिषु, गुणाश्रयायै, भवमनु भाविताशयाः). Small variants: अङ्गं हरे / हरेः, सपत्कराणि / सम्पत्कराणि, दिग्हस्तिभिः / दिग्घस्तिभिः, भाग्यभाजिनो / भागिनो.