Shri Suktam श्री सूक्त
The Vedic hymn to Shri (Lakshmi), asking Agni Jatavedas to bring the golden, radiant goddess of fortune and to drive away Alakshmi, poverty and want.
- Deity Lakshmi
- Type Suktam
- Language Sanskrit
- Tradition Vedic
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Mantra 1
हिरण्यवर्णां हरिणीं सुवर्णरजतस्रजाम् ।hiraṇyavarṇāṃ hariṇīṃ suvarṇarajatasrajām |ஹிரண்யவர்ணாம் ஹரிணீம் ஸுவர்ணரஜதஸ்ரஜாம் ।
चन्द्रां हिरण्मयीं लक्ष्मीं जातवेदो म आवह ॥१॥candrāṃ hiraṇmayīṃ lakṣmīṃ jātavedo ma āvaha ||1||சந்த்ராம் ஹிரண்மயீம் லக்ஷ்மீம் ஜாதவேதோ ம ஆவஹ ॥1॥
Meaning of this verse
O Jatavedas (Agni), bring to me Lakshmi, golden in colour, lovely as a doe, wearing garlands of gold and silver, bright as the moon, made of gold.
Mantra 2
तां म आवह जातवेदो लक्ष्मीमनपगामिनीम् ।tāṃ ma āvaha jātavedo lakṣmīmanapagāminīm |தாம் ம ஆவஹ ஜாதவேதோ லக்ஷ்மீமநபகாமிநீம் ।
यस्यां हिरण्यं विन्देयं गामश्वं पुरुषानहम् ॥२॥yasyāṃ hiraṇyaṃ vindeyaṃ gāmaśvaṃ puruṣānaham ||2||யஸ்யாம் ஹிரண்யம் விந்தேயம் காமஶ்வம் புருஷாநஹம் ॥2॥
Meaning of this verse
O Jatavedas, bring to me that Lakshmi who does not depart, through whom I may obtain gold, cattle, horses and people.
Mantra 3
अश्वपूर्वां रथमध्यां हस्तिनादप्रबोधिनीम् ।aśvapūrvāṃ rathamadhyāṃ hastinādaprabodhinīm |அஶ்வபூர்வாம் ரதமத்யாம் ஹஸ்திநாதப்ரபோதிநீம் ।
श्रियं देवीमुपह्वये श्रीर्मा देवी जुषताम् ॥३॥śriyaṃ devīmupahvaye śrīrmā devī juṣatām ||3||ஶ்ரியம் தேவீமுபஹ்வயே ஶ்ரீர்மா தேவீ ஜுஷதாம் ॥3॥
Meaning of this verse
I invoke the goddess Shri, who has horses before her and a chariot in the middle, who is roused by the trumpeting of elephants; may the goddess Shri be pleased with me.
Mantra 4
कांसोस्मितां हिरण्यप्राकारामार्द्रां ज्वलन्तीं तृप्तांतर्पयन्तीम् ।kāṃsosmitāṃ hiraṇyaprākārāmārdrāṃ jvalantīṃ tṛptāṃtarpayantīm |காம்ஸோஸ்மிதாம் ஹிரண்யப்ராகாராமார்த்ராம் ஜ்வலந்தீம் த்ருப்தாம்தர்பயந்தீம் ।
पद्मे स्थितां पद्मवर्णां तामिहोपह्वये श्रियम् ॥४॥padme sthitāṃ padmavarṇāṃ tāmihopahvaye śriyam ||4||பத்மே ஸ்திதாம் பத்மவர்ணாம் தாமிஹோபஹ்வயே ஶ்ரியம் ॥4॥
Meaning of this verse
I invoke here that Shri, gently smiling, enclosed in gold, moist with kindness, radiant, content and giving contentment, seated on a lotus and lotus-hued.
Mantra 5
चन्द्रां प्रभासां यशसा ज्वलन्तीं श्रियं लोके देवजुष्टामुदाराम् ।candrāṃ prabhāsāṃ yaśasā jvalantīṃ śriyaṃ loke devajuṣṭāmudārām |சந்த்ராம் ப்ரபாஸாம் யஶஸா ஜ்வலந்தீம் ஶ்ரியம் லோகே தேவஜுஷ்டாமுதாராம் ।
तां पद्मिनीमीं शरणमहं प्रपद्येऽलक्ष्मीर्मे नश्यतां त्वां वृणे ॥५॥tāṃ padminīmīṃ śaraṇamahaṃ prapadye'lakṣmīrme naśyatāṃ tvāṃ vṛṇe ||5||தாம் பத்மிநீமீம் ஶரணமஹம் ப்ரபத்யேலக்ஷ்மீர்மே நஶ்யதாம் த்வாம் வ்ருணே ॥5॥
Meaning of this verse
I take refuge in her, the moon-like, shining, blazing with glory, Shri of the world, loved by the gods, generous, the lady of the lotus; may misfortune (Alakshmi) leave me; I choose you.
Mantra 6
आदित्यवर्णे तपसोऽधिजातो वनस्पतिस्तव वृक्षोऽथ बिल्वः ।ādityavarṇe tapaso'dhijāto vanaspatistava vṛkṣo'tha bilvaḥ |ஆதித்யவர்ணே தபஸோதிஜாதோ வநஸ்பதிஸ்தவ வ்ருக்ஷோத பில்வஃ ।
तस्य फलानि तपसा नुदन्तु मायान्तरायाश्च बाह्या अलक्ष्मीः ॥६॥tasya phalāni tapasā nudantu māyāntarāyāśca bāhyā alakṣmīḥ ||6||தஸ்ய பலாநி தபஸா நுதந்து மாயாந்தராயாஶ்ச பாஹ்யா அலக்ஷ்மீஃ ॥6॥
Meaning of this verse
O sun-hued one, from austerity was born the bilva, the king of trees, your tree; may its fruits, through austerity, drive away inner illusions and outer misfortune.
Mantra 7
उपैतु मां देवसखः कीर्तिश्च मणिना सह ।upaitu māṃ devasakhaḥ kīrtiśca maṇinā saha |உபைது மாம் தேவஸகஃ கீர்திஶ்ச மணிநா ஸஹ ।
प्रादुर्भूतोऽस्मि राष्ट्रेऽस्मिन् कीर्तिमृद्धिं ददातु मे ॥७॥prādurbhūto'smi rāṣṭre'smin kīrtimṛddhiṃ dadātu me ||7||ப்ராதுர்பூதோஸ்மி ராஷ்ட்ரேஸ்மிந் கீர்திம்ருத்திம் ததாது மே ॥7॥
Meaning of this verse
May the friend of the gods (Kubera) come to me with fame and a jewel; I am born in this land; may he grant me fame and prosperity.
Mantra 8
क्षुत्पिपासामलां ज्येष्ठामलक्ष्मीं नाशयाम्यहम् ।kṣutpipāsāmalāṃ jyeṣṭhāmalakṣmīṃ nāśayāmyaham |க்ஷுத்பிபாஸாமலாம் ஜ்யேஷ்டாமலக்ஷ்மீம் நாஶயாம்யஹம் ।
अभूतिमसमृद्धिं च सर्वान् निर्णुद मे गृहात् ॥८॥abhūtimasamṛddhiṃ ca sarvān nirṇuda me gṛhāt ||8||அபூதிமஸம்ருத்திம் ச ஸர்வாந் நிர்ணுத மே க்ருஹாத் ॥8॥
Meaning of this verse
I destroy Alakshmi, the elder sister, foul with hunger and thirst; drive out from my house all lack of wealth and want of prosperity.
Mantra 9
गन्धद्वारां दुराधर्षां नित्यपुष्टां करीषिणीम् ।gandhadvārāṃ durādharṣāṃ nityapuṣṭāṃ karīṣiṇīm |கந்தத்வாராம் துராதர்ஷாம் நித்யபுஷ்டாம் கரீஷிணீம் ।
ईश्वरीं सर्वभूतानां तामिहोपह्वये श्रियम् ॥९॥īśvarīṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ tāmihopahvaye śriyam ||9||ஈஶ்வரீம் ஸர்வபூதாநாம் தாமிஹோபஹ்வயே ஶ்ரியம் ॥9॥
Meaning of this verse
I invoke here that Shri, known by her fragrance, hard to overcome, ever nourishing, rich in cattle wealth, the sovereign of all beings.
Mantra 10
मनसः काममाकूतिं वाचः सत्यमशीमहि ।manasaḥ kāmamākūtiṃ vācaḥ satyamaśīmahi |மநஸஃ காமமாகூதிம் வாசஃ ஸத்யமஶீமஹி ।
पशूनां रूपमन्नस्य मयि श्रीः श्रयतां यशः ॥१०॥paśūnāṃ rūpamannasya mayi śrīḥ śrayatāṃ yaśaḥ ||10||பஶூநாம் ரூபமந்நஸ்ய மயி ஶ்ரீஃ ஶ்ரயதாம் யஶஃ ॥10॥
Meaning of this verse
May we attain the wish of the mind, the resolve of the heart and truth of speech; may the beauty of cattle and of food, prosperity and fame, rest in me.
Mantra 11
कर्दमेन प्रजा भूता मयि सम्भव कर्दम ।kardamena prajā bhūtā mayi sambhava kardama |கர்தமேந ப்ரஜா பூதா மயி ஸம்பவ கர்தம ।
श्रियं वासय मे कुले मातरं पद्ममालिनीम् ॥११॥śriyaṃ vāsaya me kule mātaraṃ padmamālinīm ||11||ஶ்ரியம் வாஸய மே குலே மாதரம் பத்மமாலிநீம் ॥11॥
Meaning of this verse
Through Kardama Lakshmi came to have offspring; O Kardama, dwell with me, and make Shri, the mother garlanded with lotuses, dwell in my family.
Mantra 12
आपः सृजन्तु स्निग्धानि चिक्लीत वस मे गृहे ।āpaḥ sṛjantu snigdhāni ciklīta vasa me gṛhe |ஆபஃ ஸ்ருஜந்து ஸ்நிக்தாநி சிக்லீத வஸ மே க்ருஹே ।
नि च देवीं मातरं श्रियं वासय मे कुले ॥१२॥ni ca devīṃ mātaraṃ śriyaṃ vāsaya me kule ||12||நி ச தேவீம் மாதரம் ஶ்ரியம் வாஸய மே குலே ॥12॥
Meaning of this verse
May the waters bring forth gentle, nourishing things; O Chiklita, dwell in my house, and make the goddess, mother Shri, dwell in my family.
Mantra 13
आर्द्रां पुष्करिणीं पुष्टिं पिङ्गलां पद्ममालिनीम् ।ārdrāṃ puṣkariṇīṃ puṣṭiṃ piṅgalāṃ padmamālinīm |ஆர்த்ராம் புஷ்கரிணீம் புஷ்டிம் பிங்கலாம் பத்மமாலிநீம் ।
चन्द्रां हिरण्मयीं लक्ष्मीं जातवेदो म आवह ॥१३॥candrāṃ hiraṇmayīṃ lakṣmīṃ jātavedo ma āvaha ||13||சந்த்ராம் ஹிரண்மயீம் லக்ஷ்மீம் ஜாதவேதோ ம ஆவஹ ॥13॥
Meaning of this verse
O Jatavedas, bring to me Lakshmi, moist with kindness, dwelling in the lotus pool, nourishing, tawny-hued, garlanded with lotuses, bright as the moon, made of gold.
Mantra 14
आर्द्रां यः करिणीं यष्टिं सुवर्णां हेममालिनीम् ।ārdrāṃ yaḥ kariṇīṃ yaṣṭiṃ suvarṇāṃ hemamālinīm |ஆர்த்ராம் யஃ கரிணீம் யஷ்டிம் ஸுவர்ணாம் ஹேமமாலிநீம் ।
सूर्यां हिरण्मयीं लक्ष्मीं जातवेदो म आवह ॥१४॥sūryāṃ hiraṇmayīṃ lakṣmīṃ jātavedo ma āvaha ||14||ஸூர்யாம் ஹிரண்மயீம் லக்ஷ்மீம் ஜாதவேதோ ம ஆவஹ ॥14॥
Meaning of this verse
O Jatavedas, bring to me Lakshmi, moist with kindness, who upholds like a staff, of fair colour, garlanded with gold, radiant as the sun, made of gold.
Mantra 15
तां म आवह जातवेदो लक्ष्मीमनपगामिनीम् ।tāṃ ma āvaha jātavedo lakṣmīmanapagāminīm |தாம் ம ஆவஹ ஜாதவேதோ லக்ஷ்மீமநபகாமிநீம் ।
यस्यां हिरण्यं प्रभूतं गावो दास्योऽश्वान् विन्देयं पुरुषानहम् ॥१५॥yasyāṃ hiraṇyaṃ prabhūtaṃ gāvo dāsyo'śvān vindeyaṃ puruṣānaham ||15||யஸ்யாம் ஹிரண்யம் ப்ரபூதம் காவோ தாஸ்யோஶ்வாந் விந்தேயம் புருஷாநஹம் ॥15॥
Meaning of this verse
O Jatavedas, bring to me that Lakshmi who does not depart, through whom I may obtain abundant gold, cattle, servants, horses and people.
Phala-shruti 16
यः शुचिः प्रयतो भूत्वा जुहुयादाज्यमन्वहम् ।yaḥ śuciḥ prayato bhūtvā juhuyādājyamanvaham |யஃ ஶுசிஃ ப்ரயதோ பூத்வா ஜுஹுயாதாஜ்யமந்வஹம் ।
सूक्तं पञ्चदशर्चं च श्रीकामः सततं जपेत् ॥१६॥sūktaṃ pañcadaśarcaṃ ca śrīkāmaḥ satataṃ japet ||16||ஸூக்தம் பஞ்சதஶர்சம் ச ஶ்ரீகாமஃ ஸததம் ஜபேத் ॥16॥
Meaning of this verse
One who desires Shri should become pure and self-controlled, offer ghee into the fire every day, and constantly recite this hymn of fifteen verses.
Phala-shruti 17
पद्मानने पद्म-ऊरु पद्माक्षि पद्मसम्भवे ।padmānane padma-ūru padmākṣi padmasambhave |பத்மாநநே பத்ம-ஊரு பத்மாக்ஷி பத்மஸம்பவே ।
त्वं मां भजस्व पद्माक्षि येन सौख्यं लभाम्यहम् ॥१७॥tvaṃ māṃ bhajasva padmākṣi yena saukhyaṃ labhāmyaham ||17||த்வம் மாம் பஜஸ்வ பத்மாக்ஷி யேந ஸௌக்யம் லபாம்யஹம் ॥17॥
Meaning of this verse
O lotus-faced one, lotus-thighed, lotus-eyed, born of the lotus: favour me, O lotus-eyed one, so that I may find happiness.
Phala-shruti 18
अश्वदायि गोदायि धनदायि महाधने ।aśvadāyi godāyi dhanadāyi mahādhane |அஶ்வதாயி கோதாயி தநதாயி மஹாதநே ।
धनं मे जुषतां देवि सर्वकामांश्च देहि मे ॥१८॥dhanaṃ me juṣatāṃ devi sarvakāmāṃśca dehi me ||18||தநம் மே ஜுஷதாம் தேவி ஸர்வகாமாம்ஶ்ச தேஹி மே ॥18॥
Meaning of this verse
Giver of horses, giver of cows, giver of wealth, O great in riches: O goddess, may wealth come to me, and grant me all my wishes.
Phala-shruti 19
पुत्रपौत्र धनं धान्यं हस्त्यश्वादिगवे रथम् ।putrapautra dhanaṃ dhānyaṃ hastyaśvādigave ratham |புத்ரபௌத்ர தநம் தாந்யம் ஹஸ்த்யஶ்வாதிகவே ரதம் ।
प्रजानां भवसि माता आयुष्मन्तं करोतु माम् ॥१९॥prajānāṃ bhavasi mātā āyuṣmantaṃ karotu mām ||19||ப்ரஜாநாம் பவஸி மாதா ஆயுஷ்மந்தம் கரோது மாம் ॥19॥
Meaning of this verse
Sons and grandsons, wealth and grain, elephants, horses, cows and chariots: you are the mother of all beings; make me long-lived.
Phala-shruti 20
धनमग्निर्धनं वायुर्धनं सूर्यो धनं वसुः ।dhanamagnirdhanaṃ vāyurdhanaṃ sūryo dhanaṃ vasuḥ |தநமக்நிர்தநம் வாயுர்தநம் ஸூர்யோ தநம் வஸுஃ ।
धनमिन्द्रो बृहस्पतिर्वरुणं धनमश्नुते ॥२०॥dhanamindro bṛhaspatirvaruṇaṃ dhanamaśnute ||20||தநமிந்த்ரோ ப்ருஹஸ்பதிர்வருணம் தநமஶ்நுதே ॥20॥
Meaning of this verse
Agni is wealth, Vayu is wealth, Surya is wealth, the Vasus are wealth; Indra, Brihaspati and Varuna are wealth, and from them wealth is obtained.
Phala-shruti 21
वैनतेय सोमं पिब सोमं पिबतु वृत्रहा ।vainateya somaṃ piba somaṃ pibatu vṛtrahā |வைநதேய ஸோமம் பிப ஸோமம் பிபது வ்ருத்ரஹா ।
सोमं धनस्य सोमिनो मह्यं ददातु सोमिनः ॥२१॥somaṃ dhanasya somino mahyaṃ dadātu sominaḥ ||21||ஸோமம் தநஸ்ய ஸோமிநோ மஹ்யம் ததாது ஸோமிநஃ ॥21॥
Meaning of this verse
O Vainateya (Garuda), drink the soma; may Indra, slayer of Vritra, drink the soma; may those who possess soma give me the soma of wealth.
Phala-shruti 22
न क्रोधो न च मात्सर्यं न लोभो नाशुभा मतिः ।na krodho na ca mātsaryaṃ na lobho nāśubhā matiḥ |ந க்ரோதோ ந ச மாத்ஸர்யம் ந லோபோ நாஶுபா மதிஃ ।
भवन्ति कृतपुण्यानां भक्तानां श्रीसूक्तं जपेत्सदा ॥२२॥bhavanti kṛtapuṇyānāṃ bhaktānāṃ śrīsūktaṃ japetsadā ||22||பவந்தி க்ருதபுண்யாநாம் பக்தாநாம் ஶ்ரீஸூக்தம் ஜபேத்ஸதா ॥22॥
Meaning of this verse
No anger, no envy, no greed and no ill thought arise in meritorious devotees who always recite the Shri Suktam (the text's traditional statement of benefit).
Phala-shruti 32
सरसिजनिलये सरोजहस्ते धवलतरांशुक गन्धमाल्यशोभे।sarasijanilaye sarojahaste dhavalatarāṃśuka gandhamālyaśobhe|ஸரஸிஜநிலயே ஸரோஜஹஸ்தே தவலதராம்ஶுக கந்தமால்யஶோபே।
भगवति हरिवल्लभे मनोज्ञे त्रिभुवनभूतिकरि प्रसीद मह्यम् ॥३२॥bhagavati harivallabhe manojñe tribhuvanabhūtikari prasīda mahyam ||32||பகவதி ஹரிவல்லபே மநோஜ்ஞே த்ரிபுவநபூதிகரி ப்ரஸீத மஹ்யம் ॥32॥
Meaning of this verse
O dweller in the lotus, lotus in hand, beautiful in pure white garments, fragrance and garlands, O Bhagavati, beloved of Hari, charming one, giver of prosperity to the three worlds, be gracious to me.
Phala-shruti 33
विष्णुपत्नीं क्षमां देवीं माधवीं माधवप्रियाम् ।viṣṇupatnīṃ kṣamāṃ devīṃ mādhavīṃ mādhavapriyām |விஷ்ணுபத்நீம் க்ஷமாம் தேவீம் மாதவீம் மாதவப்ரியாம் ।
विष्णोः प्रियसखीं देवीं नमाम्यच्युतवल्लभाम् ॥३३॥viṣṇoḥ priyasakhīṃ devīṃ namāmyacyutavallabhām ||33||விஷ்ணோஃ ப்ரியஸகீம் தேவீம் நமாம்யச்யுதவல்லபாம் ॥33॥
Meaning of this verse
I bow to the goddess who is Vishnu's consort, patient as the earth, Madhavi, dear to Madhava, the dear companion of Vishnu, beloved of Achyuta.
Phala-shruti 34
महालक्ष्म्यै च विद्महे विष्णुपत्न्यै च धीमहि ।mahālakṣmyai ca vidmahe viṣṇupatnyai ca dhīmahi |மஹாலக்ஷ்ம்யை ச வித்மஹே விஷ்ணுபத்ந்யை ச தீமஹி ।
तन्नो लक्ष्मीः प्रचोदयात् ॥३४॥tanno lakṣmīḥ pracodayāt ||34||தந்நோ லக்ஷ்மீஃ ப்ரசோதயாத் ॥34॥
Meaning of this verse
We know Mahalakshmi, we meditate on the consort of Vishnu; may that Lakshmi inspire and guide us.
Phala-shruti 35
श्रीवर्चस्यमायुष्यमारोग्यमाविधात् पवमानं महीयते ।śrīvarcasyamāyuṣyamārogyamāvidhāt pavamānaṃ mahīyate |ஶ்ரீவர்சஸ்யமாயுஷ்யமாரோக்யமாவிதாத் பவமாநம் மஹீயதே ।
धनं धान्यं पशुं बहुपुत्रलाभं शतसंवत्सरं दीर्घमायुः ॥३५॥dhanaṃ dhānyaṃ paśuṃ bahuputralābhaṃ śatasaṃvatsaraṃ dīrghamāyuḥ ||35||தநம் தாந்யம் பஶும் பஹுபுத்ரலாபம் ஶதஸம்வத்ஸரம் தீர்கமாயுஃ ॥35॥
Meaning of this verse
May it bestow the radiance of Shri, long life and health; the purifying hymn is held in honour; wealth, grain, cattle, many children, and a long life of a hundred years (the text's traditional statement of benefit).
Read in another script: ગુજરાતી বাংলা తెలుగు ಕನ್ನಡ മലയാളം ଓଡ଼ିଆ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ · letter-for-letter from the Devanagari text, approximate
Text: Sanskrit Wikisource "श्रीसूक्तम्", revision 287919 (https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=श्रीसूक्तम्&oldid=287919). That page prints two texts; the second, headed अन्यः पाठः (36 numbered verses), is the edition used here because the first (27 verses) is a careless transcription with slips in most verses (हिरण्यवर्णाम, आद्रां, प्रादुर्भुतो सुराष्ट्रे, जेष्ठां, ईश्वरिं, सिग्धानि, जुहुयाादाज्यम्, श्रेयतां …); compared with the edition it gives 15 identical, 17 differing, 0 only in edition, 0 only in witness; letter agreement 96.8%. Verses 1–15 are the Rigveda khila (the fifteen-rik sukta named in its own verse 16, सूक्तं पञ्चदशर्चं); verse 16 (यः शुचिः) is the phala-shruti. The edition has no svara marks and none were added. Verified on 11 November 2026 against two independent witnesses. Witness 2: Sanskrit Wikisource "श्री सूक्तम्", revision 33113 (https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=श्री_सूक्तम्&oldid=33113), a Marathi-style transcription with sandhi split and anusvara for class nasals, compared with cmp.py --loose: 8 identical, 24 differing, 0 only in edition, 21 only in witness; letter agreement 82.3% (it writes half-verses as lines and reverses verses 13–14; substantive readings agree except as listed). Witness 3: GRETIL Ṛgvedakhilāni (Scheftelowitz 1906, khila 2.6, https://gretil.sub.uni-goettingen.de/gretil/corpustei/transformations/plaintext/sa_RgvedakhilAni.txt), IAST converted to Devanagari: 10 identical, 22 differing, 0 only in edition, 27 only in witness; letter agreement 91.3%; Scheftelowitz's khila has 29 verses with different extra verses and several older readings (मम आवह, प्रमोदिनीम्, कांस्यस्मि, प्रवाराम्, पद्मनेमिं … वृणोमि, कीर्तिं वृद्धिं, आप स्रवन्तु, चिक्लीता, पक्वां पुष्करिणीं पुष्टां, दास्यो विन्देयं without अश्वान्), which are genuine variants and were not adopted. Witness 4 (check only): OCR of Mantrapushpam, 4th ed. (Ramakrishna Math; https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.467663), accented print, aligned to the edition lines: 4 identical, 28 differing, 0 only in edition, 0 only in witness; letter agreement 92.7% (differences are OCR noise and accent marks). Correction (1): verse 9 दुराधर्षान् → दुराधर्षां, a transcription slip in the edition; दुराधर्षां is read by witness 2, GRETIL, the page's first text and the Mantrapushpam print. Edition readings kept where a witness differs: प्रादुर्भूतोऽस्मि राष्ट्रेऽस्मिन् (witness 2 प्रादुर्भूतः सुराष्ट्रे; GRETIL and Mantrapushpam agree with the edition); सर्वान् निर्णुद (witness 2 सर्वां; GRETIL सर्वान्); चिक्लीत (witness 2 चिल्कीत, a slip); आपः सृजन्तु (GRETIL आप स्रवन्तु); order of verses 13 (आर्द्रां पुष्करिणीं … चन्द्रां) and 14 (आर्द्रां यः करिणीं … सूर्यां), which witness 2 reverses (Mantrapushpam and the page's first text have the edition's order); हिरण्मयीं in 13 (witness 2 हिरण्यमयीं). Appendix: of the edition's twenty further verses (17–36) only those also carried by witness 2 and by the page's first text are appended, labelled phalashruti and keeping the edition's numbers: 17 पद्मानने, 18 अश्वदायि, 19 पुत्रपौत्र, 20 धनमग्निः, 21 वैनतेय, 22 न क्रोधो, 32 सरसिजनिलये, 33 विष्णुपत्नीं, 34 महालक्ष्म्यै, 35 श्रीवर्चस्यम् (against witness 2: 5 identical, 14 differing, 1 only in edition, 0 only in witness; letter agreement 80.2%; all ten are also in GRETIL and in Mantrapushpam). Their readings differ between witnesses and the edition's were kept: त्वं मां भजस्व (33113 and GRETIL तन्मे भजसि; Mantrapushpam agrees with the edition), अश्वदायि गोदायि धनदायि … जुषतां (33113 अश्वदायै … लभतां), करोतु माम् (33113, GRETIL मे), वरुणं धनमश्नुते (33113 वरुणो धनमश्विना; GRETIL धनमुत्सृजे; Mantrapushpam धनमश्नु ते), जपेत्सदा (33113, GRETIL जपेत्), विष्णोः प्रियसखीं (33113, GRETIL लक्ष्मीं प्रियसखीं), महालक्ष्म्यै च विद्महे विष्णुपत्न्यै च (all other witnesses महालक्ष्मी च विद्महे विष्णुपत्नी च; the edition's dative forms are a minority reading and are flagged for review), श्रीवर्चस्यम् … पवमानं … धनं धान्यं (33113 and GRETIL श्रीवर्चस्वम् … शोभमानं/शुभमानं … धान्यं धनं; Mantrapushpam agrees with the edition). Not appended, because witness 2 lacks them: वर्षन्तु ते (23), पद्मप्रिये पद्मिनि (24; witness 2 has a differently worded verse पद्मानने पद्मविपद्मपत्रे and the edition brackets विश्व (विष्णु)), या सा पद्मासनस्था (25), लक्ष्मीर्दिव्यैः (26), लक्ष्मीं क्षीरसमुद्र (27), श्रीमन्मन्द (28), सिद्धलक्ष्मीः (29), वरांकुशौ (30), सर्वमङ्गलमाङ्गल्ये (31), ऋणरोगादि (36). Verse-by-verse meanings: an in-house paraphrase by the Udyog Jyotish editorial team, not a translation.
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 Shri Suktam?
The Vedic hymn to Shri (Lakshmi), asking Agni Jatavedas to bring the golden, radiant goddess of fortune and to drive away Alakshmi, poverty and want.
Who is Shri Suktam associated with?
Shri Suktam is associated with Lakshmi. Goddess of prosperity, well-being and auspiciousness, consort of Vishnu; worshipped especially on Diwali and on Fridays.
What does Shri Suktam mean?
A short paraphrase, not a translation. Jatavedas (Agni) is asked to bring Lakshmi, golden-hued, garlanded with gold and silver, moon-like, never departing, in whom one finds gold, cattle, horses and people. She is invoked as the one heralded by elephants and chariots, seated on the lotus, lotus-coloured, smiling, satisfying all; the speaker takes refuge in her so that Alakshmi may perish. The bilva tree born of her austerity is asked to remove inner and outer misfortune; hunger, thirst and the elder sister Alakshmi are driven from the house; fragrance-doored, unassailable, ever-nourishing S…
What is the source of Shri Suktam?
Rigveda (Shakala recension) — Rigveda khila (appendix) recited after 5.87. Tradition: Vedic.
Are there different versions of Shri Suktam?
The Rigveda khila has fifteen verses; the sixteenth (यः शुचिः) is the phala-shruti, and recited forms add from a few to twenty further verses (पद्मानने, अश्वदायि, धनमग्निः, वैनतेय, न क्रोधो, सरसिजनिलये, विष्णुपत्नीं, the Lakshmi Gayatri, श्रीवर्चस्यम्, and in southern books या सा पद्मासनस्था, लक्ष्मीं क्षीरसमुद्र, सिद्धलक्ष्मीः, वरांकुशौ, सर्वमङ्गलमाङ्गल्ये, ऋणरोगादि). Only the appendix verses carried by both Wikisource transcriptions are given here, with the edition's numbering. The order of verses 13 and 14 and small readings (म आवह / मम आवह, प्रबोधिनीम् / प्रमोदिनीम्, राष्ट्रे / सुराष्ट्रे, कुले / गृहे, महालक्ष्म्यै / महालक्ष्मी) differ between editions; this version follows the edition named in the notes.