Sri Ashta Lakshmi Maha Mantra
(ṛṣiḥ - chaṃdaḥ - devatā - dhyāna sahitaṃ)
śrīlakṣmīnārāyaṇaḥ
asya śrīramānāthamahāmaṃtrasya -
nārāyaṇa ṛṣiḥ - virāṭ chaṃdaḥ - lakṣmīnārāyaṇo devatā -
aṃ bījaṃ - uṃ śaktiḥ - maṃ kīlakaṃ -
asya śrīlakṣmīnārāyaṇaprasādasiddhyarthe jape viniyogaḥ |
oṃ aṃguṣṭhābhyāṃ namaḥ oṃ naṃ tarjanībhyāṃ namaḥ
oṃ raṃ madhyamābhyāṃ namaḥ oṃ yaṃ anāmikābhyāṃ namaḥ
oṃ ṇaṃ kaniṣṭhikābhyāṃ namaḥ oṃ yaṃ karatalakarapṛṣṭhābhyāṃ namaḥ
oṃ hṛdayāya namaḥ oṃ naṃ śirase svāhā
oṃ raṃ śikhāyai vaṣaṭ oṃ yaṃ kavacāya huṃ
oṃ ṇaṃ netrābhyāṃ vauṣaṭ oṃ yaṃ astrāya phaṭ
oṃ bhūrbhuvassuvaromiti digbaṃdhaḥ ||
dhyānaṃ
śrīvatsavakṣasaṃ viṣṇuṃ cakraśaṃkhasamanvitaṃ |
vāmoruvilasallakṣmyā''liṃgitaṃ pītavāsasaṃ ||
susthiraṃ dakṣiṇaṃ pādaṃ vāmapādaṃ tu kuṃjitaṃ |
dakṣiṇaṃ hastamabhayaṃ vāmaṃ cāliṃgitaśriyaṃ ||
śikhipītāṃbaradharaṃ hemayajñopavītinaṃ |
evaṃ dhyāyedramānāthaṃ paścātpūjāṃ samācaret ||
mūlamaṃtraṃ - oṃ namo nārāyaṇāya |
śrī ādilakṣmīḥ
asya śrī ādilakṣmīmahāmaṃtrasya -
bhārgava ṛṣiḥ - anuṣṭubādi nānā chaṃdāṃsi - śrī ādilakṣmīrdevatā -
śrīṃ bījaṃ - hrīṃ śaktiḥ - aiṃ kīlakaṃ -
śrīmadādi mahālakṣmīprasādasiddhyarthe jape viniyogaḥ |
oṃ śrīṃ aṃguṣṭhābhyāṃ nama oṃ hrīṃ tarjanībhyāṃ namaḥ
oṃ aiṃ madhyamābhyāṃ nama oṃ śrīṃ anāmikābhyāṃ namaḥ
oṃ hrīṃ kaniṣṭhikābhyāṃ namaḥ oṃ aiṃ karatalakarapṛṣṭhābhyāṃ namaḥ
oṃ śrīṃ hṛdayāya namaḥ oṃ hrīṃ śirase svāhā
oṃ aiṃ śikhāyai vaṣaṭ oṃ śrīṃ kavacāya huṃ
oṃ srauṃ netrābhyāṃ vauṣaṭ oṃ sraḥ astrāya phaṭ
oṃ bhūrbhuvassuvaromiti digbaṃdhaḥ ||
dhyānaṃ
dvibhujāṃ ca dvinetrāṃ ca sābhayāṃ varadānvitāṃ |
puṣpamālādharāṃ devīṃ aṃbujāsanasaṃsthitāṃ ||
puṣpatoraṇasamyuktāṃ prabhāmaṃḍalamaṃḍitāṃ |
sarvalakṣaṇasamyuktāṃ sarvābharaṇabhūṣitāṃ ||
pītāṃbaradharāṃ devīṃ makuṭīcārubaṃdhanāṃ |
sauṃdaryanilayāṃ śaktiṃ ādilakṣmīmahaṃ bhaje ||
mūlamaṃtraṃ - oṃ śrīṃ ādilakṣmyai namaḥ |
śrīsaṃtānalakṣmī
asya śrīsaṃtānalakṣmīmahāmaṃtrasya -
bhṛgu ṛṣiḥ - nicṛt chaṃdaḥ - śrīsaṃtānalakṣmīḥ devatā -
śrīṃ bījaṃ - hrīṃ śaktiḥ - klīṃ kīlakaṃ -
asya śrīsaṃtānalakṣmīprasādasiddhyarthe jape viniyogaḥ |
oṃ srāṃ aṃguṣṭhābhyāṃ namaḥ oṃ srīṃ tarjanībhyāṃ namaḥ
oṃ srūṃ madhyamābhyāṃ namaḥ oṃ sraiṃ anāmikābhyāṃ namaḥ
oṃ srauṃ kaniṣṭhikābhyāṃ namaḥ oṃ sraḥ karatalakarapṛṣṭhābhyāṃ namaḥ
oṃ srāṃ hṛdayāya namaḥ oṃ srīṃ śirase svāhā
oṃ srūṃ śikhāyai vaṣaṭ oṃ sraiṃ kavacāya huṃ
oṃ srauṃ netrābhyāṃ vauṣaṭ oṃ sraḥ astrāya paṭ
oṃ bhūrbhuvassuvaromiti digbaṃdhaḥ ||
dhyānaṃ
jaṭāmakuṭasamyuktāṃ sthirāsansamanvitāṃ |
abhayaṃ kaṭakaṃcaiva pūrṇakuṃbhaṃ karadvaye ||
kaṃcukaṃ sannavītaṃca mauktikaṃcāpi dhāriṇīṃ |
dīpacāmarahastābhiḥ sevitāṃ pārśvayordvayoḥ ||
bālasenānisaṃkāśāṃ karuṇāpūritānanāṃ |
mahārājñīṃ ca saṃtānalakṣmīmiṣṭārthasiddhaye ||
mūlamaṃtraṃ - oṃ śrīṃ saṃtānalakṣmyai namaḥ |
śrīgajalakṣmīḥ
asya śrīgajalakṣmīmahāmaṃtrasya -
śukra ṛṣiḥ - anuṣṭup chaṃdaḥ - gajalakṣmīḥ devatā -
kaṃ bījaṃ - maṃ śaktiḥ - laṃ kīlakaṃ -
śrīgajalakṣmīprasādasiddhyarthe jape viniyogaḥ |
oṃ krāṃ aṃguṣṭhābhyāṃ namaḥ |
oṃ krīṃ tarjanībhyāṃ namaḥ |
oṃ krūṃ madhyamābhyāṃ namaḥ |
oṃ kraiṃ anāmikābhyāṃ namaḥ |
oṃ krauṃ kaniṣṭhikābhyāṃ namaḥ |
oṃ kraḥ karatalakarapṛṣṭhābhyāṃ namaḥ ||
oṃ krāṃ hṛdayāya namaḥ |
oṃ krīṃ śirase svāhā |
oṃ krūṃ śikhāyai vaṣaṭ |
oṃ kraiṃ kavacāya huṃ |
oṃ krauṃ netrābhyāṃ vauṣaṭ |
oṃ kraḥ astrāya paṭ |
oṃ bhūrbhuvassuvaromiti digbaṃdhaḥ ||
dhyānaṃ |
caturbhujāṃ mahālakṣmīṃ gajayugmasupūjitāṃ |
padmapatrābhanayanāṃ varābhayakarojjvalāṃ ||
ūrdhvaṃ karadvaye cābjaṃ dadhatīṃ śuklavastrakaṃ |
padmāsane sukhāsīnāṃ gajalakṣmīmahaṃ bhaje ||
mūlamaṃtraṃ - oṃ śrīṃ gajalakṣmyai namaḥ |
śrīdhanalakṣmīḥ
asya śrīdhanalakṣmīmahāmaṃtrasya -
parabrahma ṛṣiḥ - anuṣṭupchaṃdaḥ - śrīdhanalakṣmīḥ devatā -
laṃ bījaṃ - dhaṃ śaktiḥ - maṃ kīlakaṃ -
śrīdhanalakṣmīprasādasiddhyarthe jape viniyogaḥ |
oṃ trāṃ aṃguṣṭhābhyāṃ namaḥ oṃ trīṃ tarjanībhyāṃ namaḥ
oṃ trūṃ madhyamābhyāṃ namaḥ oṃ traiṃ anāmikābhyāṃ namaḥ
oṃ trauṃ kaniṣṭhikābhyāṃ namaḥ oṃ traḥ karatalakarapṛṣṭhābhyāṃ namaḥ
oṃ trāṃ hṛdayāya namaḥ oṃ trīṃ śirase svāhā
oṃ trūṃ śikhāyai vaṣaṭ oṃ traiṃ kavacāya huṃ
oṃ trauṃ netrābhyāṃ vauṣaṭ oṃ traḥ astrāya phaṭ
oṃ bhūrbhuvassuvaromiti digbaṃdhaḥ ||
dhyānaṃ
kirīṭamukuṭopetāṃ svarṇavarṇasamanvitāṃ |
sarvābharaṇasamyuktāṃ sukhāsanasamanvitāṃ ||
paripūrṇaṃca kuṃbhaṃca dakṣiṇena kareṇa tu |
cakraṃ bāṇaṃca tāṃbūlaṃ tadā vāmakareṇa tu ||
śaṃkhaṃ padmaṃca cāpaṃca kuṃḍikāmapi dhāriṇīṃ |
sakaṃcukastanīṃ dhyāyet dhanalakṣmīṃ manoharāṃ ||
mūlamaṃtraṃ - oṃ śrīṃ dhanalakṣmyai namaḥ |
śrīdhānyalakṣmīḥ
asya śrīdhānyalakṣmīmahāmaṃtrasya -
parabrahma ṛṣiḥ - anuṣṭupchaṃdaḥ - śrī dhānyalakṣmīḥ devatā -
dhaṃ bījaṃ - laṃ śaktiḥ - maṃ kīlakaṃ -
śrīdhānyalakṣmīprasādasiddhyarthe jape viniyogaḥ |
oṃ drāṃ aṃguṣṭhābhyāṃ namaḥ |
oṃ drīṃ tarjanībhyāṃ namaḥ |
oṃ drūṃ madhyamābhyāṃ namaḥ |
oṃ draiṃ anāmikābhyāṃ namaḥ |
oṃ drauṃ kaniṣṭhikābhyāṃ namaḥ |
oṃ draḥ karatalakarapṛṣṭhābhyāṃ namaḥ ||
oṃ drāṃ hṛdayāya namaḥ |
oṃ drīṃ śirase svāhā |
oṃ drūṃ śikhāyai vaṣaṭ |
oṃ draiṃ kavacāya huṃ |
oṃ drauṃ netrābhyāṃ vauṣaṭ |
oṃ draḥ astrāya phaṭ |
oṃ bhūrbhuvassuvaromiti digbaṃdhaḥ ||
dhyānaṃ |
varadābhayasamyuktāṃ kirīṭamakuṭojjvalāṃ |
aṃbujaṃcekṣuśāliṃca kadaṃbaphaladroṇikāṃ ||
paṃkajaṃcāṣṭahasteṣu dadhānāṃ śuklarūpiṇīṃ |
kṛpāmūrtiṃ jaṭājūṭāṃ sukhāsanasamanvitāṃ ||
sarvālaṃkārasamyuktāṃ sarvābharaṇabhūṣitāṃ |
madamattāṃ manohārirūpāṃ dhānyaśriyaṃ bhaje ||
mūlamaṃtraṃ - oṃ śrīṃ dhānyalakṣmyai namaḥ |
śrīvijayalakṣmīḥ |
asya śrīvijayalakṣmīmahāmaṃtrasya -
nārada ṛṣiḥ - nānā chaṃdāṃsi - śrīvijayalakṣmīḥ devatā -
laṃ bījaṃ - kṣaṃ śaktiḥ - yaṃ kīlakaṃ -
sarvakāryasiddhidvārā śrīvijayalakṣmīprasādasiddhyarthe jape viniyogaḥ |
oṃ vrāṃ aṃguṣṭhābhyāṃ namaḥ |
oṃ vrīṃ tarjanībhyāṃ namaḥ |
oṃ vrūṃ madhyamābhyāṃ namaḥ |
oṃ vraiṃ anāmikābhyāṃ namaḥ |
oṃ vrauṃ kaniṣṭhikābhyāṃ namaḥ |
oṃ vraḥ karatalakarapṛṣṭhābhyāṃ namaḥ ||
oṃ vrāṃ hṛdayāya namaḥ |
oṃ vrīṃ śirase svāhā |
oṃ vrūṃ śikhāyai vaṣaṭ |
oṃ vraiṃ kavacāya huṃ |
oṃ vrauṃ netrābhyāṃ vauṣaṭ |
oṃ vraḥ astrāya phaṭ |
oṃ bhūrbhuvassuvaromiti digbaṃdhaḥ ||
dhyānaṃ |
aṣṭabāhuyutāṃ devīṃ simhāsanavarasthitāṃ |
sakhāsanāṃ sukeśīṃca kirīṭamukuṭojjvalāṃ ||
śyāmāṃgīṃ komalākārāṃ sarvābharaṇabhūṣitāṃ |
khaḍgaṃ pāśaṃ tadā cakramabhayaṃ savyahastake ||
kheṭakaṃcāṃkuśaṃ śaṃkhaṃ varadaṃ vāmahastake |
rājarūpadharāṃ śaktiṃ prabhāsauṃdaryaśobhitāṃ ||
haṃsārūḍhāṃ smareddevīṃ vijayāṃ vijayaprade ||
mūlmaṃtraṃ - oṃ śrīṃ vijayalakṣmyai namaḥ |
śrīdhairya(vīra)lakṣmīḥ
asya śrīvīralakṣmīmahāmaṃtrasya -
nārada ṛṣiḥ - triṣṭupchaṃdaḥ - śrīvīralakṣmīḥ devatā -
laṃ bījaṃ - raṃ śaktiḥ - laṃ kīlakaṃ -
ārogyabhāgyasiddhidvārā śrīvīralakṣmīprasādasiddhyarthe jape viniyogaḥ |
oṃ vrāṃ aṃguṣṭhābhyāṃ namaḥ |
oṃ vrīṃ tarjanībhyāṃ namaḥ |
oṃ vrūṃ madhyamābhyāṃ namaḥ |
oṃ vraiṃ anāmikābhyāṃ namaḥ |
oṃ vrauṃ kaniṣṭhikābhyāṃ namaḥ |
oṃ vraḥ karatalakarapṛṣṭhābhyāṃ namaḥ ||
oṃ vrāṃ hṛdayāya namaḥ |
oṃ vrīṃ śirase svāhā |
oṃ vrūṃ śikhāyai vaṣaṭ |
oṃ vraiṃ kavacāya huṃ |
oṃ vrauṃ netrābhyāṃ vauṣaṭ |
oṃ vraḥ astrāya phaṭ |
oṃ bhūrbhuvassuvaromiti digbaṃdhaḥ ||
dhyānaṃ |
aṣṭabāhuyutāṃ lakṣmīṃ simhāsanavarasthitāṃ |
taptakāṃcanasaṃkāśāṃ kirīṭamakuṭojjvalāṃ ||
svarṇakaṃcukasaṃyuktāṃ sannavītatarāṃ śubhāṃ |
abhayaṃ varadaṃ caiva bhujayoḥ savyavāmayoḥ ||
cakraṃ śūlaṃca bāṇaṃca śaṃkhaṃ cāpaṃ kapālakaṃ |
dadhatīṃ dhairyalakṣmīṃ ca navatālātmikāṃ bhaje ||
mūlamaṃtraṃ - oṃ śrīṃ vīralakṣmyai namaḥ |
śrī aiśvarya(mahā)lakṣmīḥ
asya śrīmahālakṣmīmahāmaṃtrasya -
brahmā ṛṣiḥ - jagatī chaṃdaḥ - śrīmahālakṣmīḥ devatā -
hrāṃ bījaṃ - hrīṃ śaktiḥ - hrūṃ kīlakaṃ -
śrīmahālakṣmīprasādasiddhyarthe jape viniyogaḥ |
oṃ kṣrāṃ aṃguṣṭhābhyāṃ namaḥ |
oṃ kṣrīṃ tarjanībhyāṃ namaḥ |
oṃ kṣrūṃ madhyamābhyāṃ namaḥ |
oṃ kṣraiṃ anāmikābhyāṃ namaḥ |
oṃ kṣrauṃ kaniṣṭhikābhyāṃ namaḥ |
oṃ kṣraḥ karatalakarapṛṣṭhābhyāṃ namaḥ ||
oṃ kṣrāṃ hṛdayāya namaḥ |
oṃ kṣrīṃ śirase svāhā |
oṃ kṣrūṃ śikhāyai vaṣaṭ |
oṃ kṣraiṃ kavacāya huṃ |
oṃ kṣrauṃ netrābhyāṃ vauṣaṭ |
oṃ kṣraḥ astrāya phaṭ |
oṃ bhūrbhuvassuvaromiti digbaṃdhaḥ ||
dhyānaṃ |
caturbhujāṃ dvinetrāṃca varābhayakarānvitāṃ |
abjadvayakarāṃbhojāṃ aṃbujāsanasaṃsthitāṃ ||
sasuvarṇaghaṭorābhyāṃ plāvyamānāṃ mahāśriyaṃ |
sarvābharaṇaśobhāḍhyāṃ śubhravastrottarīyakāṃ ||
cāmaragrahanārībhiḥ sevitāṃ pārśvayordvayoḥ |
āpādalaṃbivasanāṃ karaṃḍamakuṭāṃ bhaje ||
mūlamaṃtraṃ - aṃ śrīṃ śrīmahālakṣmyai namaḥ ||
iti śrīaṣṭalakṣmīmahāmaṃtraṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ |
Meaning
The Sri Ashta Lakshmi Maha Mantra is a complete Vedic invocation of the eight divine aspects of Goddess Mahalakshmi — Adi Lakshmi (primordial energy), Santana Lakshmi (bestower of progeny), Gaja Lakshmi (symbol of royal grace), Dhana Lakshmi (giver of wealth), Dhanya Lakshmi (giver of nourishment), Vijaya Lakshmi (giver of victory), Veera Lakshmi (giver of courage and health), and Mahalakshmi or Aishwarya Lakshmi (giver of supreme prosperity).
Each form has its own ṛṣi (seer), chandas (metre), bīja (seed), śakti (power), and dhyāna (meditation verse). Together, these mantras purify the mind and attract divine abundance, success, and inner strength. Regular chanting aligns the devotee with spiritual peace and worldly prosperity.
Summary:
This Maha Mantra is an elaborate hymn uniting all eight forms of Lakshmi in one sacred practice. It serves as both a devotional chant and a complete sādhanā, leading to Ashta Aishwarya Siddhi — the realization of divine wealth, peace, and bliss.
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