Sri Mahalakshmi Dandakam
maṃdāramālāṃcitakeśabhārāṃ maṃdākinīnirjharagaurahārāṃ |
vṛṃdārikāvaṃditakīrtipārāṃ vaṃdāmahe māṃ kṛtasadvihārāṃ ||1||
jaya dugdhābdhitanaye jaya nārāyaṇapriye |
jaya hairaṇyavalaye jaya velāpurāśraye ||2||
jaya jaya janayitri velāpurābhyaṃtaraprasphuratsphāra-
saudhāṃcitodārasālāṃtarāgārakhelanmurārātipārśvasthite |
klṛptaviśvasthite |
citraratnajvaladratnasānūpamapratnasauvarṇa
koṭīrakāṃticchaṭācitritācchāṃbare | devi divyāṃbare |
phullasanmallikāmālikāprollasannīlabhogīśabhogapratīkāśa-
veṇyardhacaṃdrālike | valgunīlālake | keśasaurabhyalobha-
bhramatsthūlajaṃbūphalābhālimālāsamākarṣaṇehotpatanmauli-
vaiḍūryasaṃdarśa natrastalīlāśukālokajātasmite | devajātastute |
īśvarīśekharībhūtasomasmayotsādanābhyutsukatvacchiraḥsaṃśrita-
prāptanityodayabraghnaśaṃkākarasvarṇakoṭīrasaṃdarśanānaṃditasvīya-
tātāṃkakārohaṇābhīpsulabdhāṃtikārkātma-
jānirjharāśaṃkanīyāṃtakastūrikācitrake | vārdhirāṭputrike |
mānmathaśyāmalekṣvātmadhanvākṛtisnigdhamugdhādbhuta-
bhrūlatā cālanārabdhalokālinirmāṇarakṣiṇyasaṃhāralīle'male |
sarvade komale | svaprabhānyakkṛte svānugaśrutyadhaḥkāriṇīkāṃti-
nīlotpale bādhituṃ vāgatābhyāṃ śravaḥsannidhiṃ locanābhyāṃ
bhṛśaṃ bhūṣite | maṃjusaṃbhāṣite | kiṃcidudbuddhacāṃpeya-
puṣpapratīkāśanāsāsthitasthūlamuktāphale |
dattabhaktaughavāṃchāphale | śoṇabiṃbapravālādharadyotavidyota-
mānollasaddāḍimībījarājipratīkāśadaṃtāvale |
gatyadhaḥ klṛptadaṃtāvale |
tvatpatipreritatvaṣṭasṛṣṭādbhutātīddhabhasmāsuratrasta
durgāśivatrāṇasaṃtuṣṭataddattaśītāṃśurekhāyugātmatvasaṃbhāvanā-
yogyamuktāmayaprollasatkuṃḍale | pālitākhaṃḍale ||1||
ayi suruciranavyadūrvādalabhrāṃtiniṣpādakaprollasatkaṃṭha-
bhūṣānibaddhāyatānarghyagārutmatāṃśuprajāpātyasāraṃga-
nārīsthirasthāpakāścaryakṛddivyamādhuryagītojjvale | maṃjumuktāvale |
aṃgadaprotadeveṃdranīlopalatviṭchaṭāśyāmalībhūtacolojjvalasthūla-
hemārgalākāradorvallike | phullasanmallike | ūrmikāsaṃcayasyūta
śoṇopalaśrīpravṛddhāruṇacchāyamṛdvaṃgulīpallave |
lālitānaṃdakṛtsallave | divyarekhāṃkuśāṃbhojacakradhva-
jādyaṃkarājatkare | saṃpadekākare |
kaṃkaṇaśreṇikābaddharatnaprabhājālacitrībhavatpadmayugma-
sphuratpaṃcaśākhadvaye | gūḍhapuṇyāśaye | matpadābjopakaṃṭhe
catuḥpūruṣārthā vasaṃtyatra māmāśrayaṃ kurvate tān pradāsyāmi
dāsāya cetyarthakaṃ tvanmanoniṣṭhabhāvaṃ jaganmaṃgalaṃ sūcayad vā
varābhītimudrādvayā vyaṃjayasyaṃgapāṇidvayenāṃbike | padmapatrāṃbake |
cārugaṃbhīrakaṃdarpakelyarthanābhīsarastīrasauvarṇa-
sopānarekhāgatottuṃgavakṣojanāmāṃkitasvarṇaśaila-
dvayārohaṇārtheṃdranīlopalābaddhasūkṣmādhva-
saṃbhāvanāyogyasadromarājyāḍhyadehe rame | kā gatiḥ śrīrame |
niṣkanakṣatramālāsadṛkṣābhanakṣatramālāpravālasragekāvalī-
mukhyabhūṣāviśeṣaprabhācitritācchottarāsaṃgasaṃchinnavakṣoruhe
. caṃcalāgauri he |
kelikālakvaṇatkiṃkiṇīśreṇikāyuktasauvarṇakāṃcīnibaddha-
sphuratspaṣṭanīvyāḍhyaśuklāṃbare | bhāsitāśāṃbare |
puṃḍarīkākṣavakṣaḥsthalīcarcitānarghyapāṭīrapaṃkāṃkitānaṃga-
nikṣepakuṃbhastane | prasphuradgostane ||2||
gurunibiḍanitaṃbabiṃbākṛtidrāvitāśītaruksyaṃdanaprotacaṃdrāvale-
potkare | svarṇavidyutkare | bhoḥ prayacchāmi te citraratnormikāṃ
māmikāṃ sādarādehyado madhyamaṃ bhūṣayādyaitayā draṣṭumicchāmyahaṃ
sādhviti tvatpatipreritāyāṃ mudā pāṇinādāya dhṛtvā rahaḥ
keśavaṃ līlayānaṃdayaḥ saptakīvāsti te | saptalokīstute |
citrarocirmahāmekhalāmaṃḍitānaṃtaratnasphurattoraṇālaṃkṛta-
ślakṣṇakaṃdarpakāṃtāraraṃbhātarudvaṃdvasaṃbhāvanīyoruyugme rame |
saṃpadaṃ dehi me | padmarāgopalādarśabiṃbaprabhācchāyasusnigdhajānu
|||| dvaye śobhane caṃdrabiṃbānane |
śaṃbarārātijaitraprayāṇotsavāraṃbhajṛṃbhanmahā-
kāhalīḍaṃbarasvarṇatūṇīrajaṃghe śubhe | śāradārkaprame |
haṃsarājakvaṇaddhaṃsabiṃbasphuraddhaṃsakālaṃkṛtaspaṣṭa-
lekhāṃkuśāṃbhojacakradhvaja-vyaṃjanālaṃkṛtaśrīpade |
tvāṃ bhaje saṃpade | namravṛṃdārikāśekharībhūtasauvarṇa-
koṭīraratnāvalīdīpikārājinīrājitottuṃgagāṃgeya-
siṃhāsanāstīrṇasauvarṇabiṃdvaṃkasaurabhyasaṃpannatalpasthite |
saṃtatasvaḥsthite | ceṭikādattakarpūrakhaṃḍānvitaśvetavīṭīdarādāna-
līlācaladdorlate | daivatairarcite | ratnatāṭaṃkakeyūrahārāvalī-
mukhyabhūṣācchaṭāraṃjitānekadāsīsabhāveṣṭite | devatābhiṣṭute |
pārśvayugmollasaccāmaragrāhiṇīpaṃcaśākhāṃbujādhūta-
jṛṃbhadraṇatkaṃkaṇābhiṣṭutābhīśusaccāmarābhyāṃ mudā cījyase |
karmaṭhairijyase | maṃjumaṃjīrakāṃcyurmikākaṃkaṇaśreṇi-
keyūrahārāvalī- kuṃḍalīmaulināsāmaṇidyotite | bhaktasaṃjīvite ||3||
jaladharagataśītavātārditā cārunīraṃdhradevālayāṃtargatā vidyudeṣā
hi kiṃ bhūtale'pi svamāhālyasaṃdarśanārthaṃ kṣamāmāsthitā
kalpavalyeva kiṃ ghasramātrollasaṃtaṃ raviṃ rātrimātrollasaṃtaṃ vidhuṃ
saṃvidhāya svato veghasātuṣṭacittena sṛṣṭā sadāpyullasaṃtī
mahādivyatejomayī divyapāṃcālikā veti sadbhiḥ sadā tavaryase | tvāṃ
bhaje me bhava śreyase | pūrvakadvāraniṣṭhena nṛtyadvarākāraraṃbhā-
divārāṃganāśreṇigītāmṛtākarṇanāyatta-
cittāmarārādhitenoccakairbhārgavīṃdreṇa saṃbhāvite | no samā
devatā devi te | dakṣiṇadvāraniṣṭhena saccitraguptādiyuktena
vaivasvatenārcyase | yogibhirbhāvyase | paścimadvārabhājā bhṛśaṃ
pāśinā svarṇedī- mukhyanadyanviteneḍyase | sādaraṃ pūjyase |
uttaradvāraniṣṭhena yakṣottamairnamrakoṭīrajūṭairmanohāribhī
rājarājena bhaktena saṃbhāvyase | yogibhiḥ pūjyase | lakṣmi
padmālaye bhārgavi śrīrame lokamātaḥ samudreśakanye'cyutapreyasi
||||. svarṇaśobhe ca me ceṃdire viṣṇuvakṣaḥ sthite
pāhi pāhīti yaḥ prātarutthāya bhaktyā yuto nauti so'yaṃ naraḥ
saṃpadaṃ prāpya vidyotate | bhūṣaṇadyotite | divya
kāruṇyadṛṣṭyāśu māṃ paśya me divyakāruṇyadṛṣṭyāśu
māṃ paśya me divyakāruṇyadṛṣṭyāśu māṃ paśya me | māṃ kimarthaṃ
sadopekṣase nekṣase tvatpadābjaṃ vinā nāsti me'nyā gatiḥ saṃpadaṃ dehi
me saṃpadaṃ dehi me saṃpadaṃ dehi me | tvatpadābjaṃ prapanno'smyahaṃ
sarvadā tvaṃ prasannā satī pāhi māṃ pāhi māṃ pāhi māṃ padmahaste
trilokeśvariṃ prārthaye tvāmahaṃ devi tubhyaṃ namo devi tubhyaṃ namo
devi tubhyaṃ namaḥ ||satriṣaṣṭyuttaraśataragaṇāḍhyaścaturdalaḥ |
mahālakṣmīdaṃḍako'yaṃ kṛtaḥ keśavasūriṇā ||
iti keśavasūrikṛtaḥ mahālakṣmīdaṃḍakaḥ saṃpūrṇaḥ |
stotrasamuccayaḥ 2 (85)
Meaning
1. Mandāra-garlanded, with hair adorned — I bow to the gracious Mahālakshmi whose conduct blesses and uplifts my life.
2. Victory to the milk-born goddess, beloved of Narayana; victory to the one enshrined in the temple-haven — hail to the Lady of Velaapuram.
3. The poet paints an expansive, jewel-studded vision of the Goddess — her radiant ornaments, lotus-like features, and princely diadems that draw devotees into devotion and worldly prosperity.
4. All the divine accoutrements — fragrance, ornaments, songs, floral offerings — are described as channels through which the Goddess bestows bounty; the devotee humbly requests these graces.
5. Great be the request: grant me the fortune, the gem-like vision, the prosperity and the inner radiance that reflect your compassionate sight and blessings.
6. The hymn closes with a full surrender: O Goddess who shines over oceans and worlds, look upon me with a merciful gaze and grant me your abundance — I take refuge at your lotus feet.
Summary:
The Mahalakshmi Dandaka is an elaborate devotional composition that extols the beauty, opulence and salvific power of Goddess Mahalakshmi. It richly describes her ornaments, lotus-like visage, and the cosmic functions by which she grants prosperity, protection and spiritual upliftment. Recitation with devotion attracts wealth, auspiciousness, learning and divine grace.
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