Sree Sthothram

                    (Prayer addressed to Goddess Lakshmi)

                                                         By

                                                   Devendra

                                                Translated by

                                              P.R.Ramachander

 

Rajalakshmi sthirathwaya yada indrena pura sriya,

Sthuthi krutha thadha rajan jayartham Sthuthimacharath.       1

 

Hey king, Please chant this stotra for achieving victory,

As Indra chanted it praising goddess Lakshmi,

For achieving stability of wealth of his kingdom.

 

Indra Uvacha:-

Indra said:-

 

Namosthu sarvva lokaanaam  jananeem abdhi sambhavam,

Sriyamunnidhra padmakshim , Vishnu vaksha sthala sthithaam.       2

 

Salutations to the mother of all worlds,

Who was born out of an ocean,

Who has eyes like the just opened lotus flower,

And who occupies the chest of Lord Vishnu.

 

Thwam sidhi sthwam swadha sthwam swaha , sudhasthwam loka pavanee,

Sandhya rathri prabha moorthirmedha  sradha saraswathi.                     3

 

You are powers of occult, you are the manes,

You are the fire and you are the nectar,

Hey Goddess who purifies the world,

You are the dusk, the night , the shining one,

You are wisdom, you are concentration,

And you are Saraswathi, the goddess of learning.

 

Yagna vidhya, maha vidhya guhya vidhya  cha shobhane,

Athma vidhya cha devi thwam vimukthi phala dhayini.                              4

 

You are the knowledge of fire sacrifice, Oh shining one,

You are the greatest knowledge, you are the secret knowledge,

You are the knowledge of the soul and Oh holy goddess,

You are that which leads one to freedom from bondage.

 

Anweshikee thrayee vartha , danda neethi sthwameva cha,

Soumya soumyrjya jagat roopai thwaitha devi pooritham.                             5

 

You are that knowledge of understanding by research,

You are the knowledge of the three Vedas,

You are that knowledge which leads to punishment,

And it is  because of you this world is filled with,

Good and bad qualities , which go to make it.

 

Kaa thwanya thwamruthe devi sarva yagna mayam vapu,

Adhyasthe deva devasya  yogi chinthyam gadhabrutha.                                   6

 

Hey holy goddess , It is only you who is capable,

Of living in the body of Lord Mahavishnu,

And who is being meditated upon always by yogis,

And who is of the form of all fire sacrifices.

 

Thwaya devi parithyaktham sakalam bhuvana thrayam,

Vinishta praya bhavath thwayadhaneem samedhitham.                                         7

 

Hey Goddess , all these three worlds,

When forsaken by you looked empty and worthless,

But now you have entered them and have given life to them.

 

Dhara puthrasthadagaram  suhrudanyadanadhikam

Bhavathyonmahabhage nithyam thwadeekshan nrunaam.                                          8

 

Hey great one, It is by daily meditating on you,

That man gets wife, children, house , relations, money and grain.

 

Sarererarogya  maiswaryam ari paksha kshaya sukham,

Devi twad drushti  drustaanaam purushaanam na durlabham.                                       9

 

For those man, on whom your sight falls,

Health , wealth , destruction of enemies,

And pleasures are not things they do not have.

 

Thwam ambha sarva lokanam devadevo hari pitha,

Thwaithad  vishnuna chamba jagadhyaptham chara charam.                                       10

 

You are the mother of the entire world ,

And Hari , the god of gods is the father,

And lord Vishnu is spread among,

All  moving and non moving things,

Only because of you , mother.

 

Manakosham thadha koshtam maa gruham maa parichadham,

Maa sareeram  kalathram cha thyajedha , sarva pavani.                                             11

 

Oh mother who purifies everything,

Please do not forsake your interest in ,

My treasure box, my fort, my house,

My servants, my body and my wife.

 

Maa puthraan ma suhrud vargaan ma pasun ma vibhooshanam,

Thyajedha mama devasya  Vishnu vaksha sthalalaye.                                                   12

 

Oh mother who lives in the chest of Vishnu,

Please do not forsake your interest in,

My sons, my company of friends,

My cattle and my ornaments.

 

Sathwena sathya souchabhyam thadha seeladhibhir gunai,

Thyajanthe  they naraa sadhya sandhyaktha yea thwayamale.                                         13

 

Hey Mother who is the purest,

He in whom you are not interested,

Is bereft of truth, good qualities,

And the conduct which is righteous.

 

Sa slaghya sa gunee dhanya sa kuleena sa budhiman,

Sa soora sa cha vikrantho, yasthwaya devi veekshitha.                                                      14

 

He who is seen by the holy mother,

Is talked about, of good character, rich,

Of good heritage, intelligent , heroic and

Blessed with lots of courage.

 

Thwayavalokitha sadhya seeladhai  akhilair gunai,

Kulaiswaryascha yujyanthe purusha nirgunaa api.                                                                15

 

He who is seen by you mother,

Even if he is bereft of all good qualities,

Would be blessed with all good qualities,

Family status and great wealth.

 

Sadhyo vai gunyamayanthi seeladhya sakala guna,

Parangmukhee Jagadhdathri , yaya thwam Vishnu vallabhe.                                                 16

 

Oh Consort of Lord Vishnu and mother of all,

To the one who is not liked by you,

Even if he is blessed by good qualities,

All good qualities would become bad.

 

Na they varnayithum saktha gunaan  jihwapi vedasa,

Praseedha devi padmakshi nasmamsthyakshi kadachana.                                                     17

 

Even The toungue of Lord Brahma,

Is not capable to describe you fully,

Show your kindness , goddess,

Who has lotus like eyes and ,

Never leave me any time ever.

 

Evam sthutha dadhou  sreescha param indraya chepsitham,

Susthirathwam cha rajyasya  samgrama vijayadhikam.                                                            18

 

Thus prayed by Indra  and Goddess Sri,

Gave all that he had asked,

Blessed him with Stability of  his kingdom,

And blessed him with victory in future wars.

 

Sustotra  pata sravanam karthrunaam bhukthi mukthidham,

Sree stotram sathatham thasmad padescha  srunyan nara.                                                        19

 

Since it is told that reading and hearing a good stotra,

Would bless one with devotion and at the end give him salvation,

This stotra of Sri should be read and heard by men daily.