Lakshmi Chalisa, Lakshmi Mata Chalisa
Lakshmi Chalisa, Lakshmi Mata Chalisa
Maatu Lakshmi Kari Kripa
|| dohA ||
mAtu lakSmI kari kRpA,
karo hRdaya meM vAsa|
manokAmanA siddha kari,
paruvahu merI Asa||
|| soraThA ||
yahI mora aradAsa,
hAtha joDa़ vinatI karuM|
saba vidhi karau suvAsa,
jaya janani jagadambikA|
|| caupAI ||
sindhu sutA maiM sumirau tohI|
jJAna, buddhi, vidyA do mohI||
tuma samAna nahiM koI upakArI|
saba vidhi puravahu Asa hamArI||
jaya jaya jagata janani jagadambA|
sabakI tuma hI ho avalambA||
tuma hI ho saba ghaTa ghaTa vAsI|
vinatI yahI hamArI khAsI||
jagajananI jaya sindhu kumArI|
dInana kI tuma ho hitakArI||
vinavauM nitya tumahiM mahArAnI|
kRpA karau jaga janani bhavAnI||
kehi vidhi stuti karauM tihArI|
sudhi lIjai aparAdha bisArI||
kRpA dRSTi citavavo mama orI|
jagajananI vinatI suna morI||
jJAna buddhi jaya sukha kI dAtA|
saMkaTa haro hamArI mAtA||
kSIrasindhu jaba viSNu mathAyo|
caudaha ratna sindhu meM pAyo||
caudaha ratna meM tuma sukharAsI|
sevA kiyo prabhu bani dAsI||
jaba jaba janma jahAM prabhu lInhA|
rupa badala tahaM sevA kInhA||
svayaM viSNu jaba nara tanu dhArA|
lInheu avadhapurI avatArA||
taba tuma pragaTa janakapura mAhIM|
sevA kiyo hRdaya pulakAhIM||
apanAyA tohi antaryAmI|
vizva vidita tribhuvana kI svAmI||
tuma sama prabala zakti nahIM AnI|
kahaM lau mahimA kahauM bakhAnI||
mana krama vacana karai sevakAI|
mana icchita vAJchita phala pAI||
taji chala kapaTa aura caturAI|
pUjahiM vividha bhA~ti manalAI||
aura hAla maiM kahauM bujhAI|
jo yaha pATha karai mana lAI||
tAko koI kaSTa noI|
mana icchita pAvai phala soI||
trAhi trAhi jaya duHkha nivAriNi|
trividha tApa bhava bandhana hAriNI||
jo cAlIsA paDha़ai paDha़Avai|
dhyAna lagAkara sunai sunAvai||
tAkau koI na roga satAvai|
putra Adi dhana sampatti pAvai||
putrahIna aru sampati hInA|
andha badhira koDha़I ati dInA||
vipra bolAya kai pATha karAvai|
zaMkA dila meM kabhI na lAvai||
pATha karAvai dina cAlIsA|
tA para kRpA karaiM gaurIsA||
sukha sampatti bahuta sI pAvai|
kamI nahIM kAhU kI Avai||
bAraha mAsa karai jo pUjA|
tehi sama dhanya aura nahiM dUjA||
pratidina pATha karai mana mAhI|
una sama koi jaga meM kahuM nAhIM||
bahuvidhi kyA maiM karauM baDa़AI|
leya parIkSA dhyAna lagAI||
kari vizvAsa karai vrata nemA|
hoya siddha upajai ura premA||
jaya jaya jaya lakSmI bhavAnI|
saba meM vyApita ho guNa khAnI||
tumharo teja prabala jaga mAhIM|
tuma sama kou dayAlu kahuM nAhiM||
mohi anAtha kI sudhi aba lIjai|
saMkaTa kATi bhakti mohi dIjai||
bhUla cUka kari kSamA hamArI|
darzana dajai dazA nihArI||
bina darzana vyAkula adhikArI|
tumahi achata duHkha sahate bhArI||
nahiM mohiM jJAna buddhi hai tana meM|
saba jAnata ho apane mana meM||
rupa caturbhuja karake dhAraNa|
kaSTa mora aba karahu nivAraNa||
kehi prakAra maiM karauM baDa़AI|
jJAna buddhi mohi nahiM adhikAI||
|| dohA ||
trAhi trAhi duHkha hAriNI,
haro vegi saba trAsa|
jayati jayati jaya lakSmI,
karo zatru ko nAza||
rAmadAsa dhari dhyAna nita,
vinaya karata kara jora|
mAtu lakSmI dAsa para,
karahu dayA kI kora||
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About This Stotram
Overview
The Lakshmi Chalisa is a Hindi devotional hymn of forty verses dedicated to Goddess Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth, fortune, and prosperity in Hindu tradition. It follows the standard chalisa format of chaupai verses framed by introductory and closing dohas. The text belongs to the vernacular Bhakti literature tradition and is used in daily household worship and on festivals associated with Lakshmi.
What are the benefits of chanting Lakshmi Chalisa?
- Attainment of wealth and material prosperity
- Removal of financial obstacles
- Blessings of good fortune and abundance
- Peace and happiness in family life
When is the best time to recite this?
The Lakshmi Chalisa is recited on Friday mornings and evenings, as Friday is the day associated with Goddess Lakshmi. It is particularly recited during Diwali, Varalakshmi Vratam, and other festivals dedicated to the goddess.
What is the historical and traditional background?
The chalisa form became widely popular in northern India from the sixteenth century onward as part of the Bhakti movement's effort to make devotional practice accessible through vernacular Hindi poetry. The Lakshmi Chalisa follows this established pattern of folk devotional composition; its authorship is not attributed to any known historical figure. The worship of Lakshmi has ancient roots in Vedic scripture, where she appears in the Sri Suktam, and expanded into a major cult in the Puranic period. The chalisa represents the popular-devotional end of this long worship tradition.
Available scripts
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Related Texts
- Lakshmi Ashtottara Shatanamavali — the 108-name Sanskrit namavali of Goddess Lakshmi, representing the classical worship form of the same deity
- Kanakadhara Stotram — a Sanskrit hymn attributed to Adi Shankaracharya that praises Lakshmi and seeks her blessings for abundance