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Lakshmi Chalisa, Lakshmi Mata Chalisa

Lakshmi Chalisa, Lakshmi Mata Chalisa

Lakshmi Chalisa, Lakshmi Mata Chalisa

Stotram
Goddess Lakshmi
8 Verses
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Maatu Lakshmi Kari Kripa

|| dohā ||

mātu lakṣmī kari kṛpā,

karo hṛdaya meṃ vāsa|

manokāmanā siddha kari,

paruvahu merī āsa||

|| soraṭhā ||

yahī mora aradāsa,

hātha joḍa़ vinatī karuṃ|

saba vidhi karau suvāsa,

jaya janani jagadambikā|

|| caupāī ||

sindhu sutā maiṃ sumirau tohī|

jñāna, buddhi, vidyā do mohī||

tuma samāna nahiṃ koī upakārī|

saba vidhi puravahu āsa hamārī||

jaya jaya jagata janani jagadambā|

sabakī tuma hī ho avalambā||

tuma hī ho saba ghaṭa ghaṭa vāsī|

vinatī yahī hamārī khāsī||

jagajananī jaya sindhu kumārī|

dīnana kī tuma ho hitakārī||

vinavauṃ nitya tumahiṃ mahārānī|

kṛpā karau jaga janani bhavānī||

kehi vidhi stuti karauṃ tihārī|

sudhi lījai aparādha bisārī||

kṛpā dṛṣṭi citavavo mama orī|

jagajananī vinatī suna morī||

jñāna buddhi jaya sukha kī dātā|

saṃkaṭa haro hamārī mātā||

kṣīrasindhu jaba viṣṇu mathāyo|

caudaha ratna sindhu meṃ pāyo||

caudaha ratna meṃ tuma sukharāsī|

sevā kiyo prabhu bani dāsī||

jaba jaba janma jahāṃ prabhu līnhā|

rupa badala tahaṃ sevā kīnhā||

svayaṃ viṣṇu jaba nara tanu dhārā|

līnheu avadhapurī avatārā||

taba tuma pragaṭa janakapura māhīṃ|

sevā kiyo hṛdaya pulakāhīṃ||

apanāyā tohi antaryāmī|

viśva vidita tribhuvana kī svāmī||

tuma sama prabala śakti nahīṃ ānī|

kahaṃ lau mahimā kahauṃ bakhānī||

mana krama vacana karai sevakāī|

mana icchita vāñchita phala pāī||

taji chala kapaṭa aura caturāī|

pūjahiṃ vividha bhā~ti manalāī||

aura hāla maiṃ kahauṃ bujhāī|

jo yaha pāṭha karai mana lāī||

tāko koī kaṣṭa noī|

mana icchita pāvai phala soī||

trāhi trāhi jaya duḥkha nivāriṇi|

trividha tāpa bhava bandhana hāriṇī||

jo cālīsā paḍha़ai paḍha़āvai|

dhyāna lagākara sunai sunāvai||

tākau koī na roga satāvai|

putra ādi dhana sampatti pāvai||

putrahīna aru sampati hīnā|

andha badhira koḍha़ī ati dīnā||

vipra bolāya kai pāṭha karāvai|

śaṃkā dila meṃ kabhī na lāvai||

pāṭha karāvai dina cālīsā|

tā para kṛpā karaiṃ gaurīsā||

sukha sampatti bahuta sī pāvai|

kamī nahīṃ kāhū kī āvai||

bāraha māsa karai jo pūjā|

tehi sama dhanya aura nahiṃ dūjā||

pratidina pāṭha karai mana māhī|

una sama koi jaga meṃ kahuṃ nāhīṃ||

bahuvidhi kyā maiṃ karauṃ baḍa़āī|

leya parīkṣā dhyāna lagāī||

kari viśvāsa karai vrata nemā|

hoya siddha upajai ura premā||

jaya jaya jaya lakṣmī bhavānī|

saba meṃ vyāpita ho guṇa khānī||

tumharo teja prabala jaga māhīṃ|

tuma sama kou dayālu kahuṃ nāhiṃ||

mohi anātha kī sudhi aba lījai|

saṃkaṭa kāṭi bhakti mohi dījai||

bhūla cūka kari kṣamā hamārī|

darśana dajai daśā nihārī||

bina darśana vyākula adhikārī|

tumahi achata duḥkha sahate bhārī||

nahiṃ mohiṃ jñāna buddhi hai tana meṃ|

saba jānata ho apane mana meṃ||

rupa caturbhuja karake dhāraṇa|

kaṣṭa mora aba karahu nivāraṇa||

kehi prakāra maiṃ karauṃ baḍa़āī|

jñāna buddhi mohi nahiṃ adhikāī||

|| dohā ||

trāhi trāhi duḥkha hāriṇī,

haro vegi saba trāsa|

jayati jayati jaya lakṣmī,

karo śatru ko nāśa||

rāmadāsa dhari dhyāna nita,

vinaya karata kara jora|

mātu lakṣmī dāsa para,

karahu dayā kī kora||

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

This text is available in 14 scripts: devanagari, tamil, telugu, kannada, malayalam, gujarati, bengali, iast, gurmukhi, oriya, assamese, sinhala, itrans, hk. Use the script selector above to switch between them.

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