Mahalakshmi Chalisa, Mahalakshmi Mata Chalisa
Mahalakshmi Chalisa, Mahalakshmi Mata Chalisa
Namo Maha Lakshmi Jai Mata
|| dohA ||
jaya jaya zrI mahAlakSmI,
karU~ mAta tava dhyAna|
siddha kAja mama kijiye,
nija zizu sevaka jAna||
|| caupAI ||
namo mahA lakSmI jaya mAtA|
tero nAma jagata vikhyAtA||
Adi zakti ho mAta bhavAnI|
pUjata saba nara muni jJAnI||
jagata pAlinI saba sukha karanI|
nija janahita bhaNDAraNa bharanI||
zveta kamala dala para tava Asana|
mAta suzobhita hai padmAsana||
zvetAmbara arU zvetA bhUSaNa|
zvetahI zveta susajjita puSpana||
zIza chatra ati rUpa vizAlA|
gala sohe muktana kI mAlA||
suMdara sohe kuMcita kezA|
vimala nayana aru anupama bheSA||
kamalanAla samabhuja tavacAri|
suranara munijanahita sukhakArI||
adbhUta chaTA mAta tava bAnI|
sakalavizva kInho sukhakhAnI||
zAMtisvabhAva mRdulatava bhavAnI|
sakala vizvakI ho sukhakhAnI||
mahAlakSmI dhanya ho mAI|
paMca tatva meM sRSTi racAI||
jIva carAcara tuma upajAe|
pazu pakSI nara nArI banAe||
kSititala agaNita vRkSa jamAe|
amitaraMga phala phUla suhAe||
chavi viloka suramuni naranArI|
kare sadA tava jaya-jaya kArI||
surapati au narapata saba dhyAvaiM|
tere sammukha zIza navAvaiM||
cArahu vedana taba yaza gAyA|
mahimA agama pAra nahiM pAye||
jApara karahu mAtu tuma dAyA|
soi jaga meM dhanya kahAyA||
pala meM rAjAhi raMka banAo|
raMka rAva kara bimala na lAo||
jina ghara karahu mAtatuma bAsA|
unakA yaza ho vizva prakAzA||
jo dhyAvai se bahu sukha pAvai|
vimukha rahe ho dukha uThAvai||
mahAlakSmI jana sukha dAI|
dhyAUM tumako zIza navAI||
nija jana jAnImohIM apanAo|
sukhasampati de dukha nasAo||
OM zrI-zrI jayasukhakI khAnI|
riddhisiddha deu mAta janajAnI||
OM hrIM-OM hrIM saba vyAdhihaTAo|
janauna vimala dRSTidarzAo||
OM klIM-OM klIM zatruna kSayakIjai|
janahita mAta abhaya varadIjai||
OM jayajayati jayajananI|
sakala kAja bhaktana ke saranI||
OM namo-namo bhavanidhi tAranI|
taraNi bhaMvara se pAra utAranI||
sunahu mAta yaha vinaya hamArI|
puravahu Azana karahu abArI||
RNI dukhI jo tumako dhyAvai|
so prANI sukha sampatti pAvai||
roga grasita jo dhyAvai koI|
tAkI nirmala kAyA hoI||
viSNu priyA jaya-jaya mahArAnI|
mahimA amita na jAya bakhAnI||
putrahIna jo dhyAna lagAvai|
pAye suta atihi hulasAvai||
trAhi trAhi zaraNAgata terI|
karahu mAta aba neka na derI||
Avahu mAta vilamba na kIjai|
hRdaya nivAsa bhakta bara dIjai||
jAnUM japa tapa kA nahiM bhevA|
pAra karo bhavanidha vana khevA||
binavoM bAra-bAra kara jorI|
pUraNa AzA karahu aba morI||
jAni dAsa mama saMkaTa TArau|
sakala vyAdhi se mohiM ubArau||
jo tava surati rahai lava lAI|
so jaga pAvai suyaza bar3AI||
chAyo yaza terA saMsArA|
pAvata zeSa zambhu nahiM pArA||
goviMda nizadina zaraNa tihArI|
karahu pUraNa abhilASa hamArI||
|| dohA ||
mahAlakSmI cAlIsA,
paDha़ai sunai cita lAya|
tAhi padAratha milai,
aba kahai veda asa gAya||
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About This Stotram
Overview
The Mahalakshmi Chalisa is a Hindi devotional hymn dedicated to Goddess Mahalakshmi, the deity of wealth, fortune, and prosperity in the Hindu tradition. It follows the chalisa format of forty chaupai (quatrain) verses and is composed in an accessible rhyming style designed for daily recitation. The hymn belongs to the popular Bhakti devotional tradition and is also known as "Namo Maha Lakshmi Jai Mata."
What are the benefits of chanting Mahalakshmi Chalisa?
- Invokes blessings for material prosperity and financial stability
- Removes obstacles to wealth and well-being
- Promotes auspiciousness and good fortune
- Supports inner contentment and peace of mind
When is the best time to recite this?
Mornings and evenings are the recommended times for recitation. Fridays, which are traditionally dedicated to Goddess Lakshmi, are especially auspicious. The chalisa is also recited during Diwali and other occasions associated with Lakshmi worship.
What is the historical and traditional background?
Chalisas became a prominent devotional form during the Bhakti movement in medieval India, with vernacular compositions enabling wide participation in goddess worship. The Mahalakshmi Chalisa has no identified author or specific date of composition, and its origin is consistent with the anonymously produced popular devotional literature of this period. The text reflects the veneration of Goddess Mahalakshmi across North Indian Hindu communities. Its simple rhyming chaupai format was a standard device for making devotional texts easy to memorize and recite.
Available scripts
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Related Texts
- Sri Suktam — the ancient Vedic hymn to Lakshmi, representing the same deity in the Sanskrit Vedic tradition
- Maha Lakshmi Ashtakam — an eight-verse Sanskrit stotram also dedicated to Goddess Lakshmi, from the Skanda Purana