Lakshmi Mantras · लक्ष्मी मंत्र

Three widely chanted prayers to Lakshmi: the Lakshmi Gayatri, the Lakshmi verse of the Devi hymn, and the Mahalakshmi mantra.

Mantra 1
ॐ महालक्ष्म्यै च विद्महे विष्णुपत्न्यै च धीमहि तन्नो लक्ष्मीः प्रचोदयात् ॥om mahalakshmyai cha vidmahe vishnupatnyai cha dhimahi tanno lakshmih prachodayat ||
oṁ mahālakṣmyai ca vidmahe viṣṇupatnyai ca dhīmahi tanno lakṣmīḥ pracodayāt ॥
लक्ष्मी गायत्री: ॐ। हम महालक्ष्मी को जानें, विष्णु-पत्नी का ध्यान करें; वे लक्ष्मी हमें प्रेरित करें।
Lakshmi Gayatri: Om. May we know Mahalakshmi; may we meditate on the consort of Vishnu; may Lakshmi inspire us.
Shloka 1
या देवी सर्वभूतेषु लक्ष्मीरूपेण संस्थिता ।ya devi sarvabhuteshu lakshmirupena sansthita |नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमो नमः ॥namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namo namah ||
yā devī sarvabhūteṣu lakṣmīrūpeṇa saṃsthitā । namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namo namaḥ ॥
जो देवी सब प्राणियों में लक्ष्मी-रूप से स्थित हैं, उन्हें नमस्कार, उन्हें नमस्कार, उन्हें नमस्कार, बार-बार नमस्कार।
To the Goddess who dwells in all beings in the form of Lakshmi (prosperity): salutation to her, salutation to her, salutation to her, salutation again and again.
Mantra 2
ॐ श्रीं ह्रीं श्रीं कमले कमलालये प्रसीद प्रसीद ॐ श्रीं ह्रीं श्रीं महालक्ष्म्यै नमः ॥om shrim hrim shrim kamale kamalalaye prasida prasida om shrim hrim shrim mahalakshmyai namah ||
oṁ śrīṃ hrīṃ śrīṃ kamale kamalālaye prasīda prasīda oṁ śrīṃ hrīṃ śrīṃ mahālakṣmyai namaḥ ॥
ॐ श्रीं ह्रीं श्रीं (बीज-अक्षर)। हे कमला, कमल में निवास करने वाली, प्रसन्न होइए, प्रसन्न होइए। ॐ श्रीं ह्रीं श्रीं, महालक्ष्मी को नमस्कार।
Om shrim hrim shrim (seed syllables). O Kamala, you who dwell in the lotus, be gracious, be gracious. Om shrim hrim shrim, salutation to Mahalakshmi.

About this text

This page gathers three short prayers to Lakshmi, the goddess of prosperity and good fortune. The Lakshmi Gayatri follows the pattern of the Gayatri mantra and asks Lakshmi, consort of Vishnu, to inspire our understanding; some editions add Shri at the start or Om at the end. Ya devi sarva-bhuteshu lakshmi-rupena is the verse of the Devi Mahatmya that bows to the Goddess dwelling in all beings as prosperity. The Mahalakshmi mantra combines the seed syllables shrim and hrim with a plea to her, the lotus-dweller, to be gracious. Each prayer has been compared separately against independent editions.