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Vedic SuktaLakshmi · लक्ष्मी
श्री सूक्तम् एवं महालक्ष्मी गायत्री
Sri Suktam & Mahalakshmi Gayatri · Uma Mohan · 6:04
Sri Suktam, a khila (supplementary) hymn traditionally appended to the Rigveda's fifth Mandala invoking Shri/Lakshmi, followed by the Mahalakshmi Gayatri mantra.
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A note on this transcription: Sri Suktam is Vedic-adjacent — a khila appended to the Rigveda, not part of its core Samhita text. Verses 1–5 and the closing Mahalakshmi Gayatri are given from well-established published sources; verses 6–16 of this specific recording are not yet transcribed and are flagged above for manual completion rather than reproduced from memory.
Verse 1
हिरण्यवर्णां हरिणीं सुवर्णरजतस्रजाम्। चन्द्रां हिरण्मयीं लक्ष्मीं जातवेदो म आवह॥ १॥
Hiraṇyavarṇāṁ hariṇīṁ suvarṇarajatasrajām, candrāṁ hiraṇmayīṁ lakṣmīṁ jātavedo ma āvaha
Meaning
O Agni (Jataveda, knower of all births), bring to me that Lakshmi — golden-hued, radiant, garlanded with gold and silver, moon-like and shining like gold.
Verse 2
तां म आवह जातवेदो लक्ष्मीमनपगामिनीम्। यस्यां हिरण्यं विन्देयं गामश्वं पुरुषानहम्॥ २॥
Tāṁ ma āvaha jātavedo lakṣmīm anapagāminīm, yasyāṁ hiraṇyaṁ vindeyaṁ gāmaśvaṁ puruṣān aham
Meaning
Bring to me that Lakshmi who never departs, through whose grace I may find gold, cattle, horses, and good people around me.
Verse 3
अश्वपूर्वां रथमध्यां हस्तिनादप्रबोधिनीम्। श्रियं देवीमुपह्वये श्रीर्मा देवी जुषताम्॥ ३॥
Aśvapūrvāṁ rathamadhyāṁ hastinādaprabodhinīm, śriyaṁ devīm upahvaye śrīrmā devī juṣatām
Meaning
I invoke the goddess Shri, preceded by horses, seated amid chariots, awakened by the trumpeting of elephants — may that goddess of fortune abide with me.
Verse 4
कां सोस्मितां हिरण्यप्राकारामार्द्रां ज्वलन्तीं तृप्तां तर्पयन्तीम्। पद्मे स्थितां पद्मवर्णां तामिहोपह्वये श्रियम्॥ ४॥
Kāṁ sosmitāṁ hiraṇyaprākārām ārdrāṁ jvalantīṁ tṛptāṁ tarpayantīm, padme sthitāṁ padmavarṇāṁ tām ihopahvaye śriyam
Meaning
I invoke here that Shri — gently smiling, walled in gold, compassionate and radiant, ever content and satisfying others, seated on the lotus and lotus-hued.
Verse 5
चन्द्रां प्रभासां यशसा ज्वलन्तीं श्रियं लोके देवजुष्टामुदाराम्। तां पद्मिनीमीं शरणमहं प्रपद्येऽलक्ष्मीर्मे नश्यतां त्वां वृणे॥ ५॥
Candrāṁ prabhāsāṁ yaśasā jvalantīṁ śriyaṁ loke devajuṣṭām udārām, tāṁ padminīm īṁ śaraṇam ahaṁ prapadye 'lakṣmīr me naśyatāṁ tvāṁ vṛṇe
Meaning
Moon-bright, blazing with fame, generous, cherished by the gods in this world — I take refuge in that lotus-dwelling goddess. May all misfortune (Alakshmi) leave me; I choose you alone.
Verse 6
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[remaining verses of this sixteen-verse Vedic khila hymn — pending manual verification against source]
Meaning
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Verse 7
ॐ महालक्ष्म्यै च विद्महे विष्णुपत्न्यै च धीमहि। तन्नो लक्ष्मीः प्रचोदयात्॥
Oṁ mahālakṣmyai ca vidmahe viṣṇupatnyai ca dhīmahi, tanno lakṣmīḥ pracodayāt
Meaning
Om, let us know the Great Goddess Lakshmi; let us meditate upon the consort of Vishnu. May that Lakshmi illumine and inspire our understanding. (Mahalakshmi Gayatri Mantra.)