SRI HARIKATHAMRITA SARA - MANGALACHARANA SANDHI

OM SRI NARAYANAYA NAMAHA| SRI KARIGIRI LAKSHMINRUSIHMAYA NAMAHA| SRI VAYUVE NAMAHA

SRI HARIKATHAMRUTASARA / ಶ್ರಿ ಹರಿಕಥಾಮೃತಸಾರ

UNIT 1 MANGALACHARANA SANDHI  

ಶ್ರೀ ಹರಿಕಥಾಮೃತಸಾರ ಮಂಗಳಾಚರಣ ಸಂಧಿ

     

Sri Mahalakshmi Stotra - ಶ್ರೀ ಮಹಾಲಕ್ಷ್ಮಿ ಸ್ತೋತ್ರ

(This is one of the rarest descriptions of Goddess Lakshmi in Kannada. Please read, comment and share, besides reciting it at your convenience. SDN)

ಜಗದುದರನತಿವಿಮಲಗುಣರೂ-

ಪಗಳನಾಲೋಚನದಿ ಭಾರತ-

ನಿಗಮತತಿಗಳತಿಕ್ರಮಿಸಿ ಕ್ರೀಯಾವಿಶೇಷಗಳ|

ಬಗಬಗೆಯ ನೂತನವ ಕಾಣುತ

ಮಿಗೆ ಹರುಷದಿಂ ಪೊಗಳಿ ಹಿಗ್ಗುವ

ತ್ರಿಗುಣಮಾನಿ ಮಹಾಲಕುಮಿ ಸಂತಸಲನುದಿನವು||2||

(Transliteration)

JagadudaranativimalaguNarU

-pagaLanAlOchanadi BhArata-

nigamatatigaLanatikramisi kreeyAvishEShagaLa|

Bagebageya nUtanava kANuta

Mige haruShadim pogaLi higguva

TriguNamAni mahAlakumi santaisalanudinavu||2||

SUMMARY:

May Goddess Mahalakshmi, who is the manifestation and embodiment of three qualities or characters, keeps happily praising the purest qualities, forms, vivid and varied actions and reactions of Lord Sri Hari, the womb of entire Universe, whose thoughts are beyond Mahabharata and Vedas and who eternally sees freshness in Lord Hari every now and then, console us, for all times to come.

COMMENTARY

As stated in Dwadasha Stotra “Udaram chintyameeshasya tanutvE(s)pyaKhilamBharam”, Sri Hari bears the entire universe in his stomach; he is without demerits or drawbacks; he is the complete and comprehensive embodiment of infinite qualities or attributes; his actions are infinite and beyond the parlance of common description. Sri Mahalakshmi is so brilliant and a great intellectual that she can perceive the attributes of Lord Hari that are not described or mentioned in Mahabharata or Vedas by merely thinking of the Lord. It is the greatness of Lord Hari that each time Mahalakshmi thinks of him or his activities they appear to be new and fresh.

Secondly, Sri Lakshmi, through her forms as Sri, Bhoo or Earth and Durga, is the proud manifestation and demonstration of three characters namely Satwa, Rajas and Tamasa. She is the eternal Goddess of even the inanimate universe or the inanimate part of the universe that existed before the creation of living and non-living beings.

The word or the address as “Mahalakshmi” has a great significance. She is not a mere Lakshmi, which may also refer to the elder Lakshmi, who is known as Alakshmi. Alakshmi signifies impoverishment and is the representative of negative attributes. Alakshmi was born before Sri Lakshmi, the Goddess of Wealth and consort of Lord Vishnu. Alakshmi is the consort of Kali.

This stanza is considered to be a special Stotra of Mahalakshmi. Recitation of this stanza is highly meritorious and auspicious, especially when it is recited alongside the Lakshmi Stotra given in the last Sandhi or Canto.  

(The next stanza is in praise of Lord Brahma. SDN)