Lakshmi Shloka, by Sashidharan Komandur
सर्व मंगल मांगल्ये शिवे सर्वार्थ साधिके।
sarva maṁgala māṁgalye śive sarvārtha sādhike |
शरण्ये त्र्यंबके देवी नारायणी नमोस्तुते॥
śaraṇye tryaṁbake devī nārāyaṇī namostute ||
Meaning: I salute to Narayani (consort of Narayana), the three-eyed Goddess, who is the most auspicious of the auspicious, who makes all desires possible, and in whom I can take refuge.
Significance: The word ‘Lakshmi‘ is derived from the Sanskrit word Laksya, meaning ‘aim’ or ‘goal’. In Hinduism, Lakshmi or Laxmi (Sanskrit: लक्ष्मी lakṣmī) is the goddess of wealth, light, wisdom and fortune, as well as (secondarily) luck, beauty and fertility..Goddess Lakshmi is incorrectly connected only with money, and the popular public perception is that she is the Goddess of money.
This, however, is only partially correct: the holy Goddess is also the Goddess of prosperity, divinity and purity. She is also the Goddess of Brahma-vidya (divine knowledge) and one of her names is “Vidya” - which literally means knowledge. She is the Goddess of whom we ask for happiness in family, friends, marriage, children, food and wealth, beauty and health. Hence She is a very popular Goddess who is worshipped by every Hindu. As She is the goddess of prosperity, She is also called as Dharidranashini (destroyer of poverty) and Dharidradvamshini (one who opposes poverty). Hindus worship Lakshmi the most on Diwali, the festival of lights. According to tradition people would light ‘diya’ outside their homes on Diwali and hope Lakshmi will come to bless them.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goddess_Lakshmi
Sashidharan Komandur is a PhD student at the Industrial Engineering Department at University of Washington. You can reach him at sash.kom@gmail.com
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May 17th, 2009 06:16
my name is narayani. i am english though i lived in india my whole life and was bon there. it would be nice to know what he name arayni means and what she is the goddess of . please reply.
May 17th, 2009 06:18
i meant what does the name narayani mean. it would be nice to know .i am a bad speller.
August 9th, 2009 18:32
i want to get the complete shaloka of “yaa saa padhyamaasnastha vipul kati……….” in praise of goddess lakshmi.
October 5th, 2009 18:38
Just want pray ki Mata Lakshmi,sada hum sab per kripa banaye rakhe.. Sada sukh,shanti aur gyan de, hume itni shakti de ki hum apne Hindu Dharm ka palan kar sake,wo dharm jo dusro ki seva karna sikhata hai..tyag aur balidan sikhata hai.. Jai Shree Ram..
October 18th, 2009 02:18
In response to the question of Narayani from Australia (question is given below)- Narayan is the name of God Vishnu, so Narayani sounds like to be probably his wife. I don’t claim to be correct but is does make sense looking at other female names in Hindu scriptures e.g. Guattami was the wife of Maharishi Gauttam.
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# narayani AUSTRALIA
May 17th, 2009 06:16
my name is narayani. i am english though i lived in india my whole life and was bon there. it would be nice to know what he name arayni means and what she is the goddess of . please reply.
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