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Vedic - SlokasGoddess Lakshmi SlokasGoddess Lakshmi is the female counterpart of Lord Vishnu, the female energy of the Supreme Being. She is the goddess of prosperity, wealth, purity, generosity, and the embodiment of beauty, grace and charm. Lakshmi is depicted as a beautiful woman of golden complexion, with four hands, sitting or standing on a full-bloomed lotus and holding a lotus bud, which stands for beauty, purity and fertility. Her four hands represent the four ends of human life: dharma or righteousness, kama or desires, artha or wealth, and moksha or liberation from the cycle of birth and death. (1) Meaning: Salutations to Goddess Adi Lakshmi, who is essentially the supreme Brahman. Please grant us wealth and prosperity and fulfill our wishes. O! Auspicious Goddess, you are the seat of auspiciousness, you grant auspiciousness, you are auspiciousness personified. Grant us eternal happiness and prosperity. (2) Meaning: I salute the three-eyed Divine Mother Narayani, who brings auspiciousness and who fulfils all the desires of the devotee (both spiritual and material).
(3) Meaning: The front part of the hands (the finger tips) are ascribed to Goddess Lakshmi, the Goddess of wealth, the middle part (the palm proper) to Goddess Saraswati - the Goddess of learning and the root (the part of hand near the wrist) to Govinda (God). Therefore, every morning, one should have a respectful look at one's hand which symbolizes honest labor. (4) Meaning: Salutations to the terror of Lanka, Who is heroic the son of Anjana, Who brought to an end all sorrows of Sita, Who is the king of Monkeys, and Who killed Aksha, the son of Ravana
(5) Meaning: Salutations to you, O Mahalakshmi, who is all powerful, who is the seat of wealth, and who is worshipped by the devas and who has a conch, a disc and a mace in Her hands.
(6) Meaning: I bow to auspicious Tulasi who is dear to Lord Vishnu, who brings good luck to devotees, who guides one to attain salvation, who showers all the wealth to the devotees. (7) Meaning: O ! Mother Earth, wearing oceans, forests and mountains; wife of Vishnu, I bow to you. Please forgive me for placing my feet on you. |
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