Sri Suktam

हिरण्यवर्णां  हरिणीं  सुवर्ण  रजाथस्त्रजं ,

चन्द्रां  हिरण्मयीं  लक्ष्मीं जात   वेदो  मआवह . 1

Hey God of fire,Request that Sridevi,Who shines like gold,Who destroys all sinsWho wears
silver and gold ornaments,Who is like the moon,And who is golden,To come here,And shower
her grace on me.

तां  म  आवह  जात   वेदो  लक्ष्मी - मनपगामिनिं ,

यस्यां  हिरण्यं  विन्देयं  कामस्वम्  पुरुषनाहं . 2

Hey God of fire,Request that Sridevi,By whose grace,I got gold,I got cows,I got horses

,And I got relatives and friends,To come here,Shower her grace,And never ever leave me.

आश्व   पूर्वां रतः  मध्यं  हस्थि  नाद प्रबोधिनिं  ,

श्रियं  देवी  मुपर्ह्वये    स्श्रिर्मा देवी  जुशातां  . 3

I beseech and request that Sridevi,Who is heralded by the voice of elephants,Who is piloted

by horses,And whois surrounded by chariots,To come near me and shower her grace,

And request her to be within me.

काम  सोस्मितं  हिरण्य  प्राकारां आर्द्रं ज्वलन्तीम्  तृप्तां तर्पयन्तीं  ,

पद्मे  स्थितां  पद्म  वर्णां तामि एहोपःवये  श्रियं . 4

I request and pray that Sridevi,Who is happiness personified,Who is ever smiling,

Who is in the golden fort,Who is full of mercy,Who is ever shining,Who makes others

happy,Who sits on the lotus,And who is of the colour of lotus, To be present here with me.

चन्द्रां  प्रभासां यशसा ज्वलन्तिम्  श्रियं  लोके  देव  जुष्टा  मुदारं ,

तां  पद्मिनीमीं  सरनामहं  प्रपद्ये  अलक्ष्मीर्मे  नश्यतां  त्वम्  वृणे  5

I seek the protection of that Sridevi,Who makes the world happy like the moon,Who is richly lustrous,Whoshinesbecauseof her fame,Who is full of mercy,Who is the meaning of the letter

And who possesses treasureslike Padmanidhi,Andrequest Lakshmi to remove poverty from me.

आदित्यवर्णे  तमसो  अधिजाथो  वनस्पथिस्थ्व  वृक्षोदः  बिल्वह्  ,

तस्य  फलानि  तपसा  नुदन्तु  मयान्तरयस्च  बाह्य   अलक्ष्मीही 6

Hey Goddess who shines like sun,By your great penance,Was born the bilwa tree,

Which is the king of forests,And let its fruits full of knowledge,Remove ignorance inside,

And bad things outside

उपैतु  मां  दैव  सखः  कीर्तीस्च  मणिना  सह ,

प्रादुर   भूतोस्मो  राष्ट्रेस्मिन  कीर्तिं  वृद्धिं   ददातु  मे . 7

The god of wealth Kubhera,Who is the friend of Mahadeva,Should come in searchof me,For I am

born in thiscountry,Showered with your grac,Be pleased to give me fame and fulfillment.

क्षुप्तिपास  मालां  ज्येष्टमलक्ष्मिं  नासयंयाहं ,

अभूतिं  मसंरुदीं  च  सर्व  निर्णुद  मे  गृणात . 8

I would remove Jyeshta*,Who creates hunger and thirst,Wherever she lives,

By your grace,And please remove poverty and want from my house.

ग़न्दद्वारम्  धुरदपा  नित्यपुष्टां  करीपिनीं , 

ईश्वरीम्  सर्व  भूतानां  तामीओपःवये  श्रियं  . 9

I request and pray that Sridevi,Who pleases others by sweet scent,Who

cannot be defeated,Who gives prosperitydaily,Who is full of everything,And

who is the goddess of all beings,To come and be present here.

मनसः   काममाकृतीं  वाचह्  सत्य मशिमही  ,

पशूनां  रूपमन्नस्य  मयि  श्री  श्रयतां   यशः . 10

I request you goddess Sridevi,To forever bless me,With fulfillment of good desires

of the mind,With ebbinghappiness inlife,With truth in my words,And with beauty

that plenty of food creates.

कर्दमेन  प्रजा  भूता  मयि  संभव  कर्दम ,

श्रियं  वासय  मे   कुले  मातरं  पद्ममालिनीम . 11

Hey sage Kardhama ,In your house was born,Goddess Sridevi as daughter,

And so be pleased to be with me,Sothat mother Lakshmi with lotus

garland,Is forever in my family,And bless us all with her grace.

आपः  सृजन्तु  स्निग्धानि  चिक्लीत  वसमे   गृहे ,

नि  च  देवीं  मातरं  श्रियं  वासय  से  कुले . 12

Hey Sage Sikleedha,Who is the son of Sridevi,Let the goddess of water,

Produce fatty products like milk and ghee,And please come and

live with us,And request Goddess Sridevi,To live in our family forever.

आर्द्रां   पुष्करिणीं  पुष्टीं सुवर्णां  हेम  मालिनीं ,

चन्द्रांहिरण्मयीं  लक्ष्मीं  जातवेदो   मआवह्  . 13

Hey god of fire,Be pleased to bless me,So that Goddess Sridevi,Who is deeply

merciful,Who lives on a lotus,Who supplies food to the world,Who is of golden

colour,Who wears the garland of lotus,Who makes us happy like the moon god,

And who is purity personified,To come and be with me.

आर्द्रां  यः करिणीं  यष्टिं  पिङ्गलां  पद्मलिनीं ,

चन्द्रां  हिरण्मयीं  लक्ष्मीं  जातवेदो  म  अवाह . 14

Hey god of fire,Be pleased to bless me,So that Goddess Sridevi,Who is deeply merciful,Who holds the staff

यः  सुचि  प्रयतो  भूत्व  जुहु  यादज्य  मवाहं 

सूक्तं  पञ्चदशर्चञ्च  श्रीकामः सततं जपेत . 16

He who prays for the grace of Sridevi,Should be pure in mind and body,Control his mind,And everyday chant the

above,Fifteen rik mantras,And do homa with ghee.