Mahalakshmi Ashtakam is a great stotram composed by the head of Devas, Lord Indra to praise Devi Mahalakshmi. This Stotra is present in Padma Purana and contains eight stanzas. The Lyrics explain the divine nature of Goddess Maha-Lakshmi.
ಇನ್ದ್ರ ಉವಾಚ -
ನಮಸ್ತೇಽಸ್ತು ಮಹಾಮಾಯೇ ಶ್ರೀಪೀಠೇ ಸುರಪೂಜಿತೇ ।
ಶಙ್ಖಚಕ್ರ ಗದಾಹಸ್ತೇ ಮಹಾಲಕ್ಷ್ಮಿ ನಮೋಽಸ್ತು ತೇ ॥ 1 ॥
I bow to you O Mahamaya, the one who resides in Sripetha and is worshipped by Suras (devas)
The one who holds Shanka (conch), Chakra(disc) and Gadha (mace) in her hands, I bow to her the Goddess Mahalakshmi.
ನಮಸ್ತೇ ಗರುಡಾರೂಢೇ ಕೋಲಾಸುರ ಭಯಙ್ಕರಿ ।
ಸರ್ವಪಾಪಹರೇ ದೇವಿ ಮಹಾಲಕ್ಷ್ಮಿ ನಮೋಽಸ್ತು ತೇ ॥ 2 ॥
I bow to you, who mounts on Garuda, who created great fear and annihilated the demon Kolasura
The Goddess who removes all the sins, O Mahalakshmi I bow to you
ಸರ್ವಜ್ಞೇ ಸರ್ವವರದೇ ಸರ್ವ ದುಷ್ಟ ಭಯಙ್ಕರಿ ।
ಸರ್ವದುಃಖ ಹರೇ ದೇವಿ ಮಹಾಲಕ್ಷ್ಮಿ ನಮೋಽಸ್ತು ತೇ ॥ 3 ॥
(Salutations to Devi) The one who knows everything (sarvagna), bestower of all the boons, whose name frightens the wicked
The Devi who removes all the miseries and sorrows, O Mahalakshmi I bow to you.
ಸಿದ್ಧಿ ಬುದ್ಧಿ ಪ್ರದೇ ದೇವಿ ಭುಕ್ತಿ ಮುಕ್ತಿ ಪ್ರದಾಯಿನಿ ।
ಮನ್ತ್ರ ಮೂರ್ತೇ ಸದಾ ದೇವಿ ಮಹಾಲಕ್ಷ್ಮಿ ನಮೋಽಸ್ತು ತೇ ॥ 4 ॥
The giver of siddhi (success or accomplishment), buddhi (intelligence) and who grants the worldly pleasures (bukthi) as well as the Liberation (Mukti)
The one who is always an embodied form of mantra, Goddess Mahalakshmi I bow to you.
ಆದ್ಯನ್ತ ರಹಿತೇ ದೇವಿ ಆದಿಶಕ್ತಿ ಮಹೇಶ್ವರಿ ।
ಯೋಗಜ್ಞೇ ಯೋಗ ಸಮ್ಭೂತೇ ಮಹಾಲಕ್ಷ್ಮಿ ನಮೋಽಸ್ತು ತೇ ॥ 5 ॥
O Devi who is infinite without beginning or the end, Who represents the primordial Energy, Maheshwari
One Who is associated with the yogic knowledge, who is born from the yoga, I bow to you Goddess Mahalakshmi.
ಸ್ಥೂಲ ಸೂಕ್ಷ್ಮ ಮಹಾರೌದ್ರೇ ಮಹಾಶಕ್ತಿ ಮಹೋದರೇ ।
ಮಹಾ ಪಾಪ ಹರೇ ದೇವಿ ಮಹಾಲಕ್ಷ್ಮಿ ನಮೋಽಸ್ತು ತೇ ॥ 6 ॥
The one who is present in gross, subtle as well as fearsome forms, the maha shakti, who saves the universe by keeping in her great womb.
O Devi the remover of the great sins, I bow to you Goddess Mahalakshmi.
ಪದ್ಮಾಸನ ಸ್ಥಿತೇ ದೇವಿ ಪರಬ್ರಹ್ಮ ಸ್ವರೂಪಿಣಿ ।
ಪರಮೇಶಿ ಜಗನ್ಮಾತಃ ಮಹಾಲಕ್ಷ್ಮಿ ನಮೋಽಸ್ತು ತೇ ॥ 7 ॥
The Devi who is seated on a lotus in the Padmasana position, Whose form represents the supreme being
O Paramesi(who is supreme), Jaganmata (the mother of the Universe), Mahalakshmi, I bow to you.
ಶ್ವೇತಾಮ್ಬರಧರೇ ದೇವಿ ನಾನಾಲಙ್ಕಾರ ಭೂಷಿತೇ ।
ಜಗಸ್ಥಿತೇ ಜಗನ್ಮಾತಃ ಮಹಾಲಕ್ಷ್ಮಿ ನಮೋಽಸ್ತು ತೇ ॥ 8 ॥
The one who wears white clothing, Who is adorned with jewels and various ornaments
Who preserves and protects the worlds, the mother of the universe, Goddess Mahalakshmi, I bow to you.
ಮಹಾಲಕ್ಷ್ಮಷ್ಟಕಂ ಸ್ತೋತ್ರಂ ಯಃ ಪಠೇದ್ ಭಕ್ತಿಮಾನ್ ನರಃ ।
ಸರ್ವ ಸಿದ್ಧಿ ಮವಾಪ್ನೋತಿ ರಾಜ್ಯಂ ಪ್ರಾಪ್ನೋತಿ ಸರ್ವದಾ ॥
The one who recites this Mahalakshmi Ashtakam stotram with devotion
Will attain all the siddhi’s(accomplishments) and high status always.
ಏಕಕಾಲೇ ಪಠೇನ್ನಿತ್ಯಂ ಮಹಾಪಾಪ ವಿನಾಶನಮ್ ।
ದ್ವಿಕಾಲಂ ಯಃ ಪಠೇನ್ನಿತ್ಯಂ ಧನ ಧಾನ್ಯ ಸಮನ್ವಿತಃ ॥
By reciting this stotra once daily (usually mornings) will destroys all the great sins
Reciting it twice daily (usually morning and evening) will grant you wealth and grains.
ತ್ರಿಕಾಲಂ ಯಃ ಪಠೇನ್ನಿತ್ಯಂ ಮಹಾಶತ್ರು ವಿನಾಶನಮ್ ।
ಮಹಾಲಕ್ಷ್ಮೀ ರ್ಭವೇನ್-ನಿತ್ಯಂ ಪ್ರಸನ್ನಾ ವರದಾ ಶುಭಾ ॥
Reciting this stotram thrice daily (morning, afternoon, and evening) in three kalas will get benefitted by destroying all the enmity and hatred.
Also, the Goddess Mahalakshmi will be pleased and gives them all the boons and good luck.
[ಇನ್ತ್ಯಕೃತ ಶ್ರೀ ಮಹಾಲಕ್ಷ್ಮ್ಯಷ್ಟಕ ಸ್ತೋತ್ರಂ ಸಮ್ಪೂರ್ಣಮ್]
Thus ends the complete Mahalakshmi Ashtakam Stotram composed by Lord Indra.
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