Lakshmi Chalisa in Punjabi

O daughter of the ocean, I remember you. Give me knowledge, understanding and learning.

No one does good to others as you do. Fulfil our hopes in every way.

Glory, glory to you, Mother of the world, Jagadamba. You alone are the support of all.

sanskritdocuments.org and bharatdiscovery.org print "सबके तुमही हो स्वलम्बा"; we follow BhaktiBharat, AstroSage and Shubh Panchang: "सबकी तुम ही हो अवलम्बा".

You live in every heart. This is our special prayer to you.

Glory to the Mother of the world, daughter of the ocean. You are the well-wisher of the poor and humble.

Every day I pray to you, great queen. Be kind to me, Mother of the world, Bhavani.

How can I praise you as you deserve? Forget my faults and take care of me.

Turn your kind gaze towards me. Mother of the world, hear my prayer.

Glory to you, giver of knowledge, understanding and happiness. Mother, take away our troubles.

When Vishnu had the ocean of milk churned, fourteen treasures were found in it.

The fourteen ratnas (treasures) from the churning include Lakshmi, the moon, amrit, the Kaustubha gem, the wish-granting cow and tree, and others.

Among the fourteen treasures you were the store of all happiness, and you served the Lord with humble devotion.

sanskritdocuments.org and bharatdiscovery.org read "प्रभुहिं" for "प्रभु".

Whenever and wherever the Lord took birth, you took another form and served him there.

When Vishnu himself took a human body, he was born in Ayodhya.

Then you appeared in Janakpur as Sita and served him with a heart full of joy.

The Lord who dwells in every heart took you as his own, you who are known through the world as queen of the three worlds.

There is no other power as strong as you. How far can I go in describing your glory?

sanskritdocuments.org prints "तुम सब" and "कहँ तक"; we follow BhaktiBharat and Shubh Panchang ("तुम सम", "कहँ लौं").

Whoever serves you in thought, deed and word gains the fruit the heart wishes for.

Setting aside deceit, falseness and cunning, let them worship you in many ways with a whole heart.

Let me explain one thing more: whoever recites this with a whole heart

meets no hardship, and that person gains the fruit the heart wishes for.

BhaktiBharat and AstroSage print "कष्ट नोई", a slip for "कष्ट न होई" (sanskritdocuments.org, Shubh Panchang).

Save me, save me! Glory to you who end sorrow, who take away the three kinds of suffering and the bonds of worldly life.

The three kinds of suffering (trividh taap) are those from one's own body and mind, from other beings, and from nature and fate.

Whoever reads this chalisa or has it read, and listens to it or recites it for others with attention,

sanskritdocuments.org has a longer line: "जो यह चालीसा पढ़े और पढ़ावे। इसे ध्यान लगाकर सुने सुनावै॥".

is troubled by no illness, and receives children, wealth and property.

Those without children or without wealth, the blind, the deaf, those with grave illness and the very poor

should call a learned brahmin and have it recited, never letting doubt into the heart.

Whoever has it recited for forty days receives the grace of Gaurisha.

Gaurisha, "lord of Gauri", is normally a name of Shiva. The line appears this way in all our sources.

That person gains much happiness and wealth, and lacks nothing.

No one is as blessed as the one who worships you through all twelve months of the year.

No one anywhere in the world equals the one who recites it in the heart every day.

Why should I praise it in so many ways? Try it yourself with full attention.

Whoever keeps the vow and its rules with faith succeeds, and love grows in the heart.

Glory, glory, glory to Lakshmi Bhavani! Mine of all virtues, you are present in everything.

sanskritdocuments.org and bharatdiscovery.org read "लक्ष्मी महारानी ... जो गुण खानी".

Your radiance is mighty in the world. No one anywhere is as kind as you.

Now look after me, for I have no one else. Cut away my troubles and give me devotion.

Forgive our mistakes and lapses. See our condition and give us your darshan.

Without your darshan your devotee is restless, bearing heavy sorrow even though you are here.

"अछत" means "while (you) are present". sanskritdocuments.org and bharatdiscovery.org print "अक्षत".

I have no knowledge or understanding in me. You know everything in your own heart.

Take your four-armed form and now remove my hardship.

How can I praise you? I do not have much knowledge or understanding.

Ramdas now calls out to you: take our misfortune away.

This line, with the poet's name, appears in sanskritdocuments.org and bharatdiscovery.org and gives the full count of 40. BhaktiBharat, AstroSage and Shubh Panchang leave it out and stop at 39.