Mahalakshmi Ashtakam in Punjabi
ਮਹਾਲਕ੍ਸ਼੍ਮ੍ਯਸ਼੍ਟਕਮ੍
Mahalakshmi Ashtakam is a short Sanskrit hymn of eight verses in which Indra praises Goddess Mahalakshmi. Below is the complete Mahalakshmi Ashtakam in Punjabi script, every line also in English letters, with the meaning of each verse in simple English.
- Punjabi (Gurmukhi) script
- 11 verses
- 3 min
- Traditional; spoken by Indra (said to be from the Padma Purana)
- Best on Friday
Recite line by line, listen, count with a mala. The reader does not show Punjabi yet; it opens in English letters.
ਨਮਸ੍ਤੇਸ੍ਤੁ ਮਹਾਮਾਯੇ ਸ਼੍ਰੀਪੀਠੇ ਸੁਰਪੂਜਿਤੇ। Namastestu Mahamaye Shri Peethe Sura Poojite
ਸ਼ੰਖਚਕ੍ਰਗਦਾਹਸ੍ਤੇ ਮਹਾਲਕ੍ਸ਼੍ਮਿ ਨਮੋਸ੍ਤੁ ਤੇ॥ Shankha Chakra Gada Haste Mahalakshmi Namostu Te
Meaning
Salutations to you, O Mahamaya, seated on the throne of Shri and worshipped by the gods. You hold the conch, the discus and the mace in your hands. O Mahalakshmi, I bow to you.
- ਨਮਸ੍ਤੇਸ੍ਤੁ Namastestu
- salutations be to you
- ਮਹਾਮਾਯੇ Mahamaye
- O great Maya, the Lord's wondrous power
- ਸ਼੍ਰੀਪੀਠੇ Shri Peethe
- O you seated on the throne of Shri
- ਸੁਰਪੂਜਿਤੇ Sura Poojite
- worshipped by the gods
- ਸ਼ੰਖਚਕ੍ਰਗਦਾਹਸ੍ਤੇ Shankha Chakra Gada Haste
- holding conch, discus and mace in your hands
- ਮਹਾਲਕ੍ਸ਼੍ਮਿ Mahalakshmi
- O Mahalakshmi
- ਨਮੋਸ੍ਤੁ ਤੇ Namostu Te
- salutations to you
Indra speaks this hymn. Shri Peetha, "the seat of Shri", is read by many as Kolhapur (Karavira), where Mahalakshmi is worshipped as Ambabai. Conch, discus and mace are the emblems she shares with Vishnu.
ਨਮਸ੍ਤੇ ਗਰੁਡਾਰੂਢੇ ਕੋਲਾਸੁਰਭਯੰਕਰਿ। Namaste Garudarudhe Kolasura Bhayankari
ਸਰ੍ਵਪਾਪਹਰੇ ਦੇਵਿ ਮਹਾਲਕ੍ਸ਼੍ਮਿ ਨਮੋਸ੍ਤੁ ਤੇ॥ Sarva Papa Hare Devi Mahalakshmi Namostu Te
Meaning
Salutations to you who ride on Garuda, you who struck terror into the demon Kolasura. O Goddess who takes away every sin, O Mahalakshmi, I bow to you.
- ਨਮਸ੍ਤੇ Namaste
- salutations to you
- ਗਰੁਡਾਰੂਢੇ Garudarudhe
- O rider on Garuda
- ਕੋਲਾਸੁਰਭਯੰਕਰਿ Kolasura Bhayankari
- terror of the demon Kolasura
- ਸਰ੍ਵਪਾਪਹਰੇ Sarva Papa Hare
- remover of all sins
- ਦੇਵਿ Devi
- O Goddess
- ਮਹਾਲਕ੍ਸ਼੍ਮਿ Mahalakshmi
- O Mahalakshmi
- ਨਮੋਸ੍ਤੁ ਤੇ Namostu Te
- salutations to you
Kolasura is the demon whom, according to the Karavira Mahatmya, Mahalakshmi defeated at Kolhapur. The city's name is linked to him.
ਸਰ੍ਵਜ੍ਞੇ ਸਰ੍ਵਵਰਦੇ ਸਰ੍ਵਦੁਸ਼੍ਟਭਯੰਕਰਿ। Sarvagye Sarva Varade Sarva Dushta Bhayankari
ਸਰ੍ਵਦੁਃਖਹਰੇ ਦੇਵਿ ਮਹਾਲਕ੍ਸ਼੍ਮਿ ਨਮੋਸ੍ਤੁ ਤੇ॥ Sarva Duhkha Hare Devi Mahalakshmi Namostu Te
Meaning
You know all things and grant every boon, and all wicked beings fear you. O Goddess who removes all sorrow, O Mahalakshmi, I bow to you.
- ਸਰ੍ਵਜ੍ਞੇ Sarvagye
- O all-knowing one
- ਸਰ੍ਵਵਰਦੇ Sarva Varade
- giver of every boon
- ਸਰ੍ਵਦੁਸ਼੍ਟਭਯੰਕਰਿ Sarva Dushta Bhayankari
- terror of all the wicked
- ਸਰ੍ਵਦੁਃਖਹਰੇ Sarva Duhkha Hare
- remover of all sorrow
- ਦੇਵਿ Devi
- O Goddess
- ਮਹਾਲਕ੍ਸ਼੍ਮਿ Mahalakshmi
- O Mahalakshmi
- ਨਮੋਸ੍ਤੁ ਤੇ Namostu Te
- salutations to you
ਸਿੱਧਿਬੁੱਧਿਪ੍ਰਦੇ ਦੇਵਿ ਭੁਕ੍ਤਿਮੁਕ੍ਤਿਪ੍ਰਦਾਯਿਨਿ। Siddhi Buddhi Prade Devi Bhukti Mukti Pradayini
ਮੰਤ੍ਰਮੂਰ੍ਤੇ ਸਦਾ ਦੇਵਿ ਮਹਾਲਕ੍ਸ਼੍ਮਿ ਨਮੋਸ੍ਤੁ ਤੇ॥ Mantra Murte Sada Devi Mahalakshmi Namostu Te
Meaning
O Goddess, you give success and wisdom, and you grant both the joys of this world and liberation. You are present always in the form of the mantra. O Mahalakshmi, I bow to you.
- ਸਿੱਧਿਬੁੱਧਿਪ੍ਰਦੇ Siddhi Buddhi Prade
- giver of success and wisdom
- ਦੇਵਿ Devi
- O Goddess
- ਭੁਕ੍ਤਿਮੁਕ੍ਤਿਪ੍ਰਦਾਯਿਨਿ Bhukti Mukti Pradayini
- bestower of worldly joy and liberation
- ਮੰਤ੍ਰਮੂਰ੍ਤੇ Mantra Murte
- O you whose form is the mantra
- ਸਦਾ Sada
- always
- ਦੇਵਿ Devi
- O Goddess
- ਮਹਾਲਕ੍ਸ਼੍ਮਿ Mahalakshmi
- O Mahalakshmi
- ਨਮੋਸ੍ਤੁ ਤੇ Namostu Te
- salutations to you
Some books read "मन्त्रपूते" (purified by mantra) for "मन्त्रमूर्ते" (whose form is the mantra).
ਆਦ੍ਯੰਤਰਹਿਤੇ ਦੇਵਿ ਆਦ੍ਯਸ਼ਕ੍ਤਿਮਹੇਸ਼੍ਵਰਿ। Adyanta Rahite Devi Adya Shakti Maheshwari
ਯੋਗਜੇ ਯੋਗਸੰਭੂਤੇ ਮਹਾਲਕ੍ਸ਼੍ਮਿ ਨਮੋਸ੍ਤੁ ਤੇ॥ Yogaje Yoga Sambhute Mahalakshmi Namostu Te
Meaning
O Goddess without beginning or end, primal power and great sovereign, you are born of yoga and revealed through yoga. O Mahalakshmi, I bow to you.
- ਆਦ੍ਯੰਤਰਹਿਤੇ Adyanta Rahite
- without beginning or end
- ਦੇਵਿ Devi
- O Goddess
- ਆਦ੍ਯਸ਼ਕ੍ਤਿਮਹੇਸ਼੍ਵਰਿ Adya Shakti Maheshwari
- primal power, great sovereign
- ਯੋਗਜੇ Yogaje
- born of yoga
- ਯੋਗਸੰਭੂਤੇ Yoga Sambhute
- revealed through yoga
- ਮਹਾਲਕ੍ਸ਼੍ਮਿ Mahalakshmi
- O Mahalakshmi
- ਨਮੋਸ੍ਤੁ ਤੇ Namostu Te
- salutations to you
stotranidhi.com notes "योगज्ञे" (knower of yoga) as a variant of "योगजे".
ਸ੍ਥੂਲਸੂਕ੍ਸ਼੍ਮਮਹਾਰੌਦ੍ਰੇ ਮਹਾਸ਼ਕ੍ਤੇ ਮਹੋਦਰੇ। Sthula Sukshma Maharaudre Mahashakte Mahodare
ਮਹਾਪਾਪਹਰੇ ਦੇਵਿ ਮਹਾਲਕ੍ਸ਼੍ਮਿ ਨਮੋਸ੍ਤੁ ਤੇ॥ Maha Papa Hare Devi Mahalakshmi Namostu Te
Meaning
You are the gross and the subtle, and you are fierce beyond measure. O great power whose womb holds the universe, O Goddess who removes the gravest sins, O Mahalakshmi, I bow to you.
- ਸ੍ਥੂਲਸੂਕ੍ਸ਼੍ਮਮਹਾਰੌਦ੍ਰੇ Sthula Sukshma Maharaudre
- gross and subtle, and fierce beyond measure
- ਮਹਾਸ਼ਕ੍ਤੇ Mahashakte
- O great power
- ਮਹੋਦਰੇ Mahodare
- whose womb holds the universe
- ਮਹਾਪਾਪਹਰੇ Maha Papa Hare
- remover of the gravest sins
- ਦੇਵਿ Devi
- O Goddess
- ਮਹਾਲਕ੍ਸ਼੍ਮਿ Mahalakshmi
- O Mahalakshmi
- ਨਮੋਸ੍ਤੁ ਤੇ Namostu Te
- salutations to you
sanskritdocuments.org prints "महाशक्ति"; we follow stotranidhi.com, which has the vocative "महाशक्ते" that the grammar of the line needs.
ਪਦ੍ਮਾਸਨਸ੍ਥਿਤੇ ਦੇਵਿ ਪਰਬ੍ਰਹ੍ਮਸ੍ਵਰੂਪਿਣਿ। Padmasana Sthite Devi Parabrahma Swaroopini
ਪਰਮੇਸ਼ਿ ਜਗਨ੍ਮਾਤਰ੍ਮਹਾਲਕ੍ਸ਼੍ਮਿ ਨਮੋਸ੍ਤੁ ਤੇ॥ Parameshi Jaganmatar Mahalakshmi Namostu Te
Meaning
O Goddess seated on the lotus, you are the Supreme Brahman itself. O supreme Lady, Mother of the world, O Mahalakshmi, I bow to you.
- ਪਦ੍ਮਾਸਨਸ੍ਥਿਤੇ Padmasana Sthite
- seated on a lotus
- ਦੇਵਿ Devi
- O Goddess
- ਪਰਬ੍ਰਹ੍ਮਸ੍ਵਰੂਪਿਣਿ Parabrahma Swaroopini
- whose very nature is the Supreme Brahman
- ਪਰਮੇਸ਼ਿ Parameshi
- O supreme Lady
- ਜਗਨ੍ਮਾਤਃ Jaganmatah
- O Mother of the world
- ਮਹਾਲਕ੍ਸ਼੍ਮਿ Mahalakshmi
- O Mahalakshmi
- ਨਮੋਸ੍ਤੁ ਤੇ Namostu Te
- salutations to you
sanskritdocuments.org prints "जगन्माता" here; stotranidhi.com has "जगन्मातर्महालक्ष्मि", the vocative joined by sandhi, as in verse 8. We follow stotranidhi.com.
ਸ਼੍ਵੇਤਾਂਬਰਧਰੇ ਦੇਵਿ ਨਾਨਾਲੰਕਾਰਭੂਸ਼ਿਤੇ। Shvetambara Dhare Devi Nanalankara Bhushite
ਜਗਤ੍ਸ੍ਥਿਤੇ ਜਗਨ੍ਮਾਤਰ੍ਮਹਾਲਕ੍ਸ਼੍ਮਿ ਨਮੋਸ੍ਤੁ ਤੇ॥ Jagatsthite Jaganmatar Mahalakshmi Namostu Te
Meaning
O Goddess dressed in white and adorned with many ornaments, you are present throughout the world and you are its Mother. O Mahalakshmi, I bow to you.
- ਸ਼੍ਵੇਤਾਂਬਰਧਰੇ Shvetambara Dhare
- dressed in white
- ਦੇਵਿ Devi
- O Goddess
- ਨਾਨਾਲੰਕਾਰਭੂਸ਼ਿਤੇ Nanalankara Bhushite
- adorned with many ornaments
- ਜਗਤ੍ਸ੍ਥਿਤੇ Jagatsthite
- present throughout the world
- ਜਗਨ੍ਮਾਤਃ Jaganmatah
- O Mother of the world
- ਮਹਾਲਕ੍ਸ਼੍ਮਿ Mahalakshmi
- O Mahalakshmi
- ਨਮੋਸ੍ਤੁ ਤੇ Namostu Te
- salutations to you
ਮਹਾਲਕ੍ਸ਼੍ਮ੍ਯਸ਼੍ਟਕੰ ਸ੍ਤੋਤ੍ਰੰ ਯਃ ਪਠੇਦ੍ਭਕ੍ਤਿਮਾਂਨਰਃ। Mahalakshmyashtakam Stotram Yah Pathed Bhaktiman Narah
ਸਰ੍ਵਸਿੱਧਿਮਵਾਪ੍ਨੋਤਿ ਰਾਜ੍ਯੰ ਪ੍ਰਾਪ੍ਨੋਤਿ ਸਰ੍ਵਦਾ॥ Sarva Siddhim Avapnoti Rajyam Prapnoti Sarvada
Meaning
The devotee who recites this hymn of eight verses to Mahalakshmi gains every kind of success and always attains sovereignty.
- ਮਹਾਲਕ੍ਸ਼੍ਮ੍ਯਸ਼੍ਟਕੰ ਸ੍ਤੋਤ੍ਰੰ Mahalakshmyashtakam Stotram
- this hymn of eight verses to Mahalakshmi
- ਯਃ Yah
- whoever
- ਪਠੇਤ੍ Pathet
- recites
- ਭਕ੍ਤਿਮਾਨ੍ Bhaktiman
- with devotion
- ਨਰਃ Narah
- a person
- ਸਰ੍ਵਸਿੱਧਿਮ੍ Sarva Siddhim
- every success
- ਅਵਾਪ੍ਨੋਤਿ Avapnoti
- attains
- ਰਾਜ੍ਯੰ Rajyam
- sovereignty, a kingdom
- ਪ੍ਰਾਪ੍ਨੋਤਿ Prapnoti
- gains
- ਸਰ੍ਵਦਾ Sarvada
- always
The phalashruti ("fruit of hearing") gives the merit that tradition attaches to the hymn. These are statements of faith.
ਏਕਕਾਲੰ ਪਠੇਂਨਿਤ੍ਯੰ ਮਹਾਪਾਪਵਿਨਾਸ਼ਨਮ੍। Ekakalam Pathen Nityam Maha Papa Vinashanam
ਦ੍ਵਿਕਾਲੰ ਯਃ ਪਠੇਂਨਿਤ੍ਯੰ ਧਨਧਾਨ੍ਯਸਮਨ੍ਵਿਤਃ॥ Dvikalam Yah Pathen Nityam Dhana Dhanya Samanvitah
Meaning
Reciting it once every day destroys great sins. One who recites it twice a day is blessed with wealth and grain.
- ਏਕਕਾਲੰ Ekakalam
- once a day
- ਪਠੇਤ੍ Pathet
- should recite
- ਨਿਤ੍ਯੰ Nityam
- every day
- ਮਹਾਪਾਪਵਿਨਾਸ਼ਨਮ੍ Maha Papa Vinashanam
- destruction of great sins
- ਦ੍ਵਿਕਾਲੰ Dvikalam
- twice a day
- ਧਨਧਾਨ੍ਯਸਮਨ੍ਵਿਤਃ Dhana Dhanya Samanvitah
- blessed with wealth and grain
sanskritdocuments.org reads "एककाले"; stotranidhi.com reads "एककालं", matching "द्विकालं" and "त्रिकालं". We follow stotranidhi.com.
ਤ੍ਰਿਕਾਲੰ ਯਃ ਪਠੇਂਨਿਤ੍ਯੰ ਮਹਾਸ਼ਤ੍ਰੁਵਿਨਾਸ਼ਨਮ੍। Trikalam Yah Pathen Nityam Maha Shatru Vinashanam
ਮਹਾਲਕ੍ਸ਼੍ਮੀਰ੍ਭਵੇਂਨਿਤ੍ਯੰ ਪ੍ਰਸੰਨਾ ਵਰਦਾ ਸ਼ੁਭਾ॥ Mahalakshmir Bhaven Nityam Prasanna Varada Shubha
Meaning
For one who recites it three times a day, great enemies are destroyed, and Mahalakshmi, auspicious and generous with boons, is always pleased with that person.
- ਤ੍ਰਿਕਾਲੰ Trikalam
- three times a day
- ਯਃ ਪਠੇਂਨਿਤ੍ਯੰ Yah Pathen Nityam
- whoever recites every day
- ਮਹਾਸ਼ਤ੍ਰੁਵਿਨਾਸ਼ਨਮ੍ Maha Shatru Vinashanam
- destruction of great enemies
- ਮਹਾਲਕ੍ਸ਼੍ਮੀਃ Mahalakshmih
- Mahalakshmi
- ਭਵੇਤ੍ Bhavet
- becomes
- ਨਿਤ੍ਯੰ Nityam
- always
- ਪ੍ਰਸੰਨਾ Prasanna
- pleased
- ਵਰਦਾ Varada
- giver of boons
- ਸ਼ੁਭਾ Shubha
- auspicious
About Mahalakshmi Ashtakam
The hymn opens with the words "Indra uvacha", "Indra said". Tradition places it in the Padma Purana, though printed booklets rarely give a chapter, and we have not traced it in a critical edition. In eight short verses Indra greets Mahalakshmi as Mahamaya, the rider on Garuda, the slayer of Kolasura, the giver of both worldly joy and liberation, and the Supreme Brahman seated on a lotus.
Questions
Is this the same Mahalakshmi Ashtakam that is sung in Hindi?
Yes. These are the same Sanskrit words, written in Punjabi letters so you can read them aloud. It is a transliteration, not a translation into Punjabi. The meaning of each verse is given in English.
How was the Punjabi text prepared?
We keep one checked Devanagari edition (Mahalakshmyashtakam as printed in "Prabhata Stotranidhi" (stotranidhi.com, Devanagari); cross-checked line by line with sanskritdocuments.org mahaalakshmyashhTakaM (Indra-krita, with meaning)) and write it in Punjabi letters with fixed spelling rules, so every verse matches the original letter for letter. The English-letter line is the common singing spelling.