Verse 15 of 16
Mantra 15 of Shri Suktam
Tam Ma Avaha Jatavedo Lakshmim Anapagaminim तां म आवह जातवेदो लक्ष्मीमनपगामिनीम्।
Yasyam Hiranyam Prabhutam Gavo Dasyoshvan Vindeyam Purushanaham यस्यां हिरण्यं प्रभूतं गावो दास्योऽश्वान्विन्देयं पुरुषानहम्॥
Meaning
O Jatavedas, bring to me that Lakshmi who never goes away, through whose grace I may gain gold in plenty, cows, helpers in the house, horses and people around me.
Word by word
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Tam ताम् | that one, her |
| Me मे | to me |
| Avaha आवह | bring |
| Jatavedah जातवेदः | O Jatavedas (Agni, the fire who knows all) |
| Lakshmim लक्ष्मीम् | Lakshmi |
| Anapagaminim अनपगामिनीम् | who never goes away |
| Yasyam यस्याम् | through whom |
| Hiranyam हिरण्यम् | gold |
| Prabhutam प्रभूतम् | in plenty |
| Gavah गावः | cows |
| Dasyah दास्यः | helpers in the house |
| Ashvan अश्वान् | horses |
| Vindeyam विन्देयम् | may I gain |
| Purushan Aham पुरुषान् अहम् | I, people (family, helpers) |
Why this verse matters
This is the fifteenth and last mantra of the hymn proper. It repeats mantra 2 with a longer list of blessings, closing the hymn where it began.
Read this verse in other scripts
- IAST (scholarly)
- tāṃ ma āvaha jātavedo lakṣmīmanapagāminīm|yasyāṃ hiraṇyaṃ prabhūtaṃ gāvo dāsyo'śvānvindeyaṃ puruṣānaham||
- Telugu
- తాం మ ఆవహ జాతవేదో లక్ష్మీమనపగామినీమ్।యస్యాం హిరణ్యం ప్రభూతం గావో దాస్యోఽశ్వాన్విందేయం పురుషానహమ్॥
- Tamil
- தாம் ம ஆவஹ ஜாதவேதோ³ லக்ஷ்மீமநபகா³மிநீம்।யஸ்யாம் ஹிரண்யம் ப்ரபூ⁴தம் கா³வோ தா³ஸ்யோ(அ)ஶ்வாந்விந்தே³யம் புருஷாநஹம்॥
- Kannada
- ತಾಂ ಮ ಆವಹ ಜಾತವೇದೋ ಲಕ್ಷ್ಮೀಮನಪಗಾಮಿನೀಮ್।ಯಸ್ಯಾಂ ಹಿರಣ್ಯಂ ಪ್ರಭೂತಂ ಗಾವೋ ದಾಸ್ಯೋಽಶ್ವಾನ್ವಿಂದೇಯಂ ಪುರುಷಾನಹಮ್॥
- Malayalam
- താം മ ആവഹ ജാതവേദോ ലക്ഷ്മീമനപഗാമിനീമ്।യസ്യാം ഹിരണ്യം പ്രഭൂതം ഗാവോ ദാസ്യോഽശ്വാന്വിന്ദേയം പുരുഷാനഹമ്॥
- Gujarati
- તાં મ આવહ જાતવેદો લક્ષ્મીમનપગામિનીમ્।યસ્યાં હિરણ્યં પ્રભૂતં ગાવો દાસ્યોઽશ્વાન્વિન્દેયં પુરુષાનહમ્॥
- Bengali
- তাং ম আবহ জাতবেদো লক্ষ্মীমনপগামিনীম্।যস্যাং হিরণ্যং প্রভূতং গাবো দাস্যোঽশ্বান্বিন্দেযং পুরুষানহম্॥