Sunday 18 March 2018

Sri Gajalakshmi Ashtoththarashathanama Sthothram – Lyrics and meanings



|| Jai Sriman Narayana ||












I shall prostrate before supreme Goddess Sri Adhishakthi who is personified as Gajalakshmi, she symbolizes sacred syllables ‘Hreem Klim’, she  is mighty Goddess, she is unconquerable, she has miniscule form, she has the radiance of Lord Adithya, she is eternal, she is beyond description, her splendor and loveliness cannot be described in words, she is mysterious, she represents sky, she is flawless, she is adorned in various precious ornaments, she is most desirable and her eyes has the resemblance to  lotus flower petals, she showers abundance of boons to worshiper, she is personified as Uma, and Urvashi and Kushavarththa, she showers abundance of prosperity to worshiper, she has embodied as wish fulfilling divine cow Kamadhenu, she has personified in the illustrious clan of Kapila, she is beautifully adorned in vermilion, she showers excellence in music, she provides scholastic skills, she has great splendor , she is most venerable, she is four faced Goddess, she represents Chathushashtikala, wealth and prosperity, she is worshiped with Thanthric rites, she is the source of bliss for the intellect, she is personified as attractive  young maiden, she is lustrous like vermilion, she has the resemblance to Kashapushpa, she eradicates conflicts, she is the mother of deities, she performs the task of deities, her endless glories as sung by Gandharvas, she is deserved to be contemplated and eulogized, she is worshiped by celestial Gandharvas, she eradicates Jara/aging and Mrithyu/untimely and accidental death of the worshiper, she symbolizes triumph, she has the resemblance to cloud and brilliance of Surya, she is the source of Universe and its living beings and she dwells as soul in living beings, she is victorious and worshiped by the victorious and valorous people, she is the mother of living beings, she symbolizes contentment and satisfaction , permanent fame, desires and passion, she is worshiped by Dhaksha, she has long and curly attractive hair locks, she is too compassionate, she destroys wicked Dhanavas, she eradicates sufferings of poverty and miseries, she represents essential objects, she guides us to attain heaven, she is highly disciplined and impartial, she symbolizes heaven, she represents Nagavallari/betel leaf creeper, she is illustrious and steadfast, she is attired in majestic yellow silk garment, she is Para, she symbolizes piousness, she is imperishable, she is the source of nourishment, she is Padma who is lotus born and resides on the lotus flower, she represents mass, she eradicates extreme fears and anxieties of worldly existence, she has dreadful appearance too, she is luminous like fire, her beautiful neck is adorned in necklace, she is worshiped by Lord Vishnu, she has personified as Bhargavi, she is unconquerable, she has supreme brilliance of  millions of Lord Adithya, she is personified Mathangi, she is highly honorable, she is personified as Mother who resides in Mathrumandala/supreme abode,  she is great illusionist, she is embodied as sacred land Mayapuri/Haridhwar, she has endless fame, she is personified as Yogamaya, she is perceivable through Yoga and meditation, she is adorned in gem decorated Keyoora and various precious ornaments that spreads intense luster, she is personified as Devi Rathi, she enhances  desires and passions in worshiper, she represents honey bee, she is flawless, she is stunningly beautiful, she has personified as Seetha who is the consort of Rama, she is emerged from the milky ocean while churning for nectar of immortality, she represents terminology, she is anointed in rich fragrant musk, she symbolizes fortune/Lakshmana, she is Vedamatha who is the essence of Veda, she has embodied as fire, illusion, and night, she is serene, she is stunningly gorgeous, she is pure, she is personified as Seetha, and Subhadhra, she works for the welfare of Universe and its living beings, she eradicates the evil effects of  Kali era.


Om Hreem Klim Gajalakshmi Ananthashakthi Ajeya Namo Nama: |   Anuroopa  Arunakrithyai Anantharoopa Adhishakthi ||

Avachya Anirvachaneeya Adbhutha Ambarasthanga| Ashesha Svarabhooshitha  Icchayai Indheevaraprabhra: ||

Uma  Urvashi Kushavarththa  Udhayapradha: | Kamadhenave Kapilakulodhbhava  Kumkumangithashobhitha ||

Kumari  Kumkumaruna  Kashapushpapratheekasha | Kalapaha  Khagamathre  Khagakrithya Gandharvageethakeerthitha ||

Geyavidhya Visharadha  Gambheera  Garima Chathuranana: | Chathu:Shashti Sri Thanthrapoojaneeya  Chithsukha ||

Chinthya Geya Gandharvasevitha Jaramrithyuvinashini | Jaithri Jeemoothasankasha  Jeeva Jeevanapradha  ||

Jithashvasa Jitharadhya  Janithri Thriptha  Thrapa: | Thrisha Dhakshapoojitha  Dheerghakesha Dhayalave ||

Dhanujapaha Dharidhryanashini Dhravya Nakagathipradha | Neethinishta  Nagaroopa Nagavallari Prathishta Peethambari ||

 Para  Punya Prajja Payodha Padma Padmavasini | Peevara  Bhavabhayapaha  Bheeshma Bhraja Manigreevah ||

Bhrathrupoojya  Bhargavi Bhrajishinavi Bhanukodisamaprabha: | Mathangi Manadha  Mathre  Mathrumandalavasini ||

Maya  Mayapuri Yashasvini Yogagamya  Yogadhyanaparayana: | Rathnakeyooravalaya  Rathi Ragavivardhini ||

 Rolamba Poorna Ramaneeya Ramapathni Lavanothbhava: | Lekha Liptha  Lakshmana  Vedamathre  Vahniswaroopini ||

Shambari  Shamani Shantha  Sundhari Sitha | Seetha Subhadhra  Kshemakari  Kalikalmashanashini ||



|| Jai Sriman Narayana ||