Ashtalakshmi Stotra

The Ashtalakshmi Stotra (Sanskrit: अष्टलक्ष्मीस्तोत्रम्, romanized: Aṣṭalakṣmīstotraṃ), also rendered the Ashta Lakshmi Stotram, is a Hindu mantra.

[2][3] The Ashtalakshmi Stotra was composed and published in the early 1970s in Chennai by U.V.

Srinivasa Varadachariyar, a theologian of the Sri Vaishnava tradition.

Devotees regard each of the Ashta Lakshmi to represent an attribute of Lakshmi, gaining the favour of the goddess with the chanting of each stanza of the prayer.

The eight aspects of Lakshmi that are venerated by the mantra are:[4][5][6] The first hymn of the mantra venerates Adi Lakshmi:[7][8][9] sumanasavandita sundari mādhavi candrasahodari hēmamayēmunigaṇavandita mokṣapradāyani mañjula bhāṣiṇi vēdanutēpaṅkajavāsini dēvasupūjita sadguṇavarṣiṇi śāntiyutējaya jaya hē madhusūdanakāmini ādilakṣmi sadā pālaya māmShe who is praised by the virtuous, she who is beautiful, she who is the consort of Madhava and the sister of Chandra, the golden one She who is praised by the sages and their disciples, she who offers salvation, she who is of pleasant speech and hailed by the VedasShe who resides upon a lotus, she who is worshipped by the devas, she who showers auspicious qualities and contentmentVictory to you, victory to you, the lover of Madhusudana, Adi Lakshmi, may you always protect me