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Lakshmi Aarti: Jai Lakshmi Mata: Text, Transliteration and Meaning

Aarti · 9 verses · original in Hindi

About Lakshmi Aarti: Jai Lakshmi Mata

The aarti of Goddess Lakshmi, sung at the Diwali Lakshmi puja and on Fridays. It praises her as Brahmani, Rudrani and Kamala, mother of the world and giver of happiness and wealth, who rose from the ocean of milk; without her there is no sacrifice, no clothing and no abundance of food.

Meanings and summaries are editorial, written for this library from the cited edition.

Text and meaning

Refrain

जय लक्ष्मी माता जय लक्ष्मी माता । तुमकूं निशिदिन सेवत हर विष्णू धाता ॥ टेर ॥

jaya lakṣmī mātā jaya lakṣmī mātā | tumakūṃ niśidina sevata hara viṣṇū dhātā || ṭera ||

Victory to Mother Lakshmi. Shiva, Vishnu and Brahma serve you day and night.

Source: Arti Sangrah, Khemraj Shrikrishnadas, Bombay, February 2012 (Samvat 2068), Internet Archive item arti-sangrah-khemraj-publishers, p. 9, refrain

Verse 2

ब्रह्माणी रूद्राणी कमला तुहि है जगमाता । सूर्य चन्द्रमा ध्यावत नारद ऋषि गाता ॥ जय॰ ॥ १ ॥

brahmāṇī rūdrāṇī kamalā tuhi hai jagamātā | sūrya candramā dhyāvata nārada ṛṣi gātā || jaya. || 1 ||

You are Brahmani, Rudrani and Kamala; you are the mother of the world. The sun and moon meditate on you and the sage Narada sings your praise.

Source: Arti Sangrah, Khemraj Shrikrishnadas, Bombay, February 2012 (Samvat 2068), Internet Archive item arti-sangrah-khemraj-publishers, p. 9, stanza 1

Verse 3

दुर्गा रूप निरंजनि सुख संपति दाता । जो कोइ तुमकूं ध्यावत ऋधि सिधि धन पाता ॥ जयल॰ ॥ २ ॥

durgā rūpa niraṃjani sukha saṃpati dātā | jo koi tumakūṃ dhyāvata ṛdhi sidhi dhana pātā || jayala. || 2 ||

Spotless one in the form of Durga, you give happiness and wealth; whoever meditates on you gains prosperity, success and riches.

Source: Arti Sangrah, Khemraj Shrikrishnadas, Bombay, February 2012 (Samvat 2068), Internet Archive item arti-sangrah-khemraj-publishers, p. 9, stanza 2

Verse 4

तू ही है पाताल बसंती तू ही है शुभदाता । कर्म प्रभाव प्रकाशक जगनिधि से त्राता ॥ जयल॰ ॥ ३ ॥

tū hī hai pātāla basaṃtī tū hī hai śubhadātā | karma prabhāva prakāśaka jaganidhi se trātā || jayala. || 3 ||

You dwell in the netherworld and you are the giver of good; you bring the fruit of deeds to light and rescue from the ocean of the world.

Source: Arti Sangrah, Khemraj Shrikrishnadas, Bombay, February 2012 (Samvat 2068), Internet Archive item arti-sangrah-khemraj-publishers, pp. 9–10, stanza 3

Verse 5

जिस घर थारो बासो जाहि में गुण आता । कर न सकै सोइ कर ले मन नहिं धड़काता ॥ जय॰ ॥ ४ ॥

jisa ghara thāro bāso jāhi meṃ guṇa ātā | kara na sakai soi kara le mana nahiṃ dhaṛakātā || jaya. || 4 ||

In the house where you live, good qualities arrive; what could not be done gets done, and the heart does not tremble.

Source: Arti Sangrah, Khemraj Shrikrishnadas, Bombay, February 2012 (Samvat 2068), Internet Archive item arti-sangrah-khemraj-publishers, p. 10, stanza 4

Verse 6

तुम विन यज्ञ न होवे वस्त्र न होय राता । खान पान को विभव तुमैं बिन कुण दाता ॥ जयल॰ ॥ ५ ॥

tuma vina yajña na hove vastra na hoya rātā | khāna pāna ko vibhava tumaiṃ bina kuṇa dātā || jayala. || 5 ||

Without you no sacrifice can be made and no fine red cloth is had; who but you gives the abundance of food and drink?

Source: Arti Sangrah, Khemraj Shrikrishnadas, Bombay, February 2012 (Samvat 2068), Internet Archive item arti-sangrah-khemraj-publishers, p. 10, stanza 5

Verse 7

शुभ गुण सुंदर युक्ता क्षीरनिधी जाता । रत्न चतुर्दश तोकूं कोइ भी नहि पाता ॥ जयल॰ ॥ ६ ॥

śubha guṇa suṃdara yuktā kṣīranidhī jātā | ratna caturdaśa tokūṃ koi bhī nahi pātā || jayala. || 6 ||

Full of good qualities and beauty, you were born from the ocean of milk; no one obtains the fourteen jewels (of the churning) except through you.

Source: Arti Sangrah, Khemraj Shrikrishnadas, Bombay, February 2012 (Samvat 2068), Internet Archive item arti-sangrah-khemraj-publishers, p. 10, stanza 6

Verse 8

या आरती लक्ष्मीजी की जो कोइ नर गाता । उर अनंद अति उमँगै पाप उतर जाता ॥ जयल॰ ॥ ७ ॥

yā āratī lakṣmījī kī jo koi nara gātā | ura anaṃda ati umam̐gai pāpa utara jātā || jayala. || 7 ||

Whoever sings this aarti of Lakshmi feels great joy welling up in the heart, and sin falls away.

Source: Arti Sangrah, Khemraj Shrikrishnadas, Bombay, February 2012 (Samvat 2068), Internet Archive item arti-sangrah-khemraj-publishers, p. 10, stanza 7

Verse 9

स्थिर चर जगत बचावै कर्म प्रेर ल्याता । राम प्रताप मैया की शुभ दृष्टी चाता ॥ जय लक्ष्मी माता जय लक्ष्मी माता । तुमको निशिदिन सेवत हर विष्णू धाता ॥ ८ ॥

sthira cara jagata bacāvai karma prera lyātā | rāma pratāpa maiyā kī śubha dṛṣṭī cātā || jaya lakṣmī mātā jaya lakṣmī mātā | tumako niśidina sevata hara viṣṇū dhātā || 8 ||

You protect the whole world, still and moving, and set deeds in motion; "Ram Pratap" longs for the Mother's kind glance. The refrain closes the aarti.

Source: Arti Sangrah, Khemraj Shrikrishnadas, Bombay, February 2012 (Samvat 2068), Internet Archive item arti-sangrah-khemraj-publishers, p. 10, stanza 8

Sources and licence

Copied from the page images of "Arti Sangrah" (Khemraj Shrikrishnadas, Bombay; February 2012 edition), pp. 9–10 ("अथ आरती श्रीलक्ष्मीजीकी प्रारंभ"). The book prints the words run together; spaces have been added for reading, no letter has been changed, and the abbreviation mark is written "॰". The printed spelling ("तुमकूं", "विष्णू", "रूद्राणी", "तुम विन", "तुमैं", "अनंद") is kept. This is an older text that differs in several lines from the version commonly sung as "Om Jai Lakshmi Mata". The last stanza contains the name "Ram Pratap"; the book names no author. Meanings are editorial.

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