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Dear BhakthAs of MahA Lakshmi :

One of the members of the Oppiliappan list 
requested me to provide information on 
Ashtalakshmi Vaibhavam . adiyEn will do 
my best to respond to this request .

At the outset , let me invite your attention 
in this context to the detailed commentaries 
by adiyEn on Swamy Parasara Bhattar"s Sri GuNa 
Rathna Kosam  with its 61 slOkams archived in 
Malolan.org:

http://www.malolan.org

The introduction section there provides links to 
additional essays on MahA Lakshmi Tatthvam ,
which incorporates Ashta Lakshmi Vaibhavam .

Access to additional postings on the Vaibhavam of
MahA Lakshmi/Ashta Lakshmi can also be had at :

http://www.ibiblio.org/sripedia/oppiliappan/archives/index.html

Please link here to Dikshitar's MahA Lakshmi 
Krithis , which extoll Her Vaibhavam .

Details on Ashta Lakshmi Vaibhavam
***********************************
Mahaa Lakshmi is the dearest consort of 
Mahaa VishNu and she never ever leaves
Her place of residence on the sacred chest 
of Her Lord . The visualization and prayer 
to Her by Adhi Sankara is :

ambhOruhAm janma-graham bhavathyaa
vakshasthalam bharthru-graham MuraarE:
kaaruNyAth kalpaya Padhma-vaasE
leela-gruham mE hrudhayAravindham 

(Meaning): Oh MahA Lakshmi having the red lotus
as Your house of birth ( piRantha veedu/janma gruham)
and Your husband's chest as the puhuntha veedu
(Barthru: Graham/ house after marriage to Your Lord) !
May Thou-seated on the red lotus- with Your overflowing 
mercy choose my heart lotus as Your sporting place 
( Leelaa Gruham )!  

***The petals of the lotus on which She is seated 
are said to represent Her eight forms of wealth
in Her all encompassing role as the Goddess of
all aspects of wealth .All Her eight forms fold 
into one integrated form : MahA Laskshmi .

***There is a major temple of recent origin
( 1976 C.E)at Besant Nagar , Chennai noted for 
its AshtAnga VimAnam as at ThirukkOshtiyUr 
and UtthiramErUr .At this Ashta Lakshmi temple , 
Her eight forms are worshipped at individual 
sannidhis .

***The eight forms of MahA Lakshmi are :

1. Aadhi Lakshmi : Here , She represents the primordial
form as the inseperable consort of the Lord at their 
Supreme Abode , Sri Vaikuntam . She is found seated
on Her Lord's left thigh and thereby confers Him 
the nAmam of Sri Lakshmi NaarAyaNan . The prayer
for Her in Ashta Lakshmi SthOthram is:

Nithya SoubhAgya SouseelyAm
Vara Lakshmi dadhAthi cha
prasannAm streeNa sulabhAm 
ADHI LAKSHMEEM NAMAAMYAHAM 

She is easily  accessed as the object of
refuge of PrapannAs and She intercedes 
for us with Her Lord to grant all 
the four purushArTams through Her 
four hands.

2.Dhaanya Lakshmi :Mistress of wealth in
the form of grains , fruits , vegetables
and all other foods to quell . The prayer to 
Dhaanya Lakshmi is :

PruTvee garbham samuthbhinnA
naanAvreehi savroopiNeem
pasu-sampath svaropaam cha
DhAnya Lakshmeem namAmyaham 

3. Dhairya Lakshmi: The Goddess who blesses
us with unlimited courage and strength to 
win over all obstacles in our rightful
endeavours directed by the Lord's sAsthrAs.
The prayer for Dhairya Lakshmi is:

na Maathsaryam na cha krOdhO
na bheethir-na cha bhEdha dhee:
yath bhakthAnAm vineethAnAm
Dhairya Lakshmeem namAmyaham

4. Gaja Lakshmi : She is seen with two
elephants on Her sides and is seated on
a red lotus .She arose out of the Milky
ocean during the churning of that ocean 
to release Amrutham ( Please see the 
attached image) . Her prayer modeled
after SrI Sooktham is :

RaTa madhyAm asva-poorvAm 
Gaja nAta prabhOdhineem
SaamrAjya-dhAyineem dEveem
Gaja Lakshmeem NamAmyaham

In Sri Sookthi , she is offered 
SuprabhAtham ( Hasthi Naadha
prabhOdhineem/ awakening with
the trumpeting of the elephants)
at the lotus pond. They are ready
to offer abhishEka Jalam for Her 
sacred bath and stand on both sides
of Her with water pots in their "hands".
AbhishEka valli ThAyaar of ThirukkaNNa
mangai is our Gaja Lakshmi .

5. SanthAna Lakshmi: She bestows wealth 
in the form of SuprajAs ( devout children
following dharmam ) .The prayer to Her for
the wealth of auspicious children,grand children
takes this form:

puthra pouthra svaroopENa 
pasu-bhruthyAthmanaa svayam
sambhavantheem cha SanthAna-
Lakshmeem Deveem namAmyaham 

6.Vijaya Lakshmi:She confers the boon of 
success in all undertakings to conquer 
our lower nature ( Raajasic/Taamasic 
proclivities).Here , the prayer is:

Sarva sakthi svaroopAm cha
Sarva Siddhi pradhAyineem
SarvEswareem Sri Vijaya-
Lakshmeem Deveem namAmyaham 

7.Dhana Lakshmi: She is the showerer of
all kinds of wealth .The prayer to Dhana
Lakshmi is :

Dhanamagnir-dhanam vaama:
dhanam bhUthAni pancha cha
prabhUthaisvarya sandhAthreem
Dhana Lakshmeem namAmyaham 

8.VidhyA Lakshmi: She grants the boon of 
Jn~Anam and the prayer to Her is:

nAnA vij~nana sandhAthreem
buddhi suddhi pradhAyineem
amruthathva pradhAthreem cha 
VidhyA Lakshmeem namAmyaham 

How these eight forms of Lakshmi
merge into MahA Lakshmi and how Her 
power to remove all kinds of poverty
to bless us with all types of wealth
are summed up by the following two slOkams 
including the Phala sruthi :

Ashta Lakshmi samAhAra-
svaroopAm tamm HaripriyAm
Moksha Lakshmeem MahA Lakshmeem
Sarva Lakshmeem namAmyaham

DhAridhrya dukkha haraNAm
samruddhirapi sampathAm
SacchidhAnandha poorNathvam
Ashta Lakshmi StuthEr-bhavaEth

In summary , the Ashta Lakshmis can be
related to their different roopams :

1)Dhana Lakshmi/Pushti-wealth roopam

2)VidhyA Lakshmi/Buddhi-intellect roopam

3)DhAnya Lakshmi/KshudhA-freedom from hunger roopam

4)Dhairya( Veera)Lakshmi/roopam of Courage

5)Vijaya(SoubhAgya)Lakshmi/happiness roopam

6)Gaja(KaaruNya)Lakshmi/Roopam of Compassion

7)SanthAna Lakshmi/Mother of all beings(Mathru roopam)

8) MahA(Aadhi) Lakshmi/Sarva Lakshmi roopam.

She confers Saanthi( Peace) , Keerthi (Fame ) ,
Pushti( Strength) , Tushti (Pleasure) ,Preethi
( affection) ,Sarasvathi ( Learning) , Bhu
( land) and Sree( kaimkarya Sree ) .

In the companion(Concluding) posting ,
adiyEn will cover the melodious 
Ashta Lakshmi ShtOthram that you can
recite to recieve Her blessings . 

Sri Lakshmi NaarAyaNa ParabrahmaNE nama:

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan 




      

  







   



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