Sri Vyuha Lakshmi Mantram

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• verse 1

  व्यूहलक्ष्मी तन्त्रःदयालोल तरङ्गाक्षी पूर्णचन्द्र निभानना ।जननी सर्वलोकानां महालक्ष्मीः हरिप्रिया ॥ 1 ॥

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  vyūhalakṣmī tantraḥdayālōla taraṅgākṣī pūrṇachandra nibhānanā ।jananī sarvalōkānāṃ mahālakṣmīḥ haripriyā ॥ 1 ॥

  meaning

  Title: Vyuha Lakshmi Tantra. O Dayalola of wave-like eyes, with a face like the full moon; mother of all worlds, Mahalakshmi, beloved of Hari.

• verse 2

  सर्वपाप हरासैव प्रारब्धस्यापि कर्मणः ।संहृतौ तु क्षमासैव सर्व सम्पत्प्रदायिनी ॥ 2 ॥

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  sarvapāpa harāsaiva prārabdhasyāpi karmaṇaḥ ।saṃhṛtau tu kṣamāsaiva sarva sampatpradāyinī ॥ 2 ॥

  meaning

  She alone destroys all sins even of accumulated karma; she alone has the capacity to dissolve; she is the bestower of all prosperity.

• verse 3

  तस्या व्यूह प्रभेदास्तु लक्षीः सर्वपाप प्रणाशिनी ।तत्रया व्यूहलक्ष्मी सा मुग्धाः कारुण्य विग्रह ॥ 3 ॥

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  tasyā vyūha prabhēdāstu lakṣīḥ sarvapāpa praṇāśinī ।tatrayā vyūhalakṣmī sā mugdhāḥ kāruṇya vigraha ॥ 3 ॥

  meaning

  Her threefold Vyuha forms — Lakshmi who destroys all sins; she who is all three Vyuha Lakshmi — the deluded, compassionate form.

• verse 4

  अनायासेन सा लक्ष्मीः सर्वपाप प्रणाशिनी ।सर्वैश्वर्य प्रदा नित्यं तस्या मन्त्रमिमं शृणु ॥ 4 ॥

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  anāyāsēna sā lakṣmīḥ sarvapāpa praṇāśinī ।sarvaiśvarya pradā nityaṃ tasyā mantramimaṃ śṛṇu ॥ 4 ॥

  meaning

  Without effort she, Lakshmi, destroys all sins; ever the bestower of all lordship — hear this mantra of hers.

• verse 5

  वेदादिमायै मात्रे च लक्ष्म्यै नति पदं वदेत् ।परमेति पदं चोक्त्रा लक्ष्म्या इति पदं ततः ॥ 5 ॥

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  vēdādimāyai mātrē cha lakṣmyai nati padaṃ vadēt ।paramēti padaṃ chōktrā lakṣmyā iti padaṃ tataḥ ॥ 5 ॥

  meaning

  Recite the word 'veda' in the sense of 'beginning of Maya', then 'O mother'; then the word 'Lakshmi', then the word 'nati' (prostration); then utter the word 'parama' (supreme); then the word 'Lakshmi'.

• verse 6

  विष्णु वक्षः स्थितायै स्यात् माया श्रीतारिका ततः ।वह्नि जायान्त मन्त्रोयं अभीष्टार्थ सुरद्रुमः ॥ 6 ॥

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  viṣṇu vakṣaḥ sthitāyai syāt māyā śrītārikā tataḥ ।vahni jāyānta mantrōyaṃ abhīṣṭārtha suradrumaḥ ॥ 6 ॥

  meaning

  'One who rests on the chest of Vishnu' shall be followed by Maya and Shri as protective syllables; this mantra ending with the fire's beloved is the wish-granting tree for desired objects.

• verse 7

  द्विभूजा व्यूहलक्षीस्स्यात्, बध्ध पद्मासन प्रिया ।श्रीनिवासाङ्ग मध्यस्था सुतरां केशवप्रिया ॥ 7 ॥

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  dvibhūjā vyūhalakṣīssyāt, badhdha padmāsana priyā ।śrīnivāsāṅga madhyasthā sutarāṃ kēśavapriyā ॥ 7 ॥

  meaning

  The two-armed Vyuha Lakshmi, dear to the lotus posture, dwelling in the middle of Shrinivasa's body — most dear to Keshava.

• verse 8

  तामेव शरणं गछ्छ सर्वभावेन सत्वरम् ।इति मन्त्रं उपादिश्य ददृशे न कुत्रचित् ॥

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  tāmēva śaraṇaṃ gaChCha sarvabhāvēna satvaram ।iti mantraṃ upādiśya dadṛśē na kutrachit ॥

  meaning

  'Take refuge in her alone with your entire being quickly' — having instructed this mantra, the teacher was no longer seen anywhere.

• verse 9

  व्यूहलक्ष्मी मन्त्रःवेदादिमायै मात्रे च लक्ष्म्यै नति पदं वदेत् ।परमेति पदं चोक्त्रा लक्ष्म्या इति पदं ततः ॥

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  vyūhalakṣmī mantraḥvēdādimāyai mātrē cha lakṣmyai nati padaṃ vadēt ।paramēti padaṃ chōktrā lakṣmyā iti padaṃ tataḥ ॥

  meaning

  The Vyuha Lakshmi Mantra: Recite the word 'nati' meaning 'at the beginning of the Vedas, O mother Lakshmi'; then the word 'parama' — supreme; then the word 'Lakshmi'.

• verse 10

  विष्णु वक्षः स्थितायै स्यात् माया श्रीतारिका ततः ।वह्नि जायान्त मन्त्रोयं अभीष्टार्थ सुरद्रुमः ॥

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  viṣṇu vakṣaḥ sthitāyai syāt māyā śrītārikā tataḥ ।vahni jāyānta mantrōyaṃ abhīṣṭārtha suradrumaḥ ॥

  meaning

  'One who rests on the chest of Vishnu' — followed by Maya, Shri-Tarika; this mantra ending with the fire's beloved is the wish-granting tree for all desired objects.

• verse 11

  व्यूहलक्ष्मी मन्त्रः (बीजाक्षर सहितम्)ॐ श्री ॐ नमः ॥परमलक्ष्म्मै, विष्णु-वक्षस्थितायै, रमायै, आश्रित-तारकायै नमो, वह्निजायै नमः ॥

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  vyūhalakṣmī mantraḥ (bījākṣara sahitam)ōṃ śrī ōṃ namaḥ ॥paramalakṣmmai, viṣṇu-vakṣasthitāyai, ramāyai, āśrita-tārakāyai namō, vahnijāyai namaḥ ॥

  meaning

  Vyuha Lakshmi Mantra with seed syllables: Om Shri Om Namah. To the Supreme Lakshmi, to the one who rests on Vishnu's chest, to Rama, to the saviour of those who take refuge — salutation; to the beloved of fire — salutation.