Lakshmi Chalisa

मातु लक्ष्मी करि कृपा करो हृदय में वास । मनो कामना सिद्ध कर पुरवहु मेरी आस ॥

mātu lakṣmī kari kṛpā karo hṛdaya meṃ vāsa | mano kāmanā siddha kara puravahu merī āsa ||

O Mother Lakshmi, show grace and dwell in my heart; fulfil my heart's desires and complete my hope.

सिंधु सुता विष्णुप्रिये नत शिर बारंबार । ऋद्धि सिद्धि मंगलप्रदे नत शिर बारंबार ॥

siṃdhu sutā viṣṇupriye nata śira bāraṃbāra | ṛddhi siddhi maṃgalaprade nata śira bāraṃbāra ||

O daughter of the ocean, beloved of Vishnu, I bow my head again and again; O granter of prosperity and accomplishment, bringer of auspiciousness, I bow my head again and again.

सिन्धु सुता मैं सुमिरौं तोही । ज्ञान बुद्धि विद्या दो मोहि ॥

sindhu sutā maiṃ sumirauṃ tohī | jñāna buddhi vidyā do mohi ||

O daughter of the ocean, I remember You; grant me knowledge, wisdom and learning.

तुम समान नहिं कोई उपकारी । सब विधि पुरबहु आस हमारी ॥

tuma samāna nahiṃ koī upakārī | saba vidhi purabahu āsa hamārī ||

There is none as kind as You; in every way, fulfil our hope.

जै जै जगत जननि जगदम्बा । सबके तुमही हो स्वलम्बा ॥

jai jai jagata janani jagadambā | sabake tumahī ho svalambā ||

Hail, hail, O Mother of the world, Jagadamba; on You alone does everyone depend.

तुम ही हो घट घट के वासी । विनती यही हमारी खासी ॥

tuma hī ho ghaṭa ghaṭa ke vāsī | vinatī yahī hamārī khāsī ||

You dwell within every heart; this alone is our humble prayer.

जग जननी जय सिन्धु कुमारी । दीनन की तुम हो हितकारी ॥

jaga jananī jaya sindhu kumārī | dīnana kī tuma ho hitakārī ||

Hail, O Mother of the world, daughter of the ocean; You are the benefactress of the humble.

विनवौं नित्य तुमहिं महारानी । कृपा करौ जग जननि भवानी ॥

vinavauṃ nitya tumahiṃ mahārānī | kṛpā karau jaga janani bhavānī ||

I pray to You daily, O Great Queen; show grace, O Mother of the world, Bhavani.

केहि विधि स्तुति करौं तिहारी । सुधि लीजै अपराध बिसारी ॥

kehi vidhi stuti karauṃ tihārī | sudhi lījai aparādha bisārī ||

How shall I sing Your praise? Overlook my faults and hear me.

कृपा दृष्टि चितवो मम ओरी । जगत जननि विनती सुन मोरी ॥

kṛpā dṛṣṭi citavo mama orī | jagata janani vinatī suna morī ||

Cast Your gracious gaze toward me; O Mother of the world, hear my prayer.

ज्ञान बुद्धि जय सुख की दाता । संकट हरो हमारी माता ॥

jñāna buddhi jaya sukha kī dātā | saṃkaṭa haro hamārī mātā ||

Hail, giver of knowledge, wisdom and joy; remove our troubles, O Mother.

क्षीर सिंधु जब विष्णु मथायो । चौदह रत्न सिंधु में पायो ॥

kṣīra siṃdhu jaba viṣṇu mathāyo | caudaha ratna siṃdhu meṃ pāyo ||

When Vishnu churned the milky ocean, fourteen jewels were found within it.

चौदह रत्न में तुम सुखरासी । सेवा कियो प्रभुहिं बनि दासी ॥

caudaha ratna meṃ tuma sukharāsī | sevā kiyo prabhuhiṃ bani dāsī ||

Among those fourteen jewels You are the treasure of joy; You served the Lord, becoming His handmaid.

जब जब जन्म जहां प्रभु लीन्हा । रूप बदल तहं सेवा कीन्हा ॥

jaba jaba janma jahāṃ prabhu līnhā | rūpa badala tahaṃ sevā kīnhā ||

Whenever and wherever the Lord took birth, You too took a changed form to serve Him.

स्वयं विष्णु जब नर तनु धारा । लीन्हेउ अवधपुरी अवतारा ॥

svayaṃ viṣṇu jaba nara tanu dhārā | līnheu avadhapurī avatārā ||

When Vishnu Himself took human form and descended in the city of Ayodhya,

तब तुम प्रकट जनकपुर माहीं । सेवा कियो हृदय पुलकाहीं ॥

taba tuma prakaṭa janakapura māhīṃ | sevā kiyo hṛdaya pulakāhīṃ ||

then You too appeared in Janakpur; You served Him, Your heart filled with joy.

अपनायो तोहि अन्तर्यामी । विश्व विदित त्रिभुवन की स्वामी ॥

apanāyo tohi antaryāmī | viśva vidita tribhuvana kī svāmī ||

You made the Knower of all hearts Your own; Your fame is known throughout the three worlds.

तुम सब प्रबल शक्ति नहिं आनी । कहं तक महिमा कहौं बखानी ॥

tuma saba prabala śakti nahiṃ ānī | kahaṃ taka mahimā kahauṃ bakhānī ||

No power can match You; how far can I go in describing Your greatness?

मन क्रम वचन करै सेवकाई । मन-इच्छित वांछित फल पाई ॥

mana krama vacana karai sevakāī | mana-icchita vāṃchita phala pāī ||

Whoever serves You in mind, deed and word, obtains the fruit their heart desires.

तजि छल कपट और चतुराई । पूजहिं विविध भांति मन लाई ॥

taji chala kapaṭa aura caturāī | pūjahiṃ vividha bhāṃti mana lāī ||

Casting aside deceit, guile and cunning, worship in every way with a devoted heart.

और हाल मैं कहौं बुझाई । जो यह पाठ करे मन लाई ॥

aura hāla maiṃ kahauṃ bujhāī | jo yaha pāṭha kare mana lāī ||

And let me explain further: whoever recites this with a devoted mind,

ताको कोई कष्ट न होई । मन इच्छित फल पावै फल सोई ॥

tāko koī kaṣṭa na hoī | mana icchita phala pāvai phala soī ||

no trouble ever comes to them; they obtain the fruit their heart desires.

त्राहि-त्राहि जय दुःख निवारिणी । त्रिविध ताप भव बंधन हारिणि ॥

trāhi-trāhi jaya duḥkha nivāriṇī | trividha tāpa bhava baṃdhana hāriṇi ||

Save us, save us! Hail, remover of sorrow; destroyer of the threefold affliction and the bonds of worldly existence.

जो यह चालीसा पढ़े और पढ़ावे । इसे ध्यान लगाकर सुने सुनावै ॥

jo yaha cālīsā par̤he aura par̤hāve | ise dhyāna lagākara sune sunāvai ||

Whoever recites and shares this Chalisa, listens and lets others listen with attention,

ताको कोई न रोग सतावै । पुत्र आदि धन सम्पत्ति पावै ॥

tāko koī na roga satāvai | putra ādi dhana sampatti pāvai ||

no illness ever troubles them; they gain sons, wealth and prosperity.

पुत्र हीन और सम्पत्ति हीना । अन्धा बधिर कोढ़ी अति दीना ॥

putra hīna aura sampatti hīnā | andhā badhira kor̤hī ati dīnā ||

Whoever is without sons, without wealth, blind, deaf, afflicted, or greatly distressed,

विप्र बोलाय कै पाठ करावै । शंका दिल में कभी न लावै ॥

vipra bolāya kai pāṭha karāvai | śaṃkā dila meṃ kabhī na lāvai ||

let them call a learned Brahmin and have this recited, never letting doubt enter their heart.

पाठ करावै दिन चालीसा । ता पर कृपा करैं गौरीसा ॥

pāṭha karāvai dina cālīsā | tā para kṛpā karaiṃ gaurīsā ||

Let them have the Chalisa recited for forty days; upon them Shiva Himself shows His grace.

सुख सम्पत्ति बहुत सी पावै । कमी नहीं काहू की आवै ॥

sukha sampatti bahuta sī pāvai | kamī nahīṃ kāhū kī āvai ||

They obtain great happiness and prosperity; they suffer no lack of anything.

बारह मास करै जो पूजा । तेहि सम धन्य और नहिं दूजा ॥

bāraha māsa karai jo pūjā | tehi sama dhanya aura nahiṃ dūjā ||

Whoever performs this worship for twelve months, none is as blessed as they.

प्रतिदिन पाठ करै मन माहीं । उन सम कोई जग में नाहिं ॥

pratidina pāṭha karai mana māhīṃ | una sama koī jaga meṃ nāhiṃ ||

Whoever recites this daily with a devoted heart, none in this world equals them.

बहु विधि क्या मैं करौं बड़ाई । लेय परीक्षा ध्यान लगाई ॥

bahu vidhi kyā maiṃ karauṃ bar̤āī | leya parīkṣā dhyāna lagāī ||

In how many ways shall I sing Your praise? Test me, and observe with attention.

करि विश्वास करैं व्रत नेमा । होय सिद्ध उपजै उर प्रेमा ॥

kari viśvāsa karaiṃ vrata nemā | hoya siddha upajai ura premā ||

Whoever holds firm faith and keeps this vow, in their heart accomplishment and love arise.

जय जय जय लक्ष्मी महारानी । सब में व्यापित जो गुण खानी ॥

jaya jaya jaya lakṣmī mahārānī | saba meṃ vyāpita jo guṇa khānī ||

Hail, hail, hail, O Great Queen Lakshmi, pervading all, the mine of virtue.

तुम्हरो तेज प्रबल जग माहीं । तुम सम कोउ दयाल कहूं नाहीं ॥

tumharo teja prabala jaga māhīṃ | tuma sama kou dayāla kahūṃ nāhīṃ ||

Your splendour is mighty throughout the world; none as compassionate as You is found anywhere.

मोहि अनाथ की सुधि अब लीजै । संकट काटि भक्ति मोहि दीजे ॥

mohi anātha kī sudhi aba lījai | saṃkaṭa kāṭi bhakti mohi dīje ||

Take heed of me now, an orphan; cut away my troubles and grant me devotion.

भूल चूक करी क्षमा हमारी । दर्शन दीजै दशा निहारी ॥

bhūla cūka karī kṣamā hamārī | darśana dījai daśā nihārī ||

Forgive my errors and lapses; grant me Your sight, looking upon my state.

बिन दरशन व्याकुल अधिकारी । तुमहिं अक्षत दुःख सहते भारी ॥

bina daraśana vyākula adhikārī | tumahiṃ akṣata duḥkha sahate bhārī ||

Without Your sight I, Your servant, am restless; I bear great sorrow, though blameless.

नहिं मोहिं ज्ञान बुद्धि है तन में । सब जानत हो अपने मन में ॥

nahiṃ mohiṃ jñāna buddhi hai tana meṃ | saba jānata ho apane mana meṃ ||

I have no knowledge or wisdom within me; You know it all in Your own mind.

रूप चतुर्भुज करके धारण । कष्ट मोर अब करहु निवारण ॥

rūpa caturbhuja karake dhāraṇa | kaṣṭa mora aba karahu nivāraṇa ||

Assume Your four-armed form; remove my troubles now.

कहि प्रकार मैं करौं बड़ाई । ज्ञान बुद्धि मोहिं नहिं अधिकाई ॥

kahi prakāra maiṃ karauṃ bar̤āī | jñāna buddhi mohiṃ nahiṃ adhikāī ||

In what way shall I sing Your praise? I have no abundance of knowledge or wisdom.

रामदास अब कहै पुकारी । करो दूर तुम विपति हमारी ॥

rāmadāsa aba kahai pukārī | karo dūra tuma vipati hamārī ||

Ramdas now calls out and prays: take away all my adversity.

त्राहि त्राहि दुःख हारिणी हरो बेगि सब त्रास । जयति जयति जय लक्ष्मी करो शत्रुन का नाश ॥

trāhi trāhi duḥkha hāriṇī haro begi saba trāsa | jayati jayati jaya lakṣmī karo śatruna kā nāśa ||

Save us, save us, remover of sorrow, take away all fear at once; hail, hail, O Lakshmi, destroy our enemies.

रामदास धरि ध्यान नित विनय करत कर जोर । मातु लक्ष्मी दास पर करहु दया की कोर ॥

rāmadāsa dhari dhyāna nita vinaya karata kara jora | mātu lakṣmī dāsa para karahu dayā kī kora ||

Ramdas, holding You in meditation, prays daily with folded hands: O Mother Lakshmi, show Your servant a portion of Your mercy.