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Kanakadhara Stotram
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Kanakadhara Stotram is a traditional Lakshmi devotional reading. This page presents the full text of the linked Wikisource edition, with Telugu and IAST transliterations.
|| śrīkanakadhārāstotram ||
aṅgaṃ hareḥ pulakabhūṣaṇamāśrayantī
bhṛṅgāṅganeva mukulābharaṇaṃ tamālam |
aṅgīkṛtākhilavibhūtirapāṅgalīlā
māṅgalyadā'stu mama maṅgaladevatāyāḥ || 1 ||
mugdhā muhurvidadhatī vadane murāreḥ
prematrapāpraṇihitāni gatāgatāni |
mālā dṛśormadhukarīva mahotpale yā
sā me śriyaṃ diśatu sāgarasambhavāyāḥ || 2 ||
āmīlitākṣamadhigamya mudā mukundam–
ānandakandamanimeṣamanaṅgatantram|
ākekarasthitakanīnikapakṣmanetraṃ
bhūtyai bhavenmama bhujaṅgaśayāṅganāyāḥ || 3 ||
bāhvantare madhujitaḥ śritakaustubhe yā
hārāvalīva harinīlamayī vibhāti |
kāmapradā bhagavato'pi kaṭākṣamālā
kalyāṇamāvahatu me kamalālayāyāḥ || 4 ||
kālāmbudālilalitorasi kaiṭābhārer–
dhārādhare sphurati yā taḍa़idaṅganeva |
mātuḥ samastajagatāṃ mahanīyamūrtir–
bhadrāṇi me diśatu bhārgavanandanāyāḥ || 5 ||
prāptaṃ padaṃ prathamataḥ khalu yatprabhāvān–
māṅgalyabhāji madhumāthini manmathena |
mayyāpatettadiha mantharamīkṣaṇārdhaṃ
mandālasaṃ ca makarālayakanyakāyāḥ || 6 ||
viśvāmarendrapadavibhramadānadakṣam–
ānandaheturadhikaṃ muravidviṣo'pi |
īṣanniṣīdatu mayi kṣaṇamīkṣaṇārdham–
indīvarodarasahodaramindirāyāḥ || 7 ||
iṣṭāviśiṣṭamatayo'pi yayā dayārdra–
dṛṣṭyā triviṣṭapapadaṃ sulabhaṃ labhante |
dṛṣṭiḥ prahṛṣṭakamalodaradīptiriṣṭāṃ
puṣṭiṃ kṛṣīṣṭa mama puṣkaraviṣṭarāyāḥ || 8 ||
dadyāddayānupavano draviṇāmbudhārām–
asminnakiñcanavihaṅgaśiśau viṣaṇṇe |
duṣkarmadharmamapanīya cirāya dūraṃ
nārāyaṇapraṇayinīnayanāmbuvāhaḥ || 9 ||
gīrdevateti garuḍa़dhvajasundarīti
śākambharīti śaśiśekharavallabheti |
sṛṣṭisthitipralayakeliṣu saṃsthitāyai
tasyai namastribhuvanaikagurostaruṇyai || 10 ||
śrutyai namo'stu śubhakarmaphalaprasūtyai
ratyai namo'stu ramaṇīyaguṇārṇavāyai |
śaktyai namo'stu śatapatraniketanāyai
puṣṭyai namo'stu puruṣottamavallabhāyai || 11 ||
namo'stu nālīkanibhānanāyai
namo'stu dugdhodadhijanmabhūtyai |
namo'stu somāmṛtasodarāyai
namo'stu nārāyaṇavallabhāyai || 12 ||
namo'stu hemāmbujapīṭhikāyai
namo'stu bhūmaṇḍalanāyikāyai |
namo'stu devādidayāparāyai
namo'stu śārṅgāyudhavallabhāyai || 13 ||
namo'stu devyai bhṛgunandanāyai
namo'stu viṣṇorurasi sthitāyai |
namo'stu lakṣmyai kamalālayāyai
namo'stu dāmodaravallabhāyai || 14 ||
namo'stu kāntyai kamalekṣaṇāyai
namo'stu bhūtyai bhuvanaprasūtyai |
namo'stu devādibhirarcitāyai
namo'stu nandātmajavallabhāyai || 15 ||
sampatkarāṇi sakalendriyanandanāni
sāmrājyadānavibhavāni saroruhākṣi |
tvadvandanāni duritoddharaṇodyatāni
māmeva mātaraniśaṃ kalayantu mānye || 16 ||
yatkaṭākṣasamupāsanāvidhiḥ
sevakasya sakalārthasampadaḥ |
santanoti vacanāṅgamānasais–
tvāṃ murārihṛdayeśvarīṃ bhaje || 17 ||
sarasijanilaye sarojahaste
dhavalatamāṃśukagandhamālyaśobhe |
bhagavati harivallabhe manojñe
tribhuvanabhūtikari prasīda mahyam || 18 ||
digghastibhiḥ kanakakumbhamukhāvasṛṣṭa–
svarvāhinīvimalacārujalaplutāṅgīm |
prātarnamāmi jagatāṃ jananīmaśeṣa–
lokādhināthagṛhiṇīmamṛtābdhiputrīm || 19 ||
kamale kamalākṣavallabhe tvaṃ
karuṇāpūrataraṅgitairapāṅgaiḥ |
avalokaya māmakiñcanānāṃ
prathamaṃ pātramakṛtrimaṃ dayāyāḥ || 20 ||
devi prasīda jagadīśvari lokamātaḥ
kalyāṇagātri kamalekṣaṇajīvanāthe |
dāridryabhītihṛdayaṃ śaraṇāgataṃ mām–
ālokaya pratidinaṃ sadayairapāṅgaiḥ || 21 ||
stuvanti ye stutibhiramūbhiranvahaṃ
trayīmayīṃ tribhuvanamātaraṃ ramām |
guṇādhikā gurutarabhāgyabhāgino
bhavanti te bhuvi budhabhāvitāśayāḥ || 22 ||
|| iti śrīmacchaṅkarācāryakṛtaṃ śrīkanakadhārāstotraṃ sampūrṇam ||
Reading & reflection
Lakshmi worship connects prosperity with care, generosity, and auspiciousness. This hymn can be read as part of a daily devotional practice.
Text edition & attribution
Complete text of कनकधारास्तोत्रम् on Sanskrit Wikisource, revision 399053, contributed by Wikisource editors. Text and generated transliterations are shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Changes: interface material removed, spacing normalized, and Telugu and IAST transliterations generated. The source may contain transcription variants; automated transliterations have not been independently proofread. No source verses have been intentionally shortened.
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