Sri Stuti
श्री स्तुति in English · English
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✦ Meaning
Sri Stuti is a celebrated devotional hymn to Goddess Lakshmi (Sri), composed by the great Srivaishnava acharya and poet Swami Vedanta Desika. Its twenty-five verses extol the Goddess as the consort of Lord Vishnu, the embodiment of all auspiciousness, and the compassionate mediator who grants both worldly prosperity and final liberation. Tradition holds that the recitation of Sri Stuti showers wealth, well-being and the grace of the Divine Mother upon devotees.
Origin & Story
Sri Stuti (Srivaishnava stotra literature) · Swami Vedanta Desika · 13th–14th century CE
Swami Vedanta Desika, known as the 'Kavi-tarkika-simha' (lion among poets and logicians) of the Srivaishnava tradition, composed the Sri Stuti at Srirangam as a hymn of surrender to Goddess Lakshmi. Tradition relates that he sang it to relieve the poverty of a devotee, and that the Goddess responded by showering a rain of gold, much as Adi Shankara's Kanakadhara Stotram had once done. The hymn celebrates Sri as inseparable from Vishnu and as the gracious purushakara who leads the soul to the Lord's feet.
✦ As told in scripture
Tradition holds that when Swami Vedanta Desika composed and recited the Sri Stuti to relieve the distress of a poor devotee, Goddess Lakshmi was so pleased that she caused a shower of gold to fall, lifting the devotee out of poverty — a grace remembered whenever the hymn is sung for prosperity.
Complete Text with Meaning
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Mānātīta-prathita-vibhavāṁ maṅgalaṁ maṅgalānāṁ vakṣaḥpīṭhīṁ madhu-vijayino bhūṣayantīṁ svakāntyā। Pratyakṣānuśravika-mahimāṁ śrīdhara-iti pratītāṁ śrī-raṅge'smin janayatu mama śrīmatī svān-kaṭākṣān॥
Meaning:May the glorious Goddess Sri — whose majesty, widely renowned, is beyond all measure; who is the auspiciousness of all auspicious things; who adorns with her own radiance the chest of the conqueror of Madhu (Vishnu); whose greatness is established both by direct experience and by scripture, and is proclaimed in the very name 'Shridhara' — may She, here at Srirangam, cast upon me her gracious sidelong glances.
Āvirbhāvastava śatamakhopātta-puṇyodayānāṁ pātu kṣīrāmbudhi-tanaya yaḥ prādurāsīt purastāt। Paryāptaṁ taṁ bhajati mahimā yasya te naiva dṛṣṭaḥ sindhorvelā-taṭa iva jagat-trāṇa-dīkṣā-gurustvam॥
Meaning:O daughter of the ocean of milk! May your manifestation protect us — that appearance which arose first (at the churning of the ocean) for those whose merit, gathered through a hundred sacrifices, had ripened. Your glory none has ever seen to its limit, even as the far shore of the ocean is never sighted; you are the very guru consecrated to the protection of the world.
Oṁ śrīṁ hrīṁ śriyai namaḥ॥
Meaning:Om Shrim Hrim — salutations to Sri.
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Benefits of Chanting श्री स्तुति
Invokes the grace of Goddess Lakshmi, bestower of wealth and auspiciousness
Traditionally recited to remove poverty and bring prosperity and abundance
Cultivates devotion (bhakti) and surrender (prapatti) to the Divine Mother
Believed to grant both material well-being and spiritual liberation through her grace
Brings auspiciousness, harmony and well-being to the home and family
A profound meditation on Sri as the compassionate mediator between the soul and the Lord
How to Chant श्री स्तुति
Recite with devotion and a settled mind, preferably after bath in the early morning or on Fridays, before an image of Goddess Lakshmi. The complete stuti has 25 verses in the elegant Mandakranta and other metres; learn the pronunciation carefully. Many devotees recite the full hymn, which begins as given here with 'Manatita'. Conclude with the seed-mantra salutation to Sri. Offering lotus flowers or kumkum and maintaining cleanliness deepen the practice.
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