𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀 𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍁𑌤𑌿
श्री स्तुति in Grantha · 𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌨𑍍𑌥
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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.
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𑌮𑌾𑌨𑌾𑌤𑍀𑌤-𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌥𑌿𑌤-𑌵𑌿𑌭𑌵𑌾𑌂 𑌮𑌙𑍍𑌗𑌲𑌂 𑌮𑌙𑍍𑌗𑌲𑌾𑌨𑌾𑌂 𑌵𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌃𑌪𑍀𑌠𑍀𑌂 𑌮𑌧𑍁-𑌵𑌿𑌜𑌯𑌿𑌨𑍋 𑌭𑍂𑌷𑌯𑌨𑍍𑌤𑍀𑌂 𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌕𑌾𑌨𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌾। 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌾𑌨𑍁𑌶𑍍𑌰𑌵𑌿𑌕-𑌮𑌹𑌿𑌮𑌾𑌂 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌧𑌰-𑌇𑌤𑌿 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌤𑍀𑌤𑌾𑌂 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀-𑌰𑌙𑍍𑌗𑍇𑌽𑌸𑍍𑌮𑌿𑌨𑍍 𑌜𑌨𑌯𑌤𑍁 𑌮𑌮 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌮𑌤𑍀 𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌾𑌨𑍍-𑌕𑌟𑌾𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌾𑌨𑍍॥
Mānātīta-prathita-vibhavāṁ maṅgalaṁ maṅgalānāṁ vakṣaḥpīṭhīṁ madhu-vijayino bhūṣayantīṁ svakāntyā। Pratyakṣānuśravika-mahimāṁ śrīdhara-iti pratītāṁ śrī-raṅge'smin janayatu mama śrīmatī svān-kaṭākṣān॥
Meaning:श्रीमती देवी श्री — जिनका विख्यात वैभव समस्त मानों से परे है, जो मंगलों का भी मंगल हैं, जो मधु के विजेता (विष्णु) के वक्षःस्थल को अपनी कान्ति से सुशोभित करती हैं, जिनकी महिमा प्रत्यक्ष अनुभव और श्रुति दोनों से प्रसिद्ध है और 'श्रीधर' नाम से ही प्रतीत होती है — वे यहाँ श्रीरंग में मुझ पर अपने कृपा-कटाक्ष बरसाएँ।
𑌆𑌵𑌿𑌰𑍍𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌵 𑌶𑌤𑌮𑌖𑍋𑌪𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌤-𑌪𑍁𑌣𑍍𑌯𑍋𑌦𑌯𑌾𑌨𑌾𑌂 𑌪𑌾𑌤𑍁 𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍀𑌰𑌾𑌮𑍍𑌬𑍁𑌧𑌿-𑌤𑌨𑌯 𑌯𑌃 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌦𑍁𑌰𑌾𑌸𑍀𑌤𑍍 𑌪𑍁𑌰𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌾𑌤𑍍। 𑌪𑌰𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌪𑍍𑌤𑌂 𑌤𑌂 𑌭𑌜𑌤𑌿 𑌮𑌹𑌿𑌮𑌾 𑌯𑌸𑍍𑌯 𑌤𑍇 𑌨𑍈𑌵 𑌦𑍃𑌷𑍍𑌟𑌃 𑌸𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌧𑍋𑌰𑍍𑌵𑍇𑌲𑌾-𑌤𑌟 𑌇𑌵 𑌜𑌗𑌤𑍍-𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌣-𑌦𑍀𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌾-𑌗𑍁𑌰𑍁𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌮𑍍॥
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:हे क्षीरसागर की पुत्री! आपका वह आविर्भाव हमारी रक्षा करे, जो सौ यज्ञों से अर्जित पुण्य के उदय वाले देवों के समक्ष (समुद्र-मंथन के समय) सर्वप्रथम प्रकट हुआ। आपकी महिमा का अन्त किसी ने नहीं देखा, जैसे समुद्र का पार-तट कभी दिखाई नहीं देता; आप ही जगत् की रक्षा के लिए दीक्षित गुरु हैं।
𑍐 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌂 𑌹𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌂 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑌿𑌯𑍈 𑌨𑌮𑌃॥
Oṁ śrīṁ hrīṁ śriyai namaḥ॥
Meaning:ॐ श्रीं ह्रीं श्री को नमस्कार है।
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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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