pallavi
kalaSa 1vArdhijAm satatam bhajE
kamala lOcanAm 2SrI ramAm mAm
anupallavi
kaLabha gAminIm karibhi(r)AvRtAm
kamala nAbha hRt-kamala sthitAm (kalaSa)
caraNam
kamanIya jaya dhana dhAnya rUpAm
3kanak(A)di dhairya lakshmI svarUpAm
kamalAm mahA santAna rUpAm
kamal(A)layAm tyAgarAja 4mOksha pradAm (kalaSa)
pallavi
kalaSa vArdhijAm satatam bhajE
kamala lOcanAm SrI ramAm mAm
I ever (satatam) worship (bhajE) the Lotus (kamala) Eyed (lOcanAm) ramA (SrI rAmAm) - lakshmI (mAm) - born of Milk Ocean (kalaSa vArdhijAm) (literally Ocean of pitcher – of nectar).
anupallavi
kaLabha gAminIm karibhiH-AvRtAm
kamala nAbha hRt-kamala sthitAm (kalaSa)
I ever worship the Lotus Eyed rAma - lakshmI born of Milk Ocean -
whose gait (gAminIm) is like that of young elephant (kaLabha),
who is gaja lakshmI - surrounded (AvRtAm) by two elephants (karibhiH) (karibhirAvRtAm),
who abides (sthitAm) in the heart (hRt) Lotus (kamala) of vishNu – one with Lotus (kamala) navel (nAbha).
caraNam
kamanIya jaya dhana dhAnya rUpAm
kanaka-Adi dhairya lakshmI svarUpAm
kamalAm mahA santAna rUpAm
kamala-AlayAm tyAgarAja mOksha pradAm (kalaSa)
I ever worship Lotus Eyed ramA - lakshmI born of Milk Ocean –
who is of the lovable (kamanIya) forms (rUpAm) of vijaya lakshmI (jaya), dhana lakshmI and dhAnya lakshmI;
who is of the forms (svarUpAm) of gaja lakshmI (kanaka), Adi lakshmI (kanakAdi) and dhairya lakshmI;
who is also known as kamalA (kamalAm);
who is of the forms (rUpAm) of mahA lakshmI and santAna lakshmI;
who resides (AlayAm) in the Lotus (kamala) (kamalAlayAm);
who bestows (pradAm) emancipation (mOksha) to this tyAgarAja.
Notes
Variations - (Pathanthara)
1 – vArdhijAm – vAridhijAm : Both ‘vArdhi’ and ‘vAridhi’ mean ‘ocean’.
4 - mOksha pradAm – mOksha rUpAm.
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References
There are two ashTha lakshmI stOtras – both are stated to be composed by Adi SankarAcArya. Meaning of Names and ashTa lakshmI stOtra.
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Comments
2 – SrI ramA – ‘SrI’ also means lakshmI; however, here it a honorific to ‘ramA’.
3 - kanaka – this seems to mean gaja lakshmI.
3 – Adi - The word may also taken as ‘etc.’ because ‘mahA lakshmI’ and ‘Adi lakshmI’ mean same.
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jaya-dhana-dhAnya-kanaka-Adi-dhairya-mahA-santAna - these are eight names given in the kRti. However, popularly, the following are the names of the eight forms of lakshmI - Adi lakshmI, dhAnya lakshmI, dhairya lakshmI, gaja lakshmI, santAna lakshmI, vijaya lakshmI, vidyA lakshmI and dhana lakshmI. (vidyA lakshmI seems to have been omitted in the kRti.)
As per remarks available in the book ‘Compositions of Tyagaraja’ by Sri TK Govinda Rao, this kRti is listed in the category of ‘doubtful’, which means that it is doubtful whether SrI tyAgarAja has indeed composed this kRti.
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