मा नः कोशं तथा गोष्ठं मा गृहं मा परिच्दम् । मा शरीरं कलत्रञ्च त्यजेथाः सर्व्वपावनि
Do not, O all-purifying one, abandon our treasury, our cattle pens, our house, our attendants, our bodies, or our wives.
मा पुत्त्रान् मा सुह्टदूवर्ग मा पशून् मा विभूषणम् । त्यजेथा मम देवस्य विष्णोर्व्वक्षःस्थलालये
Do not abandon, from the chest of my Lord Viṣṇu, our sons, our circle of friends, our cattle, or our ornaments.
सत्त्वैन सत्यशौचाभ्यां तथा शीलादिभिर्गुणैः । त्यज्यन्ते ते नराः सद्यः सन्त्यक्ता ये त्वयामले
Men who are abandoned by you, O pure one, are immediately forsaken by virtue, truth, purity, and qualities such as good conduct.
त्वयावलोकिताः मुह्मन्ते पुरुषा निर्गुणा अपि
Even men without qualities, when looked upon by you, are instantly transformed.
स श्लाध्यः स गुणी धन्यः स कुलीनः स बुद्धिमान् । स शूरः स च विक्रान्तो यस्त्वया देवि वीक्षितः
He is praiseworthy, virtuous, fortunate, noble, wise, heroic, and valiant—he whom you, O goddess, have looked upon.
सद्यो वैगुण्यमायान्ति शीलाद्याः सकला गुणाः । पराङूमुखी जगद्धात्रि यस्य त्वं विष्णुवल्लभे
All virtues such as good conduct immediately turn into faults for that man, O supporter of the world, O beloved of Viṣṇu, whom you have turned away from.
न ते वर्णायितुं शक्ता गुणान् जिह्वापि वेधसः । प्रसीद देवि पह्माक्षि मास्मांस्त्याक्षीः कदाचन
Even the tongue of Brahmā is not able to describe your qualities; be gracious, O lotus-eyed goddess, never abandon us.
एवं श्रीः संस्तुता सम्यक् प्राह देवी शतक्रतुम् । श्वृण्वतां सर्वदेवानां सर्व्वभूतस्थिता द्रिज
Thus, when Śrī was properly praised, the goddess spoke to Indra, as all the gods listened, she who abides in all beings, O twice-born one.
परितुष्टास्मि देवेश स्त्रोत्रेणानेन ते हरे । वरं वृणीष्व यस्त्विष्टो वरदाहं तवागता
I am pleased, O Lord of gods, by this hymn of yours, O Hari; choose a boon, whatever you desire, for I have come as the granter of boons.
वरदा यदि मे देवि वरार्हो यदि वाप्यहम् । त्रैलोक्यं न त्वया त्याज्यमेष मेऽस्तु वरः परः
If you are the giver of boons to me, O goddess, and if I am worthy of a boon, let this be my supreme boon: that you must never abandon the three worlds.
स्त्रोत्रणे यस्तथेतेन त्वां स्तोष्यत्यब्धिसम्भवे । स त्वया न परित्याज्यो द्रितीयोऽस्तु वरो मम
Whoever, O born of the ocean, praises you with this hymn as it is, such a one must never be abandoned by you—let this be my second boon.
त्रैलोक्यं त्रिदशश्रष्ठे न सत्यक्ष्यामि वासव । दत्तो वरो मया यस्ते स्तोत्राराधनतुष्टया
O Indra, lord of the gods, I shall not take back the three worlds from the one to whom I have given a boon, pleased by his worship and praise.
यश्च सायं तथा प्रातः स्तोत्रेणानोन मानवः । मां स्तोष्यति न तस्याहं भविष्यामि पराङूमुखी
And any person who praises me with this hymn in the evening and likewise in the morning—I shall never turn away from him.
एवं वरं ददौ देवी देवराजाय वै पुरा । मेत्रेय श्रीर्महाभागा स्तोत्राराधनतोषिता
Thus, O Maitreya, the illustrious goddess, pleased by worship through the hymn, once granted this boon to the king of the gods.
भृगोः ख्यात्यां समुतूपन्ना श्रीः पूर्व्वमुदधेः पुनः । देव-दानवयत्नेन प्रसूतामृतमन्थने
Śrī was first born from Khyāti, daughter of Bhṛgu, and then again from the ocean, when the gods and demons churned it with great effort.
एवं यथा जगत्स्वामी देवदेवो जनार्द्दनः । अवतारं करोत्येष करोत्येष तथा श्रीस्तत्सहायिनी
Just as the Lord of the universe, Janārdana, the god of gods, takes incarnations, so too does Śrī, his companion, incarnate along with him.
पुनश्व पह्मादुदूभूता आदित्योऽभूद् यदा हरिः । यदा तु भार्गवो रामस्तदाभूद् धरणी त्वियम्
When Hari became the son of Aditi, she was again born from the lotus; when he was Bhārgava Rāma, this earth became his consort.
राघवत्वेऽभवत् सीता रुक्मिणो कृष्णजन्मनि । अन्येषु चावतारेषु विष्णोरेषा सहायिनी
As Sītā in the Rāghava incarnation, as Rukmiṇī in Kṛṣṇa's birth, and in other incarnations of Viṣṇu, she is always his companion.
देवत्वे देवदेहेय मनुष्यत्वे च मानुषी । विष्णोर्देहानुरूपां वै करोत्येषात्मनस्तनुम्
As a goddess she takes a divine form, as a human she takes a human form; she always assumes a body suited to Viṣṇu's incarnation.
यश्चैतच्छणुयाज्जन्म लक्ष्म्या यश्व पठेन्नरः । श्वियो न विच्युतिस्तस्य गृहे यावत् कुलत्रयम्
Whoever hears or recites this birth story of Lakṣmī, for three generations in his house, prosperity will not depart.
पठ्यते येषु चैवैष गृहेषु श्रीस्तवो मुने । अलक्ष्मीः कलहाधारा न तेष्वास्ते कदाचन
O sage, in those houses where this hymn to Śrī is recited, misfortune and quarrels never dwell.
एतत् ते कथितं ब्रह्मने यन्मां त्वं परिपृच्छसि । क्षीराब्धौ श्रीर्यथा जाता पूर्व्व भृगुसुता सती
Thus I have told you, O Brāhmaṇa, as you asked me, how Śrī, the daughter of Bhṛgu, was first born from the ocean of milk.
इति सकलविभूत्यवाप्तिहेतुः स्तुतिरियमिन्द्रमुखोदूगता हि लक्ष्म्याः । अनुदनमिह पठ्यते नृबिर्यै र्वसति नेषु कदाचिदप्यलक्ष्मीः
This hymn, which brings all attainments and arose from the mouth of Indra to Lakṣmī, when recited here by men, never allows misfortune to reside in their homes.
मैत्रेय उवाच । कथितं मे त्वया सर्व्व यत्पृष्टोऽसि महामुने । भृगुसर्गात् प्रभृत्येष सर्गो मे क्थ्यतां पुनः
Maitreya said: All that I asked, O great sage, you have told me. Now tell me again, beginning from the creation of Bhṛgu.
पराशर उवाच । भृगोः ख्यात्यां समुत्पन्ना लक्ष्मीर्विष्णुपरिग्रहः । तथा धातृविधातरौ ख्यात्यां जातौ सुतौ भृगोः
Parāśara said: Lakṣmī was born to Khyāti, daughter of Bhṛgu, and became the consort of Viṣṇu. Likewise, Dhātṛ and Vidhātṛ, two sons, were born to Bhṛgu by Khyāti.
आयतिर्नियतिश्चैव मैरोः कन्ये महात्मनः । धातृविधात्रोस्ते भार्य्ये तयोर्जातौ सुतावुभौ
Āyati and Niyati were the daughters of the great soul Mairā; Dhātṛ and Vidhātṛ took them as wives, and each had sons by them.
प्राणश्चैव मृकण्डुश्च मार्कण्डेयो मृकण्जुतः । ततो वेदशीरा जज्ञे प्राणस्यापि सुतं श्वृणु
Prāṇa and Mṛkaṇḍu were born, and from Mṛkaṇḍu came Mārkaṇḍeya; then Vedaśīrṣa was born—listen to the son of Prāṇa as well.
प्राणस्य कृतिमान् पुत्रो राजवांश्व ततोऽभवत् । ततो वंशो महाभाग विस्तारं भार्गवो गतः
Prāṇa's son was Kṛtimān, and from him came Rājavāṃśa; from him, O illustrious one, the Bhārgava lineage spread widely.
पत्नी मरीचेः सम्भूतिः पौर्णामासमसूयत । विरजाः सर्व्वगश्चैव तस्य पुत्रौ महात्मनः
The wife of Marīci was Sambhūti; she gave birth to Paurṇamāsa, and to that great soul were born two sons, Virajā and Sarvaga.
वंशसंकीर्त्तने पुत्रान् वदिष्येऽहं तयोद्रिज । स्मृतिश्वाङ्गिरसः पत्री प्रसूताः कन्यकास्तथा
In recounting the lineage, I will tell you of the sons born from her, O twice-born; from Smṛti and from Aṅgiras were born sons, and daughters as well.