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Kanakadhara Stotram

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Kanakadhara Stotram

कनकधारास्तोत्रम्

Adi Shankara's hymn to Lakshmi that is said to have showered gold — principal verses.
5 min
Tradition
Traditional
Purpose
Prosperity, grace
Source
Mantrapushpam (Ramakrishna Math)

मूल पाठ

Sanskrit text

अङ्गं हरेः पुलकभूषणमाश्रयन्ती भृङ्गाङ्गनेव मुकुलाभरणं तमालम्। अङ्गीकृताखिलविभूतिरपाङ्गलीला माङ्गल्यदास्तु मम मङ्गलदेवतायाः

aṅgaṃ hareḥ pulakabhūṣaṇam āśrayantī bhṛṅgāṅganeva mukulābharaṇaṃ tamālam | aṅgīkṛtākhilavibhūtir apāṅgalīlā māṅgalyadāstu mama maṅgaladevatāyāḥ

मुग्धा मुहुर्विदधती वदने मुरारेः प्रेमत्रपाप्रणिहितानि गतागतानि। माला दृशोर्मधुकरीव महोत्पले या सा मे श्रियं दिशतु सागरसम्भवायाः

mugdhā muhur vidadhatī vadane murāreḥ prematrapāpraṇihitāni gatāgatāni | mālā dṛśor madhukarīva mahotpale yā sā me śriyaṃ diśatu sāgarasambhavāyāḥ

आमीलिताक्षमधिगम्य मुदा मुकुन्दमानन्दकन्दमनिमेषमनङ्गतन्त्रम्। आकेकरस्थितकनीनिकपक्ष्मनेत्रं भूत्यै भवेन्मम भुजङ्गशयाङ्गनायाः

āmīlitākṣam adhigamya mudā mukundam ānandakandam animeṣam anaṅgatantram | ākekarasthitakanīnikapakṣmanetraṃ bhūtyai bhaven mama bhujaṅgaśayāṅganāyāḥ

सन्तुष्टवत् किमपि तत्प्रणिपातभाजां वात्सल्यनिर्भरधियां वरदाननिष्ठम्। सा कमला कुवलयाक्षविभासि पद्मं मामेव मातरनिशं कलयन्तु नित्यम्

santuṣṭavat kim api tat praṇipātabhājāṃ vātsalyanirbharadhiyāṃ varadānaniṣṭham | sā kamalā kuvalayākṣavibhāsi padmaṃ mām eva mātar aniśaṃ kalayantu nityam

Kanakadhara Stotram — recitation

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अर्थ

Meaning
May the play of Lakshmi's sidelong glance — resting on Hari's body as a bee rests on the blossoming tamala, and holding all splendour — bestow auspiciousness upon me. May the glance of the sea-born Devi, moving to and fro upon Murari's face with love and modesty like a bee upon a great lotus, grant me prosperity. May the tender, unblinking gaze of the consort of the serpent-couched Lord, resting joyfully upon Mukunda, be for my well-being. May that Kamala, radiant as a blue-lotus-eyed one, ever regard me, her child, with grace.

संदर्भ

Context
Composed by Adi Shankaracharya; tradition holds that its recitation caused a shower of golden amalaka fruit for a poor woman. Principal verses; text as given in Mantrapushpam.

Sources & References

Source / TraditionMantrapushpam (Ramakrishna Math)
Scriptural ReferencesAttributed to Adi Shankaracharya
Editorial NotePrincipal/opening verses; the full stotra has about twenty verses.

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