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Dhana Lakshmi Dhana Lakshmi Mantra: four-armed Lakshmi on a red lotus with gold coins flowing from her hand, Shiva and Parvati seated beside her listening on Kailasa
On Kailasa, four-armed Lakshmi on a red lotus pours gold coins as Shiva and Parvati listen
Mantra · Her name salutation and the 21-verse hymn Shiva tells Parvati

Dhana Lakshmi Mantra

ॐ धनलक्ष्म्यै नमः ।

Also known as Dhanalakshmi Stotram

In Devanagari, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and English — with the meaning of every word, and the one syllable most people pronounce wrongly.

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What the Dhana Lakshmi Mantra is

The Dhana Lakshmi mantra most often given is the name salutation om dhanalakshmyai namah, 'Om, salutation to Dhanalakshmi', the form of Lakshmi who presides over wealth, and this page prints it with the Sri Dhanalakshmi Stotram, the longer hymn that carries her name. The salutation is the Dhanalakshmi line of the eight-name worship of the Ashtalakshmi, Lakshmi's eight forms, and it recurs in Lakshmi name lists. The stotram, called Dhaneshvari in some printings, is anonymous, and no printing ties it to a Purana or Tantra. It runs to twenty-one verses in the shloka metre. Verses 1 to 6 are a frame: a narrator headed Dhanada reports Parvati's question to Shiva and his reply. Verses 7 to 19 are the hymn proper, a chain of addresses to the goddess as giver of dharma and wealth, as the earth and as the wish-giving cow, with petitions for righteous wealth for the worshipper. Verses 20 and 21 are the phala shruti, and the last line salutes Kubera.

Parvati asks on behalf of the poor

The hymn carries its own setting. Its first heading names the narrator Dhanada, 'the giver of wealth', who describes Parvati going to Shiva, the blue-throated god, and speaking out of compassion. Her request is exact: a ready means that breaks poverty, for three kinds of people, the good, the poor and those who keep a household. Shiva honours the question before he answers it, telling her it suits her to ask, since she is the mother of the world and asks out of pity for all beings. Then, before giving the hymn, he bows to Rama together with Sita, Rama's brothers and Hanuman, so the teaching opens with Shiva as a worshipper of Rama. He vouches for what follows twice in one line, saying his word is truth itself, and names yogakshema, gaining what one lacks and keeping what one has, as what it secures. The goddess he then praises is described in verse 7 as born of a portion of the earth, and in verse 17 as Vasudha, the earth itself, honoured by the Vasus and by Indra; in verse 9 Kubera worships her. The closing verses say the hymn was spoken by a servant of the ruler of the gods, through Shiva's grace. Its final line turns to Kubera, keeper of the Padma treasure, asking that wealth and grain come by his favour.

The mantra, in six scripts

DevanagariSanskrit & Hindiॐ धनलक्ष्म्यै नमः ।
Tamilௐ தநலக்ஷ்ம்யை நமஃ ।
Teluguఓం ధనలక్ష్మ్యై నమః ।
Kannadaಓಂ ಧನಲಕ್ಷ್ಮ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ ।
Malayalamഓം ധനലക്ഷ്മ്യൈ നമഃ ।
EnglishRoman transliterationoṃ dhanalakṣmyai namaḥ |
“Om, salutation to Dhanalakshmi, Lakshmi as the goddess of wealth.”
ॐ
oṃ — Om, the sacred syllable
धनलक्ष्म्यै
dhanalakṣmyai — to Dhanalakshmi, Lakshmi of wealth
नमः
namaḥ — salutation

Dhana Lakshmi Mantra lyrics in full

The name salutation comes first, then the twenty-one verses of the stotram, the last of them three lines long. The printed closing line is given at the end.

All 23 verses, in Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and English, each with its meaning. Choose a script:

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Mantra 1

ॐ धनलक्ष्म्यै नमः ।

Om, salutation to Dhanalakshmi, Lakshmi as the goddess of wealth.

Verse 1

देवी देवमुपागम्य नीलकण्ठं मम प्रियम् ।
कृपया पार्वती प्राह शङ्करं करुणाकरम् ॥

Dhanada says: The goddess Parvati went up to the blue-throated god who is dear to me, and out of compassion spoke to Shankara, the source of mercy.

Verse 2

ब्रूहि वल्लभ साधूनां दरिद्राणां कुटुम्बिनाम् ।
दरिद्रदलनोपायमञ्जसैव धनप्रदम् ॥

The goddess says: Beloved, tell me a ready means that breaks poverty and gives wealth, for good people, for the poor and for those who keep a household.

Verse 3

पूजयन् पार्वतीवाक्यमिदमाह महेश्वरः ।
उचितं जगदम्बासि तव भूतानुकम्पया ॥

Shiva says: Honouring Parvati's words, Maheshvara said this: It is fitting, for you are the mother of the world, and you ask out of pity for all beings.

Verse 4

ससीतं सानुजं रामं साञ्जनेयं सहानुगम् ।
प्रणम्य परमानन्दं वक्ष्येऽहं स्तोत्रमुत्तमम् ॥

Bowing to Rama, the highest bliss, with Sita, his brothers, Hanuman and his followers, I shall tell you an excellent hymn.

Verse 5

धनदं श्रद्दधानानां सद्यः सुलभकारकम् ।
योगक्षेमकरं सत्यं सत्यमेव वचो मम ॥

It gives wealth to those who have faith, makes things quickly within reach, and secures what one gains and keeps it safe. This is true; my word is truth itself.

Verse 6

पठन्तः पाठयन्तोऽपि ब्राह्मणैरास्तिकोत्तमैः ।
धनलाभो भवेदाशु नाशमेति दरिद्रता ॥

The verse says that for those who recite it, or have it recited by devout Brahmins of firm faith, wealth comes quickly and poverty is destroyed.

Verse 7

भूभवांशभवां भूत्यै भक्तिकल्पलतां शुभाम् ।
प्रार्थयेत्तां यथाकामं कामधेनुस्वरूपिणीम् ॥

For prosperity one should pray, as one wishes, to her who is born as a portion of the earth's being, the auspicious wish-granting creeper for devotees, whose very form is the wish-giving cow.

Verse 8

धर्मदे धनदे देवि दानशीले दयाकरे ।
त्वं प्रसीद महेशानि यदर्थं प्रार्थयाम्यहम् ॥

O goddess who gives dharma and wealth, generous by nature and full of kindness, O great queen, be gracious for the purpose for which I pray to you.

Verse 9

धरामरप्रिये पुण्ये धन्ये धनदपूजिते ।
सुधनं धार्मिकं देहि यजमानाय सत्वरम् ॥

O holy and blessed one, dear to the sages of the earth, worshipped by Kubera, quickly give good and righteous wealth to the worshipper.

Verse 10

रम्ये रुद्रप्रिये रूपे रामरूपे रतिप्रिये ।
शिखीसखमनोमूर्त्ते प्रसीद प्रणते मयि ॥

O lovely one, dear to Rudra, beautiful of form, dear to Rati, whose form lives in the mind of the peacock's friend, be gracious to me as I bow to you.

Verse 11

आरक्तचरणाम्भोजे सिद्धिसर्वार्थदायिके ।
दिव्याम्बरधरे दिव्ये दिव्यमाल्योपशोभिते ॥

O goddess with reddish lotus feet, giver of success and of every aim, divine one in divine clothes, adorned with divine garlands.

Verse 12

समस्तगुणसम्पन्ने सर्वलक्षणलक्षिते ।
शरच्चन्द्रमुखे नीले नीलनीरजलोचने ॥

O goddess rich in every virtue, marked with every auspicious sign, with a face like the autumn moon, dark one with eyes like blue lotuses.

Verse 13

चञ्चरीकचमूचारुश्रीहारकुटिलालके ।
मत्ते भगवति मातः कलकण्ठरवामृते ॥

O goddess whose curling locks, lovely as a swarm of bees, are set with a fine garland; O joyful, blessed mother, whose voice is sweet as nectar, like the cuckoo's song.

Verse 14

हासावलोकनैर्दिव्यैर्भक्तचिन्तापहारिके ।
रूपलावण्यतारूण्यकारुण्यगुणभाजने ॥

O goddess who removes the worries of devotees with your divine smiling glances, vessel of beauty, grace, youth and compassion.

Verse 15

क्वणत्कङ्कणमञ्जीरे लसल्लीलाकराम्बुजे ।
रुद्रप्रकाशिते तत्त्वे धर्माधारे धरालये ॥

O goddess of jingling bracelets and anklets, with lotus hands shining in play, the truth revealed by Rudra, the support of dharma, who dwells on the earth.

Verse 16

प्रयच्छ यजमानाय धनं धर्मैकसाधनम् ।
मातस्त्वं मेऽविलम्बेन दिशस्व जगदम्बिके ॥

Give the worshipper wealth, the one means of doing dharma. Mother of the world, grant it to me without delay.

Verse 17

कृपया करुणागारे प्रार्थितं कुरु मे शुभे ।
वसुधे वसुधारूपे वसुवासववन्दिते ॥

O house of compassion, auspicious one, in your kindness fulfil my prayer; O giver of riches, whose form is the earth, honoured by the Vasus and by Indra.

Verse 18

धनदे यजमानाय वरदे वरदा भव ।
ब्रह्मण्यैर्ब्राह्मणैः पूज्ये पार्वतीशिवशङ्करे ॥

O giver of wealth and of boons, be a giver of boons to the worshipper; you who are worshipped by devout Brahmins, who are Parvati, auspicious and the bringer of good.

Verse 19

स्तोत्रं दरिद्रताव्याधिशमनं सुधनप्रदम् ।
श्रीकरे शङ्करे श्रीदे प्रसीद मयि किङ्करे ॥

This hymn is said to quiet the sickness of poverty and to give good wealth. O maker of fortune, bringer of good, giver of prosperity, be gracious to me, your servant.

Verse 20

पार्वतीशप्रसादेन सुरेशकिङ्करेरितम् ।
श्रद्धया ये पठिष्यन्ति पाठयिष्यन्ति भक्तितः ॥

Spoken by the servant of the lord of the gods through the grace of Parvati's lord: those who recite it with faith, or have it recited with devotion...

Verse 21

सहस्रमयुतं लक्षं धनलाभो भवेद् ध्रुवम् ।
धनदाय नमस्तुभ्यं निधिपद्माधिपाय च ।
भवन्तु त्वत्प्रसादान्मे धनधान्यादिसम्पदः ॥

...the verse says, will surely gain wealth by thousands, tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands. Salutation to you, Kubera, giver of wealth and lord of the Padma treasure; by your grace may riches of wealth, grain and more be mine.

Closing

॥ इति श्री धनलक्ष्मी स्तोत्रं संपूर्णम् ॥

Thus ends the Sri Dhanalakshmi Stotram.

The syllable people get wrong

In verse 5, śraddadhānānām ('of those who have faith') is often clipped to 'shraddhanaam'. Say all five syllables, shrad-da-DHAA-naa-naam: a doubled d, then an aspirated dh, with the long a's held.

When the Dhana Lakshmi Mantra is chanted

Weekday. Friday

Festival. Dhanteras, and Friday worship of Lakshmi

Questions

It is the second line of verse 9: 'give good and righteous wealth', addressed to the goddess on behalf of the yajamana, the person for whom the worship is done, and asked for quickly. Dharmika means wealth that accords with dharma. Verse 16 explains the request, calling wealth the one means of doing dharma. The hymn therefore asks for wealth as the support of a household's duties, not as an end in itself.
No author is named, and the printed text gives no Purana or Tantra as its source, so it is treated as traditional. Inside the hymn three speakers are named in headings: Dhanada, who narrates, then the goddess Parvati and Shiva. Verse 20 says the hymn was spoken by a servant of the ruler of the gods through Shiva's grace. Dhanada is also a name of Kubera, and the last verse salutes Kubera by that very name.
Shiva makes the first claims before the hymn begins. Verse 5 says it gives wealth to those who have faith and secures what they gain and keep, and verse 6 says that for those who recite it, or have devout Brahmins recite it, poverty is destroyed. Verse 19 calls it a quieting of the sickness of poverty. Verses 20 and 21 say those who recite it with faith will surely gain wealth. These are the text's own claims, reported as tradition.
Because the stotram treats the goddess of wealth and Shiva's consort as one. Verse 10 calls her Rudrapriya, dear to Rudra, verse 15 the truth revealed by Rudra, and verse 18 names her Parvati outright. In her usual iconography Dhana Lakshmi is a separate form among the eight Lakshmis, shown with six arms in red garments, holding a discus, a conch and a pot, with gold coins falling from one open hand. The hymn's own epithets do not describe that image.
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