śrī sūktam

Om
salutations to all the Gurus
to Hari/Vishnu Om

1+2
invoke for me, O Agni, the Goddess Lakshmi
who shines like gold, yellow in hue
wearing gold and silver garlands blooming like the moon
the embodiment of wealth

O Agni, invoke for me that unfailing [onfeilbare] Lakshmi
being blessed by whom I shall win wealth, cattle, horses and men

 

3+4
I invoke Shri Lakshmi
who has a line of horses in front of her
a series of chariots in the middle
who is being awakened by the trumpeting of elephants
who is divinely resplendent [luisterrijk] 
may that divine Lakshmi grace me

I hereby invoke that Shri Lakshmi
who is an embodiment [belichaming] of Absolute Bliss
who is of pleasant smile on her face
whose lustre [glans] is like that of burnished [gepolijst] gold
who is wet as it were [just from the milky ocean]
who is blazing with splendour
and is the embodiment of the fulfilment of all wishes
who satisfies the desires of her votaries
who is seated on the lotus and is beautiful like the lotus

5+6
for shelter in this world, I resort to that Lakshmi
who is beautiful like the moon, who shines bright
who is blazing with renown, who is adored even by the gods
who is highly magnanimous, and grand like the lotus

may my misfortunes perish, I surrender myself to Thee
O Thou, resplendent like the Sun! - by Thy power and glory
have the plants, e.g. the bael tree, grown up

may the fruits thereof destroy through Thy Grace
all inauspiciousness rising from the inner organs and ignorance
as well as from the outer senses

7+8
O Lakshmi!
I am born in this country with the heritage of wealth
may the friend of Lord Siva [Kubera] and Kirti come to me
may these bestow on me fame [Kirti] and prosperity [Kubera]

I shall destroy the elder sister of Lakshmi
the embodiment of inauspiciousness
and such evil as hunger, thirst, and the like

O Lakshmi!
drive out from my abode all misfortune and poverty

9+10
I invoke hereby that Shri Lakshmi
whose avenue of perception is the odoriferous sense
who is incapable of defeat or threat from anyone
who is ever healthy [with such virtuous qualities as truth]
whose grace is seen abundantly in the refuse [afval] of cows
and who is supreme over all created beings

O Lakshmi!
may we obtain and enjoy the fulfilment of our desires
and our volitions, the veracity of our speech, the wealth of cattle
the abundance of varieties of food to eat!
may prosperity and fame reside in me, thy devotee!

11+12
Lakshmi!
You have progeny [nageslacht] in Kardama [son of Brahma]
hence, O Kardama, may you reside in me
make Mother Shri with garlands of lotuses
to have Her abode in my ancestral line
may the holy waters create friendship
[they being of an adhesive nature]

O Chiklita [son of Vishnu-Lakshmi], reside in my home
and arrange to make Divine Mother Shri to stay in my lineage!

13+14
invoke for me, O Agni, Lakshmi who shines like gold
is brilliant like the sun, who is powerfully fragrant
who wields the rod of suzerainty [foreign sovereign]
who is of the form of supreme rulership
who is radiant with ornaments and is the goddess of wealth

invoke for me, O Agni, the Goddess Lakshmi
who shines like gold, blooms like the moon
who is fresh with anointment [geurzalf]

who is adorned with the lotuses
[lifted up by celestial elephants in the act of worship] 
who is the presiding deity of nourishment
who is yellow in colour, and who wears garlands of lotuses

15+16
invoke for me, O Agni, that Goddess Lakshmi
who is ever unfailing, being blessed by whom
I shall win wealth in plenty, cattle, servants, horses, and men

we commune ourselves with the Great Goddess
and meditate on the Consort of Vishnu
may that Lakshmi direct us [to the Great Goal]

Om
may there be 
peace, peace, peace

~bron~