Lakshmi-Mantra: Ya Devi Sarva Bhuteshu
The Mahalakshmyashtakam is an eight-verse hymn to Mahalakshmi, the Divine Mother as the giver of fortune. Every verse ends with the same line, Mahālakṣmi namo 'stu te: "Mahalakshmi, salutations to you."
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Mahålakshmyash†aka Stotram (from the Mahå Lakshmi Puja in Padma Puråna)
The eight verses
1. Namaste 'stu mahāmāye śrīpīṭhe surapūjite
Śaṅkhacakragadāhaste mahālakṣmi namo 'stu te
2. Namaste garuḍārūḍhe kolāsurabhayaṅkari
Sarvapāpahare devi mahālakṣmi namo 'stu te
3. Sarvaje sarvavarade sarvaduṣṭabhayaṅkari
Sarvaduḥkhahare devi mahālakṣmi namo 'stu te
4. Siddhibuddhiprade devi bhuktimuktipradāyini
Mantrapūte sadā devi mahālak ṣmi namo 'stu te
5. Ādyantarahite devi ādyaśaktimaheśvari
Yogaje yogasambhūte mahālakṣmi namo 'stu te
6. Sthūlasūkṣmamahāraudre mahāśaktimahodare
Mahāpāpahare devi mahālakṣmi namo 'stu te
7. Padmāsanasthite devi parabrahmasvarūpiṇi
Parameśi jaganmātar mahālakṣmi namo 'stu te
8. Śvetāmbaradhare devi nānālaṅkārabhūṣite
Jagatsthite jaganmātar mahālakṣmi namo 'stu te