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ॐ जय लक्ष्मी माताOm Jai Lakshmi Mata

The aarti sung to Lakshmi, especially on Diwali night, in simple Hindi with an old story about the churning of the ocean tucked inside it.

All 8 verses

ॐजयलक्ष्मीमातामैयाजयलक्ष्मीमाता

Om, victory to Mother Lakshmi. Mother, victory to Mother Lakshmi.

तुमकोनिसदिनसेवतहरविष्णुविधाता

Shiva, Vishnu and Brahma serve you night and day.

उमारमाब्रह्माणीतुमहीजगमाता

You are Uma, Rama and Brahmani. You are the mother of the world.

सूर्यचन्द्रमाध्यावतनारदऋषिगाता

The Sun and the Moon meditate on you, and the sage Narada sings of you.

दुर्गारूपनिरंजनीसुखसम्पत्तिदाता

In the form of Durga, you are spotless, and you give comfort and wealth.

जोकोईतुमकोध्यावतऋद्धिसिद्धिधनपाता

The aarti says whoever meditates on you receives prosperity, success and wealth.

तुमपातालनिवासिनितुमहीशुभदाता

You live in the underworld too, and you alone give what is good.

कर्मप्रभावप्रकाशिनिभवनिधिकीत्राता

You bring to light the effects of what people do, and you rescue them from the ocean of worldly life.

जिसघरमेंतुमरहतींसबसद्गुणआता

In the home where you live, all the virtues arrive.

सबसम्भवहोजातामननहींघबराता

Everything becomes possible and the mind doesn't panic, the aarti says.

तुमबिनयज्ञनहोतेवस्त्रनकोईपाता

Without you no sacrifice takes place, and no one gets clothes to wear.

खानपानकावैभवसबतुमसेआता

All the abundance of food and drink comes from you.

शुभगुणमन्दिरसुन्दरक्षीरोदधिजाता

Beautiful home of all good qualities, you were born from the Ocean of Milk.

रत्नचतुर्दशतुमबिनकोईनहींपाता

Without you, no one gets the fourteen jewels.

महालक्ष्मीजीकीआरतीजोकोईजनगाता

Whoever sings this aarti of the great Lakshmi,

उरआनन्दसमातापापउतरजाता

the aarti says, finds their heart full of joy and their wrongdoing falling away.

Ask your elders

“On Diwali night when you were small, who led the Lakshmi aarti, and did your family sing any line differently from what is in the book?”

About the Om Jai Lakshmi Mata
Language
Hindi
Attributed to
Traditional, author unknown
Period
Date unknown
Verses
8

An aarti is sung while a lit lamp is circled before a deity. This one is sung to Lakshmi, goddess of wealth and good fortune, most famously at the Lakshmi Puja on Diwali night and also in many homes on Fridays.

Nobody knows who wrote it or when. Its tune and pattern resemble Om Jai Jagdish Hare, but that doesn't date it. Wording varies between printings, more than most people expect: words change, and the stanzas appear in different orders and numbers. The version here is one common form, not the only correct one.

The Hindi is easy, but some words are Sanskrit religious vocabulary, and a few lines assume you know the story of the churning of the ocean. Some lines promise wealth or peace of mind to whoever sings it. We translate them and mark that it is the aarti speaking. The refrain returns after every stanza; we print it once.

Sources
  1. Traditional aarti; text as commonly printed in Hindi aarti collections, with no critical edition known to us
  2. Bhagavata Purana, Book 8
  3. Vishnu Purana, Book 1