Saubhagya Lakshmi Upanishad

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-1: Then the Gods said to the Lord: Lord ! Expound for us the

science of the Goddess of Prosperity.

 

I-2: The Lord, the primeval Narayana, replied: Be it so. With intent

minds, all of you Gods, listen ! With the aid of the fifteen verses

beginning with the verse €  '±hiranyavarnam€  '² (of the hue of

gold), etc.,

meditate on the four-armed Sri (the Goddess of Prosperity), whose

form is that of the Fourth, who is beyond the Fourth, who is supreme

over all, who is present in all consecrated seats, and who is

encircled by the divinities of the seats, major and minor.

 

I-3: Now, the seers of the hymn on Sri consisting of fifteen verses

are Ananda, Kardama, Chiklita and Indirasuta. Of the first verse,

the seer is Sri. Of the (next) fourteen verses, the seers are Ananda

etc. Of the first three verses, €  '±hiranyavarnam€  '², etc., the

metre is

Anustubh. Of the verse €  '±kamso€  '²smi€  '², the metre is brihati,

of the two

others Tristubh (is the metre); of the next eight the metre is

Anustubh. Of the remainder, the metre is Prastarapankti. The

divinity is the Fire which is Sri. The seed is €  

'±hiranyavarnam€  '². The

power is €  '±kamso€  '²smi€  '². The consecration of the limbs is

(effected)

with the words hiranmaya chandra rajatasraja hiranyasraja hiranya

hiranyavarna, beginning with Om, ending with Namah (i.e.

salutation), and having the nouns declined in the dative case. Next

(follows) the consecration of the limbs with the triads of faces.

With the verses of the Srisukta themselves consecrate, in order, the

head, the eyes, the ears, the nose, the face, the neck, the two

arms, the heart, the navel, the privies, the thighs, the knees and

the shanks.

 

I-4: Seated in the spotless lotus

 

Coloured as its pollen heaps

 

Bearing in her lotus palms

 

Lotus pair and symbolled promise

 

Of fear dispelled and boons bestowed;

 

With jewelled crown and ornaments diverse

 

Wondrously adorned €  '¶ Let Sri,

 

Mother of the world entire,

 

Promote our fortunes ever.

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