Namastestu Mahamaye
The opening verse of the Mahalakshmi Ashtakam.
MantraLakshmi
Quick facts
- Type
- Mantra
- Deity
- Lakshmi
- When it is sung
- The opening verse of the Mahalakshmi Ashtakam.
- Languages
- Roman and Devanagari here; ten scripts in the app
Verse (Devanagari)
नमस्तेऽस्तु महामाये श्रीपीठे सुरपूजिते
शङ्खचक्रगदाहस्ते महालक्ष्मि नमोऽस्तु ते
Transliteration
Namastestu mahamaye shripithe sura-pujite
shankha-chakra-gada-haste mahalakshmi namo 'stu te
What it means
Salutations to you, great illusion, seat of fortune, worshipped by the gods, holding conch, discus and mace — Mahalakshmi, I bow to you.
Read it in your language
In the Muhurtha app you can read Namastestu Mahamaye in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Odia, Tamil and Telugu, count it on a japa mala, and open a link to hear it sung — all offline, with no account and no ads.