Mahalakshmi Ashtakam - Meaning of Namastestu Mahamaye

Sanskrit Words	English Translation
Indra Uvach	Lord Indra says
Namastestu Mahaa-Maaye Shree-Peetthe Sura-Puujite. Shangkha-Chakra-Gadaa- Haste Mahaalakshmi Namostute.	My salutations to the Supreme Illusion, the holy power vortex, i pray to you. The one who holds conch shells, chakra, and mace, my salutations to the Goddess of wealth.   Her abode is none other than Sri Peetha or Sri Chakra. She holds the Conch (symbolizing the gross manifestation) and the Disc (symbolizing the great wisdom). I worship Sri Maha Lakshmi with all devotion.
Namaste Garuda-arooddhe Kolaasura-bhayankari | SarvaPaapa-Hare Devi Mahaalakshmi Namostute ||2||	Salutations to Lakshmi riding the Eagle (Garuda). She is the one who destroyed Kola Demon, the symbol of ignorance, She removes all the crookedness of mind body and soul. I worship Sri Maha Lakshmi with all obedience.
Sarvadnye Sarva-varade Sarva-dushtta-Bhayankari | Sarva-Dukkha-Hare Devi Mahaalakshmi Namostute ||3||	She is the supreme knowledge, and fulfiller of all desires, she is the destroyer of all wicked things. She removes all sorrow of the mankind. I worship Sri Maha Lakshmi with all devotion.
Siddhi-Buddhi-Prade Devi Bhukti-Mukti-Pradaayine | Mantra-Moorte Sadaa Devi Mahaalakshmi Namostute ||4||	She provides the spiritual divinity and the discriminative intellect. She gives the intellect for the liberation or moksha. She is the embodiment of all mantras. I worship Sri Maha Lakshmi with all devotion.
Aadyantarahitey Devi Aadi-Shakti-Maheshvari | Yogaje Yoga-Sambhoote Mahaalakshmi Namostute ||5||	She is devoid of beginning and ending. She is the primordial energy of the cosmic creation. She is the divine fire (Cosmic will) of the all yogas and she dawns in the minds of yogis. I worship Sri Maha Lakshmi with all devotion.
Sthuula-Suukssma-Mahaaroudre Mahaa-Shakti-Mahodare | Mahaa-Paapa-Hare Devi Mahaalakssmi Namostute ||6||	She is the one who occupies in the Material-Manifest Universe as well as Potential Universe and is the aggressive kinetic force of the Creation. She is the Supreme energy of the Great Womb. She elevates the individual from all the greatest sins. I worship Sri Maha Lakshmi with all devotion.
Padma-Aasana-Sthite Devi Para-Brahma-Svaruupinni | Parameshi Jagan-Maatar-Mahaalakssmi Namostute ||7||	She is adored in the yogic posture of padmaasana. She is the symbol of Supreme Brahman, devoid of all attributes. She is the Supreme wealth of the cosmos and the Mother of all creation. I worship Sri Maha Lakshmi with all devotion.
Shveta-Ambara-Dhare Devi Naana-Alangkaara-Bhuussite | Jagatsthite Jagan-Maatar-Mahaalakssmi Namostute ||8||	She is worshipped in white clothes symbolizing the Sudha Satva of Samkhya Darshana. She is adored with all ornamentation symbolizing differential creations of cosmos. She is the genesis of all the Cosmos bound by time and space and the mother of all creations. I worship Sri Maha Lakshmi with devotion. Sri Lakshmi
Mahaalakshmyashttakam Stotram Yat Patthedbhaktimaanaraha | Sarvasiddhimavaapnoti Raajyam Praapnoti Sarvadaa ||9||	These are the eight shlokaas of SriMaha Lakshmi. He who says these slokaas with all devotion will obtain all the desires (physical, mental, spiritual,) and the Spiritual Kingdom of Moksha.
Ekakaale Patthennityam Mahaapaapavinaashanam | Dvikaalam Yat Patthennityam Dhanadhaanyasamanvitaha ||10||	If these eight shlokaas are recited once a day, all past sins are cleansed. If these are recited twice a day all material prosperity is achieved.
Trikaale Yat Patthennityam Mahaashatruvinaashanam | Mahaalakshmirbhavennityam Prasannaa Varadaa Shubhaa ||11||	If these eight shlokaas are recited thrice everyday his greatest enemies (including the malice within him,) will be destroyed. Let this Sri MahaLakshmi manifest in us with all her pleasantness and fulfilling qualities.
Itti Shri Indra krut	Thus concludes the hymn composed by Lord Indra
Mahalakshmi Ashtakam	called the Mahalakshmi Ashtakam