Lakshmi Shobhane in Gujarati

ಲಕ್ಷ್ಮೀ ಶೋಭಾನೆ

Sri Vadiraja Tirtha's Lakshmi Shobhana Pada Deity: Mahalakshmi Metre: Shobhane - Kannada Folk/lullaby 58 verses

A Kannada song, in Gujarati

The Lakshmi Shobhane is a Kannada song of blessing for Lakshmi and Narayana, composed by the sixteenth-century Madhva saint Sri Vadiraja Tirtha and sung for centuries at Madhva weddings and auspicious gatherings in Karnataka. A shobhane is a wedding song, and this one calls the grace of Lakshmi onto the home: for prosperity, for a blessed marriage, for the wellbeing of the family. It belongs to the Haridasa tradition of Kannada devotion, the world of Purandara Dasa and Kanaka Dasa. This version sets the same song in the Gujarati script, so Gujarati readers who love it can follow and sing along in their own letters, sharing in a devotion that began in Karnataka.

About the Lakshmi Shobhane

Sri Vadiraja Tirtha woke up one morning at Brahmi Muhurta and composed this song. Five hundred years later, you still cannot have a Madhva wedding without it. It is in Kannada, not Sanskrit. It tells the story of how Mahalakshmi rose out of the churning ocean of milk, and how Vishnu took her hand. The sumangalis gather around the bride and groom and lift the refrain: 'Shōbhāne, shōbhāne, shubha-shōbhāne.' For as long as the song lasts, the couple are not themselves. They are Lakshmi and Narayana, and the song is the blessing. The form is the shōbhane, a Kannada folk genre of auspicious wedding-song with a returning chorus. Unmarried girls sing it for a good husband. Newlyweds sing it for a long marriage. Mothers sing it for daughters who are about to leave the house. It is a raksha. A protection.

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The opening verses are below.

Pallavi

1

શોભાનવॆન્નિરॆ સુરરॊળુ શુભગનિગॆ

શોભાનવॆન્નિ સુગુણનિગॆ

શોભાનવॆન્નિરॆ ત્રિવિક્રમરાયગॆ

શોભાનવॆન્નિ સુરપ્રિયગॆ શોભાનॆ

Lakshmi Shobhane

2

લક્ષ્મીનારાયણર ચરણક્કॆ શરણॆંબॆ

પક્ષિવાહન્નગॆરગુવॆ

પક્ષિવાહન્નગॆરગુવॆ અનુદિન

રક્ષિસલિ નમ્મ વધૂવરર

3

પાલસાગરવન્નુ લીલॆયલિ કડॆયલુ

બાલॆ મહાલક્ષુમિ ઉદિસિદળુ

બાલॆ મહાલક્ષુમિ ઉદિસિદળા દેવિ

પાલિસલિ નમ્મ વધૂવરર

4

બॊમ્મન પ્રળયદલિ તન્નરસિયॊડગૂડિ

સુમ્મનॆયાગિ મલગિપ્પ

નમ્મ નારાયણગુ ઈ રમ્મॆગડિગડિગુ

જન્મવॆંબુદુ અવતાર

5

કંબુકંઠદ સુત્ત કટ્ટિદ મંગળસૂત્ર

અંબુજવॆરડુ કરયુગદિ

અંબુજવॆરડુ કરયુગદિ ધરિસિ

પીતાંબરવનુટ્ટુ મॆરॆદળॆ

Pallavi

58

શોભાનવॆન્નિરॆ સુરરॊળુ શુભગનિગॆ

શોભાનવॆન્નિ સુગુણનિગॆ

શોભાનવॆન્નિરॆ ત્રિવિક્રમરાયગॆ

શોભાનવॆન્નિ સુરપ્રિયગॆ શોભાનॆ

That's the opening and the closing. The full Lakshmi Shobhane continues for 52 more verses in between.

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Frequently asked about Lakshmi Shobhane

Who composed Lakshmi Shobhane?
Lakshmi Shobhane is traditionally attributed to Sri Vadiraja Tirtha (Vadirajaru), 16th-century Madhva saint of Sode Mutt (Sri Vadiraja Tirtha's Lakshmi Shobhana Pada).
How many verses are in Lakshmi Shobhane?
Lakshmi Shobhane has 58 verses, set in the Shobhane - Kannada Folk/lullaby metre.
Which deity is Lakshmi Shobhane addressed to?
Lakshmi Shobhane is a prayer to Mahalakshmi.
In which languages can I read Lakshmi Shobhane?
ChantWise offers Lakshmi Shobhane in English, Sanskrit, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Gujarati — including Gujarati (Gujarati script) on this page.

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