Lakshmi Shobhane in Malayalam

ಲಕ್ಷ್ಮೀ ಶೋಭಾನೆ

Sri Vadiraja Tirtha's Lakshmi Shobhana Pada Deity: Mahalakshmi Metre: Shobhane - Kannada Folk/lullaby 119 verses

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.

Refrain (Pallavi)

1

ലക്ഷ്മീനാരായണര ചരണക്കെ ശരണെംബെ

പക്ഷിവാഹന്നഗെരഗുവെ

പക്ഷിവാഹന്നഗെരഗുവെ അനുദിന

രക്ഷിസലി നമ്മ വധൂവരര

Lakshmi Shobhane

2

പാലസാഗരവന്നു ലീലെയലി കഡെയലു

ബാലെ മഹാലക്ഷുമി ഉദിസിദളു

ബാലെ മഹാലക്ഷുമി ഉദിസിദളാ ദേവി

പാലിസലി നമ്മ വധൂവരര

3

ബൊമ്മന പ്രളയദലി തന്നരസിയൊഡഗൂഡി

സുമ്മനെയാഗി മലഗിപ്പ

നമ്മ നാരായണഗു ഈ രമ്മെഗഡിഗഡിഗു

ജന്മവെംബുദു അവതാര

4

കംബുകംഠദ സുത്ത കട്ടിദ മംഗളസൂത്ര

അംബുജവെരഡു കരയുഗദി

അംബുജവെരഡു കരയുഗദി ധരിസി

പീതാംബരവനുട്ടു മെരെദളെ

5

ഒംദു കരദിംദ അഭയവനീവളെ

മത്തൊംദു കൈയിംദ വരഗള

കുംദില്ലലദാനംദസംദോഹ ഉണിസുവ

ഇംദിരെ നമ്മ സലഹലി

Lakshmi Shobhane

119

മുത്തൈദെയരെല്ലരൂ മുത്തിനാരുതി എത്തി

ഹത്താവതാരദ ഹയവദനഗ

ഹത്താവതാരദ ഹയവദന ദേവഗ

ഹൊസ മുത്തിനാരുതിയ ബെളഗിരെ ॥ ശോഭാനെ

That's the opening and the closing. The full Lakshmi Shobhane continues for 113 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 119 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. This page is the Malayalam version, written in Malayalam script.

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