Lakshmi Shobhane in Tamil

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

லக்ஷ்மீநாராயணர சரணக்கெ ஶரணெம்பெ

பக்ஷிவாஹந்நகெரகுவெ

பக்ஷிவாஹந்நகெரகுவெ அநுதிந

ரக்ஷிஸலி நம்ம வதூவரர

Lakshmi Shobhane

2

பாலஸாகரவந்நு லீலெயலி கடெயலு

பாலெ மஹாலக்ஷுமி உதிஸிதளு

பாலெ மஹாலக்ஷுமி உதிஸிதளா தேவி

பாலிஸலி நம்ம வதூவரர

3

பொம்மந ப்ரளயதலி தந்நரஸியொடகூடி

ஸும்மநெயாகி மலகிப்ப

நம்ம நாராயணகு ஈ ரம்மெகடிகடிகு

ஜந்மவெம்புது அவதார

4

கம்புகம்டத ஸுத்த கட்டித மம்களஸூத்ர

அம்புஜவெரடு கரயுகதி

அம்புஜவெரடு கரயுகதி தரிஸி

பீதாம்பரவநுட்டு மெரெதளெ

5

ஒம்து கரதிம்த அபயவநீவளெ

மத்தொம்து கையிம்த வரகள

கும்தில்லலதாநம்தஸம்தோஹ உணிஸுவ

இம்திரெ நம்ம ஸலஹலி

Lakshmi Shobhane

119

முத்தைதெயரெல்லரூ முத்திநாருதி எத்தி

ஹத்தாவதாரத ஹயவதநக

ஹத்தாவதாரத ஹயவதந தேவக

ஹொஸ முத்திநாருதிய பெளகிரெ ॥ ஶோபாநெ

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 Tamil version, written in Tamil script.

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