Lakshmi Shobhane in Telugu

ಲಕ್ಷ್ಮೀ ಶೋಭಾನೆ

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

A Kannada song, in Telugu

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 Telugu script, so Telugu readers who love it can follow and sing along in the letters they know best, 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

శోభానవెన్నిరె సురరొళు శుభగనిగె

శోభానవెన్ని సుగుణనిగె

శోభానవెన్నిరె త్రివిక్రమరాయగె

శోభానవెన్ని సురప్రియగె శోభానె

Lakshmi Shobhane

2

లక్ష్మీనారాయణర చరణక్కె శరణెంబె

పక్షివాహన్నగెరగువె

పక్షివాహన్నగెరగువె అనుదిన

రక్షిసలి నమ్మ వధూవరర

3

పాలసాగరవన్ను లీలెయలి కడెయలు

బాలె మహాలక్షుమి ఉదిసిదళు

బాలె మహాలక్షుమి ఉదిసిదళా దేవి

పాలిసలి నమ్మ వధూవరర

4

బొమ్మన ప్రళయదలి తన్నరసియొడగూడి

సుమ్మనెయాగి మలగిప్ప

నమ్మ నారాయణగు ఈ రమ్మెగడిగడిగు

జన్మవెంబుదు అవతార

5

కంబుకంఠద సుత్త కట్టిద మంగళసూత్ర

అంబుజవెరడు కరయుగది

అంబుజవెరడు కరయుగది ధరిసి

పీతాంబరవనుట్టు మెరెదళె

Pallavi

58

శోభానవెన్నిరె సురరొళు శుభగనిగె

శోభానవెన్ని సుగుణనిగె

శోభానవెన్నిరె త్రివిక్రమరాయగె

శోభానవెన్ని సురప్రియగె శోభానె

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 Telugu (Telugu script) on this page.

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