Let her sparkling eyes which are like the fully opened lotus,ĭhadyaddhayanupavanopi dravinambhudaraam,ĭhushkaramagarmmapaneeya chiraya dhooram, Just by a glance of her compassion filled eyes, Grants she a place in heaven which is difficult to attain, Pushtim krishishta mama pushkravishtaraya., 8 Hrishtim prahrushta kamlodhara deepthirishtam, Viswamarendra padhavee bramadhana dhaksham,Įshanna sheedhathu mayi kshanameekshanartham,Ĭapable of making one as king of Devas in this world,Īnd is making Him who killed Madhu supremely happy.Īnd let her with her blue lotus eyes glance me a little.ĭhrishtya thravishta papadam sulabham labhanthe, Praptham padam pradhamatha khalu yat prabhavath, Like the streak of lightning in black dark cloud,Īnd let the eyes of the great mother of all universe,įallon me lightly and bring me prosperity. Mathu samastha jagatham mahaneeya murthy,īadrani me dhisathu bhargava nandanaya., 5 On the ecstasy filled face with closed eyes of her Lord,Īnd let her, who is the wife of Him who sleeps on the snake,īahwanthare madhujitha srithakausthube ya,Īnd also the garland of glances, of blue Indraneela,įilled with love to protect and grant wishes to Him, With half closed eyes stares she on Mukunda,įilled with happiness, shyness and the science of love, Like the honey bees to the pretty blue lotus,Īnd let those glances shower me with wealth.Īkekara stiththa kaninika pashma nethram,īhoothyai bhavenmama bhjangasayananganaya., 3 Sa ne sriyam dhisathu sagarasambhavaya., 2 Mala dhrishotmadhukareeva maheth pale ya, Mugdha muhurvidhadhadathi vadhane Murare, Grant me a glance that will bring prosperity. Let her who is the Goddess of all good things, To the unopened buds of black Tamala tree, To the Hari who wears supreme happiness as Ornament, Mangalyadasthu mama mangala devathaya., 1

It is believed that poverty would be banished by singing this hymn.

He was so touched by her gesture that he sang these 21 mellifluous hymns on Goddess Lakshmi, who poured golden goose berries as rain to the poor woman’s house.

She searched hard and found one small fruit of gooseberry, which she gave to Sankara.

One day when he went to a Brahmin house, the lady of the house was so poor that she did not have anything to give him. After brahmopadesa, as is usual during those times, he was asked to beg alms for his lunch. He was born in a poor Brahmin family in Kerala. Adhi Sankara was possibly one of the great saints of his time.

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