Janaki Stuti

Laxmi Stuti Goswami Tulsidas. Sanskrit
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jānaki tvāṃ namasyāmi sarvapāpapraṇāśinīm ..1.. dāridryaraṇasaṃhartrīṃ bhaktānābhiṣṭadāyinīm . videharājatanayāṃ rāghavānandakāriṇīm ..2.. bhūmerduhitaraṃ vidyāṃ namāmi prakṛtiṃ śivām . paulastyaiśvaryasaṃhatrīṃ bhaktābhīṣṭāṃ sarasvatīm ..3.. pativratādhurīṇāṃ tvāṃ namāmi janakātmajām . anugrahaparāmṛddhimanaghāṃ harivallabhām ..4.. ātmavidyāṃ trayīrūpāmumārūpāṃ namāmyaham . prasādābhimukhīṃ lakṣmīṃ kṣīrābdhitanayāṃ śubhām ..5.. namāmi candrabhaginīṃ sītāṃ sarvāṅgasundarīm . namāmi dharmanilayāṃ karuṇāṃ vedamātaram ..6.. padmālayāṃ padmahastāṃ viṣṇuvakṣaḥsthalālayām . namāmi candranilayāṃ sītāṃ candranibhānanām ..7.. āhlādarūpiṇīṃ siddhiṃ śivāṃ śivakarīṃ satīm . namāmi viśvajananīṃ rāmacandreṣṭavallabhām . sītāṃ sarvānavadyāṅgīṃ bhajāmi satataṃ hṛdā ..8..
O devi Janaki, I salute you; you are the destroyer of all sins. Word-meanings I salute you, you are the destroyer of poverty (in the battle of life) and bestower of wishes of the devotees, you are the daughter of Videha raja (King Janaka), and cause of joy of Raghava (Sri Rama). I salute you, you are the daughter of the earth and the embodiment of knowledge; you are the auspicious prakriti, you are the destroyer of the power and supremacy of (oppressors like) Ravana, (and at the same time) fulfiller of the wishes of the devotees; you are an embodiment of Saraswati. I salute you, you are the best among pativratas (ideal wife devoted to husband), (and at the same time) the soul of Janaka (ideal daughter devoted to father), you are very gracious (being yourself the embodiment of) Riddhi (Lakshmi), (pure and) sinless, and extremely beloved of Hari. I salute you, you are the embodiment of Atma Vidya, mentioned in the three Vedas (manifesting its inner beauty in life); you are of the nature of devi Uma, you are the auspicious Lakshmi, the daughter of the milky ocean, and always intent on bestowing grace (to the devotees). I salute you, you are like the sister of Chandra (in beauty), you are Sita who is beautiful in her entirety, you are an abode of dharma, full of compassion and the mother of vedas. I salute you, (you as devi Lakshmi) abide in lotus, hold lotus in your hands, and always reside in the heart of Sri Vishnu, you reside in chandra mandala, you are Sita whose face resembles the moon. I salute you, your form gives joy to all, you are the Sati (devoted wife) whose presence is auspicious and confers siddhi and liberation, I salute the mother of the universe, who is the beloved of Ramachandra, I always worship you in my heart, O mother Sita, you are beautiful in entirety, the beauty which cannot be expressed in words.
Translations
Sanskrit English Transliteration
जानकि O Janaki jānaki
त्वाम् you tvām
नमस्यामि I salute namasyāmi
सर्वपापप्रणाशिनीम् destroyer of all sins sarvapāpapraṇāśinīm
दारिद्र्यरणसंहर्त्रीं destroyer of poverty in battle dāridryaraṇasaṃhartrīm
भक्तानाम् of the devotees bhaktānām
अभिष्टदायिनीम् bestower of wishes abhiṣṭadāyinīm
विदेहराजतनयाम् daughter of Videha king videharājatanayām
राघवानन्दकारिणीम् cause of joy of Raghava rāghavānandakāriṇīm
भूमेः of the earth bhūmeḥ
दुहितरम् daughter duhitaram
विद्याम् knowledge vidyām
नमामि I salute namāmi
प्रकृतिम् prakriti prakṛtim
शिवाम् auspicious śivām
पौलस्त्य Ravana paulastya
ऐश्वर्य supremacy aiśvarya
संहत्रीम् destroyer saṃhatrīm
भक्त devotees bhakta
अभिष्टाम् fulfiller of wish abhīṣṭām
पतिव्रताधुरीणाम् best among pativratas pativratādhurīṇām
त्वाम् you tvām
नमामि I salute namāmi
जनकात्मजाम् daughter of Janaka janakātmajām
अनुग्रहपराम् very gracious anugrahaparām
ऋद्धिम् Riddhi (Lakshmi) ṛddhim
अनघाम् sinless anaghām
हरिवल्लभाम् beloved of Hari harivallabhām
नमामि I salute namāmi
चन्द्रभगिनीं sister of Chandra candrabhaginīṃ
सीतां Sita sītāṃ
सर्वाङ्गसुन्दरीम् beautiful in entirety sarvāṅgasundarīm
नमामि I salute namāmi
धर्मनिलयां abode of dharma dharmanilayāṃ
करुणां compassion karuṇāṃ
वेदमातरम् mother of vedas vedamātaram
पद्मालयाम् abide in lotus padmālayām
पद्महस्ताम् hold lotus in hands padmahastām
विष्णुवक्षःस्थलालयाम् reside in Vishnu's heart viṣṇuvakṣaḥsthalālayām
नमामि I salute namāmi
चन्द्रनिलयाम् reside in moon candranilayām
सीताम् Sita sītām
चन्द्रनिभाननाम् moon-like face candranibhānanām
आह्लादरूपिणीं form giving joy āhlādarūpiṇīṃ
सिद्धिं siddhi siddhiṃ
शिवां auspicious śivāṃ
शिवकरीं conferring auspiciousness śivakarīṃ
सतीम् devoted wife satīm
नमामि I salute namāmi
विश्वजननीं mother of the universe viśvajananīṃ
रामचन्द्रेष्टवल्लभाम् beloved of Ramachandra rāmacandreṣṭavallabhām
सीतां Sita sītāṃ
सर्वानवद्याङ्गीं beautiful in entirety sarvānavadyāṅgīṃ
भजामि I worship bhajāmi
सततं always satataṃ
हृदा in my heart hṛdā