Shloka 36

The Lakṣmī–Nārāyaṇa Vow Narrative

Puṣya Thursday Observance and the Ethics of Fortune

Devanagari script

त्रैलोक्यपूजिते देवि कमले विष्णुवल्लभे । यथा त्वमचला कृष्णे तथा भव मयि स्थिता

Transliteration

trailokyapūjite devi kamale viṣṇuvallabhe | yathā tvamacalā kṛṣṇe tathā bhava mayi sthitā

Translation

O Göttin, in den drei Welten verehrt — o Kamalā, lotusgeborene, Viṣṇus Geliebte — wie du unbeweglich bei Kṛṣṇa verweilst, so wohne auch in mir standhaft.

Word by Word

• त्रैलोक्यपूजिते: O (one) worshipped in the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्यपूजिते: Sambodhana/Address (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रैलोक्य + पूजित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; संबोधन-सम्बन्धे (address in locative form); तत्पुरुष (worshipped in the three worlds)

• देवि: O Goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• कमले: O Kamalā (Lakṣmī)
• कमले: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कमला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन/सप्तमी, एकवचन; here as संबोधन (O Kamalā)

• विष्णुवल्लभे: O beloved of Viṣṇu
• विष्णुवल्लभे: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु + वल्लभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन/सप्तमी, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (beloved of Viṣṇu)

• यथा: just as
• यथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, उपमान/प्रकारवाचक (comparative ‘as/just as’)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अचला: steadfast
• अचला: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अचल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण of त्वम्; ‘steady/immovable’

• कृष्णे: in/with Kṛṣṇa
• कृष्णे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• तथा: so
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, correlative adverb ‘so/likewise’

• भव: be
• भव: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मयि: in me
• मयि: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘in me’

• स्थिता: situated/abiding
• स्थिता: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa/Predicative (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP) from √स्था; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; predicative complement to ‘be’

Speaker

Unspecified devotee/narrative voice (a supplicant addressing Goddess Lakṣmī)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: shringara

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: त्वमचला = त्वम् + अचला

Characters & Entities

• Lakṣmī (Kamalā)
• Viṣṇu
• Kṛṣṇa

FAQs

Who is addressed as 'Kamalā' and 'Viṣṇuvallabhā' in this verse?

These epithets address Goddess Lakṣmī: 'Kamalā' highlights her lotus association, and 'Viṣṇuvallabhā' identifies her as the beloved consort of Viṣṇu.

What devotional request is being made in the verse?

The speaker asks Lakṣmī to remain firmly present—steadfastly abiding within the devotee—just as she is unwaveringly united with Kṛṣṇa.

What ethical or spiritual lesson does this shloka emphasize?

It emphasizes steadiness (acalā) in devotion and divine presence: spiritual life is strengthened by unwavering commitment and the sustained indwelling of grace.