Shloka 64
Sūrya-stava: Dhaumya’s Counsel and the Aṣṭaśata-nāma of Sūrya
सप्तम्यामथवा षष्ठ्यां भक््त्या पूजां करोति यः । अनिर्विण्णो5नहंकारी त॑ लक्ष्मीर्भजते नरम्,जो सप्तमी अथवा षष्ठीको खेद और अहंकारसे रहित हो भक्तिभावसे आपकी पूजा करता है, उस मनुष्यको लक्ष्मी प्राप्त होती है
saptamyām athavā ṣaṣṭhyāṁ bhaktyā pūjāṁ karoti yaḥ | anirviṇṇo 'nahaṅkārī taṁ lakṣmīr bhajate naram ||
Yudhiṣṭhira said: “Whether on the seventh day or on the sixth, the person who performs worship with devotion—free from dejection and without ego—such a man is favored by Lakṣmī (prosperity).”
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Prosperity (Lakṣmī) is drawn not merely by the date of worship but by inner qualities—devotion, steadiness without discouragement, and humility without ego.
Yudhiṣṭhira states a principle about worship: a person who honors the deity on the sixth or seventh day with sincere devotion and a humble, undepressed mind becomes worthy of Lakṣmī’s favor.