Shloka 6
Śrī-nivāsa: Traits and Conditions for the Abode of Prosperity (श्री-निवासः)
श्रीरवाच वसामि नित्यं सुभगे प्रगल्भे दक्षे नरे कर्मणि वर्तमाने | अक्रोधने देवपरे कृतज्ञे जितेन्द्रिये नित्यमुदीर्णसत्त्वे
śrīr uvāca: vasāmi nityaṃ subhage pragalbhe dakṣe nare karmaṇi vartamāne | akrodhane devapare kṛtajñe jitendriye nityam udīrṇasattve ||
श्रीलक्ष्मी म्हणाल्या—हे देवि! मी नित्य त्या पुरुषात वास करते जो सौभाग्यवान, निर्भय, कार्यकुशल आणि धर्मोचित कर्मात रत असतो; जो क्रोधरहित, देवपरायण, कृतज्ञ, जितेंद्रिय आणि उन्नत सत्त्वगुणयुक्त असतो.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Prosperity (Śrī/Lakṣmī) is portrayed as inseparable from character: she abides with the person who is competent and dutiful, free from anger, devoted to divine order, grateful, self-controlled, and grounded in elevated sattva (clarity and moral strength).
Bhīṣma reports Śrī’s own statement describing the virtues in a person that become the ‘abode’ of Lakṣmī—linking inner discipline and devotion with lasting auspiciousness.