Shloka 9
Puṁsavana / Viṣṇu-vrata: Worship of Lakṣmī-Nārāyaṇa for Auspicious Progeny and Fortune
श्रियं विष्णुं च वरदावाशिषां प्रभवावुभौ । भक्त्या सम्पूजयेन्नित्यं यदीच्छेत्सर्वसम्पद: ॥ ९ ॥
śriyaṁ viṣṇuṁ ca varadāv āśiṣāṁ prabhavāv ubhau bhaktyā sampūjayen nityaṁ yadīcchet sarva-sampadaḥ
ਜੇ ਕੋਈ ਸਾਰੀਆਂ ਸਮ੍ਰਿੱਧੀਆਂ ਚਾਹੇ, ਤਾਂ ਉਸ ਦਾ ਕਰਤੱਬ ਹੈ ਕਿ ਉਹ ਨਿੱਤ ਭਗਤੀ ਨਾਲ ਸ਼੍ਰੀਲਕਸ਼ਮੀ ਸਮੇਤ ਭਗਵਾਨ ਵਿਸ਼ਨੂ ਦੀ ਵਿਧੀ ਅਨੁਸਾਰ ਪੂਜਾ ਕਰੇ। ਲਕਸ਼ਮੀ-ਨਾਰਾਇਣ ਦੋਵੇਂ ਵਰਦਾਤਾ ਹਨ, ਸਭ ਆਸ਼ੀਰਵਾਦਾਂ ਦੇ ਸਰੋਤ ਅਤੇ ਸਭ ਮੰਗਲ ਦੇ ਪ੍ਰਭਵ ਹਨ।
Lakṣmī-Nārāyaṇa — Lord Viṣṇu and mother Lakṣmī — are always situated in everyone’s heart ( īśvaraḥ sarva-bhūtānāṁ hṛd-deśe ’rjuna tiṣṭhati ). However, because nondevotees do not realize that Lord Viṣṇu stays with His eternal consort, Lakṣmī, within the hearts of all living entities, they are not endowed with the opulence of Lord Viṣṇu. Unscrupulous men sometimes address a poor man as daridra-nārāyaṇa, or “poor Nārāyaṇa.” This is most unscientific. Lord Viṣṇu and Lakṣmī are always situated in everyone’s heart, but this does not mean that everyone is Nārāyaṇa, especially not those in poverty. This is a most abominable term to use in connection with Nārāyaṇa. Nārāyaṇa never becomes poor, and therefore He can never be called daridra-nārāyaṇa. Nārāyaṇa is certainly situated in everyone’s heart, but He is neither poor nor rich. Only unscrupulous persons who do not know the opulence of Nārāyaṇa try to afflict Him with poverty.
FAQs
This verse teaches that all blessings and prosperity ultimately arise from Śrī (Lakṣmī) and Lord Viṣṇu, and that one should worship them daily with devotion to attain all opulence.
Because Śrī and Viṣṇu are presented here as jointly granting boons and being the source of blessings; worshiping them together (as Lakṣmī-Nārāyaṇa) aligns one’s desires with divine grace rather than mere material effort.
Maintain a steady daily practice of devotional worship (bhakti)—prayer, remembrance, and offering one’s work to God—cultivating gratitude and integrity while seeking prosperity as a blessing, not an obsession.