Shloka 91

Multi-form Manifestations, Indra–Kāma Incarnations, Pravāha, and the Twofold Buddhi

Sense-Discipline and Exclusive Refuge in Viṣṇu

Devanagari script

महालक्ष्मीं चाद्यलक्ष्मीं च सम्यक् पूजां कुरु त्वं हि भक्त्याथ जीव / लक्ष्मीसूत्रं स्वागले धारयस्व महालक्ष्मीवान् भवसीत्युत्तरत्र

Transliteration

mahālakṣmīṃ cādyalakṣmīṃ ca samyak pūjāṃ kuru tvaṃ hi bhaktyātha jīva / lakṣmīsūtraṃ svāgale dhārayasva mahālakṣmīvān bhavasītyuttaratra

Translation

Hãy chí thành thờ phụng Mahālakṣmī và cả Ādyalakṣmī cho đúng pháp, với lòng sùng kính, rồi an trú đời sống thịnh vượng. Hãy đeo sợi chỉ Lakṣmī nơi cổ mình; nhờ vậy, về sau ngươi sẽ được đầy đủ đại phúc Lakṣmī—sự sung túc và cát tường.

Word by Word

• महा-लक्ष्मीम्: Mahālakṣmī
• महा-लक्ष्मीम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + लक्ष्मी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• आद्य-लक्ष्मीम्: Ādyalakṣmī (the primordial Lakṣmī)
• आद्य-लक्ष्मीम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आद्य (प्रातिपदिक) + लक्ष्मी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• सम्यक्: properly
• सम्यक्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: properly)

• पूजाम्: worship; pūjā
• पूजाम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कुरु: do; perform
• कुरु: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुषार्थे (2nd person pronoun), प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• हि: indeed; for
• हि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चय/हेतौ (particle: indeed/for)

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण/हेतु-भावे (instrumental: with devotion)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तरार्थक (then/thereupon)

• जीव: live
• जीव: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जीव् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• लक्ष्मी-सूत्रम्: Lakṣmī-thread (sacred cord)
• लक्ष्मी-सूत्रम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्मी (प्रातिपदिक) + सूत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• स्व-आगले: on your own neck
• स्व-आगले: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + गल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• धारयस्व: wear
• धारयस्व: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: धृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• महा-लक्ष्मी-वान्: possessed of Mahālakṣmī; prosperous
• महा-लक्ष्मी-वान्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + लक्ष्मी (प्रातिपदिक) + वत् (प्रातिपदिक/तद्धित)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—'यस्य महालक्ष्मी अस्ति'

• भवसि: you become/are
• भवसि: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरण-समाप्त्यर्थक (quotative particle)

• उत्तरत्र: later; in the next (section)
• उत्तरत्र: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत्तरत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देश/प्रसङ्गे (adverb: later/elsewhere/in the next part)

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (in instruction to Garuda/Vinata-putra, within the Garuda Purana dialogue frame)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Auspicious fortune (lakshmi) is stabilized through devoted worship and wearing a consecrated Lakshmi-thread as a vow/marker of grace.

Vedantic Theme: Ishvara-anugraha (divine grace) accessed through upasana; prosperity as a dharmic support rather than an end in itself.

Application: Perform Lakshmi-puja with sincerity; adopt a simple vrata-marker (Lakshmi-sutra) as a daily reminder of gratitude, restraint, and auspicious conduct.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 3.28 (Lakshmi/vrata-oriented instructions in the same section)

Characters & Entities

• Mahālakṣmī
• Ādyalakṣmī

FAQs

What is the importance of the Lakshmi-sutra in the Garuda Purana?

This verse presents the Lakshmi-sutra (a consecrated thread worn on the neck) as a protective and auspicious observance linked with proper Lakshmi worship, intended to bring stability, prosperity, and freedom from inauspiciousness.

How does this verse relate to Garuda Purana teachings on overcoming inauspiciousness?

By explicitly pairing Mahalakshmi with Ādyalakshmi and prescribing correct worship plus a wearable sacred thread, the verse frames prosperity as a dharmic outcome of devotion and ritual rectitude, countering misfortune through sacred observance.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Perform sincere Lakshmi worship with ethical conduct and discipline, and if following tradition, wear a properly consecrated Lakshmi-thread as a reminder of dharma, gratitude, and responsible prosperity.