Om Jai Lakshmi Mata Aarti: Lyrics and Meaning
ॐ जय लक्ष्मी माता आरती
Traditional (an older form names Rampratap)
Om Jai Lakshmi Mata is the best-known aarti to Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth, good fortune and well-being, and the wife of Vishnu. An aarti is a song sung while a lamp is waved before God, usually at the close of worship. Many families sing this one at Lakshmi Puja on Diwali night and on Fridays. It praises Lakshmi as the mother of the world, whom the gods serve, and names the gifts that come from her.
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Refrain
ॐ जय लक्ष्मी माता, मैया जय लक्ष्मी माता ।तुमको निशिदिन सेवत हर-विष्णू-धाता ॥ ॐ जय लक्ष्मी॰
Om jai lakshmi mata, maiya jai lakshmi mataTumko nishidin sevat har-vishnu-dhata om jai lakshmi mata…
IAST
oṃ jaya lakṣmī mātā, maiyā jaya lakṣmī mātā |tumako niśidina sevata hara-viṣṇū-dhātā || oṃ jaya lakṣmī°
Our explanation The refrain hails Lakshmi as Mother, with the loving word "maiyā". It says that Hara (Shiva), Vishnu and Dhata (Brahma, the creator) serve her night and day.
हिंदी अर्थ टेक में लक्ष्मी की "माता" और "मैया" कहकर जय बोली गई है। टेक कहती है कि हर (शिव), विष्णु और धाता (ब्रह्मा, सृष्टि करने वाले) रात-दिन उनकी सेवा करते हैं।
4 printings differ
Edition differences. Another printing or text reads this place differently.
- Spelling The 2019 Gorakhpur printing reads: ॐ जय लक्ष्मी माता, (मैया) जय लक्ष्मी माता। तुमको निसिदिन सेवत हर-विष्णू-धाता॥ ॐ॥ '(मैया)' in brackets; निसिदिन for निशिदिन. Read on the page image, p. 16, leaf n16.
- Word A digital text reads विधाता for धाता (both mean the creator, Brahma); 'निस दिन'. Many people sing 'हर विष्णु विधाता'; no printing read has it.
- Word The 1921 Calcutta (209 Cornwallis Street) printing reads: जय लक्ष्मी माता॥ तुमको निशिदिन सेवत शिव विष्णुधाता॥ The 1921 printing has no 'ॐ' and no 'मैया' line, and शिव for हर. It prints '॥२॥' after 'जय लक्ष्मी माता' (perhaps a sign to sing it twice) and '॥टेर॥' (the refrain mark) after the second line. Read on the page image, p. 91, leaf n98.
- Word The 1934 Calcutta printing reads: जय लक्ष्मी माता जय लक्ष्मी माता। तुमकूं निशि दिन सेवत हर विष्णू धाता ॥टेक॥ No 'ॐ'; the first words twice; तुमकूं. Read on the page image, p. 706, leaf n728.
Stanza 1
उमा, रमा, ब्रह्माणी तुम ही जग-माता ।सूर्य-चन्द्रमा ध्यावत, नारद ऋषि गाता ॥ ॐ जय लक्ष्मी॰
Uma, rama, brahmani tum hi jag-mataSurya-chandrama dhyavat, narad rishi gata om jai lakshmi mata…
IAST
umā, ramā, brahmāṇī tuma hī jaga-mātā |sūrya-candramā dhyāvata, nārada ṛṣi gātā || oṃ jaya lakṣmī°
Our explanation The singer tells Lakshmi that she is Uma, Rama and Brahmani (the goddess as the wife of Shiva, of Vishnu and of Brahma), and that she is the mother of the world. The sun and the moon meditate on her, and the sage Narada sings of her.
हिंदी अर्थ गाने वाला लक्ष्मी से कहता है कि उमा, रमा और ब्रह्माणी (शिव, विष्णु और ब्रह्मा की पत्नी के रूप में देवी) तुम ही हो, और तुम ही जगत की माता हो। सूर्य और चंद्रमा उनका ध्यान करते हैं, और नारद ऋषि उनके गुण गाते हैं।
3 printings differ
Edition differences. Another printing or text reads this place differently.
- Verse division A digital text reads 'सूर्य चन्द्र माँ' for सूर्य-चन्द्रमा.
- Word The 1921 Calcutta (209 Cornwallis Street) printing reads: ब्रह्माणी रुद्राणी कमला तुहीं अहै जगमाता॥ सूर्यचन्द्रमा ध्यावत नारद ऋषिगाता॥ 'ब्रह्माणी रुद्राणी कमला' (the powers of Brahma, Shiva and Vishnu) for 'उमा, रमा, ब्रह्माणी'; 'तुहीं अहै' ('you alone are') for 'तुम ही'. Read on the page image, p. 91, leaf n98.
- Word The 1934 Calcutta printing reads: ब्रह्माणी रुद्राणी कमला तुहि है जग माता। सूर्य चन्द्रमा ध्यावत नारद ऋषि गाता॥ As in 1921, with 'तुहि है'. Read on the page image, p. 706, leaf n728.
Stanza 2
दुर्गारूप निरञ्जनि, सुख-सम्पति-दाता ।जो कोइ तुमको ध्यावत, ऋधि-सिधि धन पाता ॥ ॐ जय लक्ष्मी॰
Durgarup niranjani, sukh-sampati-dataJo koi tumko dhyavat, ridhi-sidhi dhan pata om jai lakshmi mata…
IAST
durgārūpa nirañjani, sukha-sampati-dātā |jo koi tumako dhyāvata, ṛdhi-sidhi dhana pātā || oṃ jaya lakṣmī°
Our explanation Lakshmi takes the form of Durga and is spotless (niranjanī). She gives happiness and wealth. The aarti says that whoever meditates on her gains success (ṛddhi and siddhi) and wealth. These are the text's own words.
हिंदी अर्थ लक्ष्मी दुर्गा का रूप हैं और निरंजनी (निर्मल) हैं। वे सुख और संपत्ति देती हैं। आरती कहती है कि जो उनका ध्यान करता है, उसे ऋद्धि-सिद्धि और धन मिलता है। ये आरती के अपने शब्द हैं।
The text’s own words about its benefits, not a promise from Pujadeep.
4 printings differ
Edition differences. Another printing or text reads this place differently.
- Spelling The 2019 Gorakhpur printing reads: दुर्गारूप निरंजनि, सुख-सम्पति दाता। जो कोइ तुमको ध्यावत, ऋधि-सिधि-धन पाता॥ निरंजनि with anusvara. Read on the page image, p. 16, leaf n16.
- Spelling A digital text reads ऋद्धि सिद्धि for ऋधि-सिधि; कोई.
- Spelling The 1921 Calcutta (209 Cornwallis Street) printing reads: दुर्गारूपनिरञ्जनि सुख संपतिदाता॥ जो कोई तुमको ध्यावत ऋधिसिधि धनपाता॥ The same words, run together. Read on the page images, pp. 91–92, leaves n98–n99 (the first word is broken over the page).
- Spelling The 1934 Calcutta printing reads: दुर्गा रूप निरंजनि सुख सम्पति दाता। जो कोइ तुमकूं ध्यावत ऋधि सिधि धन पाता॥ तुमकूं. Read on the page image, p. 706, leaf n728.
Stanza 3
तुम पाताल-निवासिनि, तुम ही शुभ-दाता ।कर्म-प्रभाव-प्रकाशिनि, भवनिधिकी त्राता ॥ ॐ जय लक्ष्मी॰
Tum patal-nivasini, tum hi shubh-dataKarm-prabhav-prakashini, bhavnidhiki trata om jai lakshmi mata…
IAST
tuma pātāla-nivāsini, tuma hī śubha-dātā |karma-prabhāva-prakāśini, bhavanidhikī trātā || oṃ jaya lakṣmī°
Our explanation Lakshmi dwells in Patala, the world below, and she alone gives what is good. She makes known the power of actions (karma), how they bear fruit, and she saves people from the ocean of worldly life (bhava).
हिंदी अर्थ लक्ष्मी पाताल में रहने वाली हैं, और शुभ देने वाली भी वही हैं। वे कर्म का प्रभाव (कर्म कैसे फल देता है) प्रकट करती हैं, और भवसागर (संसार रूपी सागर) से बचाने वाली हैं।
4 printings differ
Edition differences. Another printing or text reads this place differently.
- Verse division The 2019 Gorakhpur printing reads: तुम पाताल-निवासिनि, तुम ही शुभदाता। कर्म-प्रभाव-प्रकाशिनि, भवनिधिकी त्राता॥ शुभदाता as one word. Read on the page image, p. 16, leaf n16.
- Word A digital text reads दाता ('giver') for त्राता ('saviour'); both 1970 and 2019 print त्राता.
- Word The 1921 Calcutta (209 Cornwallis Street) printing reads: तूहीं अहैं पातालवासिनी तूहीं अहै शुभदाता॥ कर्मप्रभावप्रकाशक जग निधिसे त्राता॥ 'तूहीं अहैं' ('you alone are'), पातालवासिनी, प्रकाशक, 'जग निधिसे त्राता' ('saviour from the ocean of the world'). त्राता is faint on this page. Read on the page image, p. 92, leaf n99.
- Word The 1934 Calcutta printing reads: तूं ही है पानाल वसन्ती तूं ही है शुभ दाता। कर्म प्रभाव प्रकाशक जग निधिसे त्राता॥ 'पानाल वसन्ती' (probably a misprint of पाताल, with वसन्ती 'who dwells'). Read on the page image, p. 706, leaf n728.
Stanza 4
जिस घर तुम रहती, तहँ, सब सद्गुण आता ।सब संभव हो जाता, मन नहिं घबराता ॥ ॐ जय लक्ष्मी॰
Jis ghar tum rahti, tahan, sab sadgun ataSab sambhav ho jata, man nahin ghabrata om jai lakshmi mata…
IAST
jisa ghara tuma rahatī, taham̐, saba sadguṇa ātā |saba saṃbhava ho jātā, mana nahiṃ ghabarātā || oṃ jaya lakṣmī°
Our explanation The aarti says that every virtue comes into the house where Lakshmi lives. There everything becomes possible, and the mind is not troubled. These are the text's own words.
हिंदी अर्थ आरती कहती है कि जिस घर में लक्ष्मी रहती हैं, वहाँ सब सद्गुण आते हैं। वहाँ सब कुछ संभव हो जाता है, और मन नहीं घबराता। ये आरती के अपने शब्द हैं।
The text’s own words about its benefits, not a promise from Pujadeep.
4 printings differ
Edition differences. Another printing or text reads this place differently.
- Spelling The 2019 Gorakhpur printing reads: जिस घर तुम रहती, तहँ सब सद्गुण आता। सब सम्भव हो जाता, मन नहिं घबराता॥ सम्भव for संभव; no comma after तहँ. Read on the page image, p. 16, leaf n16 (added by review 2, 2026-10-15).
- Spelling A digital text reads नहीं for नहिं.
- Word The 1921 Calcutta (209 Cornwallis Street) printing reads: जिस घर तुम्हारो वास जाहिमें गुणआता॥ करनचहै सोई करले मन नहिं धड़काता॥ 'जिस घर तुम्हारो वास जाहिमें गुणआता' ('the house where you dwell, into it virtues come'); 'करनचहै सोई करले मन नहिं धड़काता' ('one does whatever one wishes, and the heart does not tremble'). Read on the page image, p. 92, leaf n99.
- Word The 1934 Calcutta printing reads: जिस घर थारो वासो जाहिमें गुण आता। करण सकै सोइ कर ले मन नहिं धड़काता॥ As in 1921, with थारो (Marwari 'your') and 'करण सकै' ('can do'). Read on the page image, p. 706, leaf n728.
Stanza 5
तुम बिन यज्ञ न होते, वस्त्र न हो पाता ।खान-पानका वैभव सब तुमसे आता ॥ ॐ जय लक्ष्मी॰
Tum bin yagy na hote, vastra na ho pataKhan-panka vaibhav sab tumse ata om jai lakshmi mata…
IAST
tuma bina yajña na hote, vastra na ho pātā |khāna-pānakā vaibhava saba tumase ātā || oṃ jaya lakṣmī°
Our explanation Without Lakshmi no sacrifice (yajña) is made, and no one can have cloth to wear. All the riches of food and drink come from her. (The 1970 and older printings read rātā, 'no cloth is dyed red', as for a festival or a wedding.)
हिंदी अर्थ लक्ष्मी के बिना कोई यज्ञ नहीं होता, और किसी को पहनने के लिए वस्त्र नहीं मिल पाता। खान-पान का सारा वैभव उन्हीं से आता है। (1970 की और उससे पुरानी छपाइयों में 'राता' है: कोई वस्त्र लाल नहीं रँगा जाता, जैसा उत्सव या विवाह के लिए होता है।)
5 printings differ
Edition differences. Another printing or text reads this place differently.
- Word The 2019 Gorakhpur printing reads: तुम बिन यज्ञ न होते, वस्त्र न हो पाता। खान-पानका वैभव सब तुमसे आता॥ 'वस्त्र न हो पाता' ('no cloth can be had') for 'वस्त्र न हो राता' ('no cloth is dyed red'). Read on the page image, p. 16, leaf n16.
- Word A digital text reads 'वस्त्र न कोई पाता' ('no one gets clothes').
- Word The 1921 Calcutta (209 Cornwallis Street) printing reads: तुम बिन यज्ञ न होय वस्त्र न होये राता॥ खानपानको विभव तुम विन को दून दाता॥ Line 2: 'who but you gives the riches of food and drink?'; the word दून is clear on the page but its sense is not. Read on the page image, p. 92, leaf n99.
- Word The 1934 Calcutta printing reads: तुम विन यज्ञ न होवे वस्त्र न होय राता। खान पानको विभव तुमैं विन कुण दाता॥ 'तुमैं विन कुण दाता' ('who gives, but you?'). Read on the page image, p. 706, leaf n728.
- Word The 1970 Varanasi printing reads: तुम बिन यज्ञ न होते, वस्त्र न हो राता । खान-पानका वैभव सब तुमसे आता ॥ ॐ जय लक्ष्मी॰ राता ('dyed red') for पाता; the 1921 and 1933–34 printings also read राता. 1970 printing, p. 268, leaf n895. Decision 14 (15 Oct 2026): the display follows today's common wording here, पाता ('can be had') for the printing's राता ('dyed red'), where the Gita Press Aarti-Sangrah (booklet 153, p. 16) and another digital text (hindi/arati.html) agree. The 1970 printing's line is in editionReading and is logged as a variant (witness: the 1970 printing). Since 15 Oct 2026 (batch 7, decision 14 addendum d) the word carries a popular attestation, so it counts in the common-wording line.
Stanza 6
शुभ-गुण-मन्दिर सुन्दर क्षीरोदधि-जाता ।रत्न चतुर्दश तुम बिन कोइ नहिं पाता ॥ ॐ जय लक्ष्मी॰
Shubh-gun-mandir sundar kshirodadhi-jataRatn chaturdash tum bin koi nahin pata om jai lakshmi mata…
IAST
śubha-guṇa-mandira sundara kṣīrodadhi-jātā |ratna caturdaśa tuma bina koi nahiṃ pātā || oṃ jaya lakṣmī°
Our explanation Lakshmi is a temple of good qualities and is beautiful. She was born from the ocean of milk (kṣīrodadhi) when the gods and demons churned it. Without her, no one gains the fourteen jewels (ratna) that came from the same churning.
हिंदी अर्थ लक्ष्मी शुभ गुणों का मंदिर हैं और सुंदर हैं। वे क्षीर सागर से प्रकट हुईं, जब देवताओं और असुरों ने उसे मथा। उनके बिना कोई भी उन चौदह रत्नों को नहीं पाता जो उसी मंथन से निकले।
4 printings differ
Edition differences. Another printing or text reads this place differently.
- Spelling The 2019 Gorakhpur printing reads: शुभ-गुण-मन्दिर सुन्दर, क्षीरोदधि-जाता। रत्न चतुर्दश तुम बिन कोई नहिं पाता॥ कोई for कोइ. Read on the page image, p. 16, leaf n16.
- Spelling A digital text reads कोई, नहीं.
- Word The 1921 Calcutta (209 Cornwallis Street) printing reads: शुभगुणसुंदरयुक्ता क्षीर निधी जाता॥ रतनचतुर्दश तोको कोई भी नहिं पाता॥ 'शुभगुणसुंदरयुक्ता' ('endowed with good qualities and beauty'); 'क्षीर निधी' for क्षीरोदधि (both 'ocean of milk'); तोको ('you', or 'to you') for 'तुम बिन', so the line may also mean 'no one reaches you'. Read on the page image, p. 92, leaf n99.
- Word The 1934 Calcutta printing reads: शुभ गुण सुन्दर मुक्ता क्षीर निधी जाता। रत्न चतुर्दश तोकूं कोइ भो नहिं पाता॥ मुक्ता ('pearl') for युक्ता. Read on the page image, p. 706, leaf n728.
Stanza 7
महालक्ष्मीजीकी आरति, जो कोइ नर गाता ।उर आनन्द समाता, पाप उतर जाता ॥ ॐ जय लक्ष्मी॰
Mahalakshmijiki arati, jo koi nar gataUr anand samata, pap utar jata om jai lakshmi mata…
IAST
mahālakṣmījīkī ārati, jo koi nara gātā |ura ānanda samātā, pāpa utara jātā || oṃ jaya lakṣmī°
Our explanation The aarti says that whoever sings this aarti of Mahalakshmi is filled with joy in the heart, and his sins fall away. These are the text's own words.
हिंदी अर्थ आरती कहती है कि जो कोई महालक्ष्मी जी की आरती गाता है, उसके हृदय में आनंद भर जाता है और पाप उतर जाता है। ये आरती के अपने शब्द हैं।
The text’s own words about its benefits, not a promise from Pujadeep.
7 printings differ
Edition differences. Another printing or text reads this place differently.
- Word The 2019 Gorakhpur printing reads: महालक्ष्मी (जी) की आरति, जो कोई नर गाता। उर आनन्द समाता, पाप उतर जाता॥ ॐ॥ 'महालक्ष्मी (जी) की आरति' for 'आरति लक्ष्मीजीकी'. Read on the page image, p. 16, leaf n16.
- Word A digital text reads 'महा लक्ष्मीजी की आरती'; जन for नर.
- Word The 1921 Calcutta (209 Cornwallis Street) printing reads: या आरती लक्ष्मीकी जो कोई नर गाता॥ उर पंकज अतिउमगै पाप उतर जाता॥ 'उर पंकज अतिउमगै' ('the lotus of the heart swells with joy') for 'उर आनन्द समाता'. Read on the page image, p. 92, leaf n99.
- Word The 1934 Calcutta printing reads: या आरती लक्ष्मीजी को जो कोई नर गाता। उर अनंद अति उपजे पाप उतर जाता॥ 'उर अनंद अति उपजे' ('great joy rises in the heart'). Read on the page image, p. 707, leaf n729.
- Addition The 1921 Calcutta (209 Cornwallis Street) printing reads: स्थिरचरजगत बतावै करम फेरलाता॥ रामप्रताप मैयाकी शुभदृष्टि चाता। जय लक्ष्मी माता॥ An eighth stanza, after this one, in the 1921 printing; the wording sung today does not have it. In the second line the poet, Rampratap, says that he longs for the Mother's kind glance. The first line is hard to read; it seems to say that she guides the moving and unmoving world and turns the course of karma. Read on the page image, p. 92, leaf n99.
- Addition The 1934 Calcutta printing reads: स्थिर चर जगत बचावै कर्म प्रेर ल्याता। रामप्रताप मैयाकी शुभ दृष्टी चाता॥ The same eighth stanza, with बचावै ('protects') for बतावै ('shows'). Read on the page image, p. 707, leaf n729.
- Word The 1970 Varanasi printing reads: आरति लक्ष्मीजीकी, जो कोइ नर गाता । उर आनन्द समाता, पाप उतर जाता ॥ ॐ जय लक्ष्मी॰ 'आरति लक्ष्मीजीकी' for 'महालक्ष्मीजीकी आरति'; the 1921 and 1933–34 printings also put आरती first ('या आरती लक्ष्मी(जी)की'). 1970 printing, p. 268, leaf n895. Decision 14 (15 Oct 2026): the display follows today's common wording here, 'महालक्ष्मीजीकी आरति' for the printing's 'आरति लक्ष्मीजीकी' (महा added and the order changed), where the Gita Press Aarti-Sangrah (booklet 153, p. 16) and another digital text (hindi/arati.html) agree. The 1970 printing's line is in editionReading and is logged as a variant (witness: the 1970 printing). Since 15 Oct 2026 (batch 7, decision 14 addendum d) the word carries a popular attestation, so it counts in the common-wording line.
Hindi text: Yagya-Mimamsa (यज्ञ-मीमांसा), a Hindi handbook of Vedic fire rituals in two parts, by Pandit Veniram Sharma Gaud, third enlarged edition, 1970. Meanings: written for Pujadeep and checked against the cited edition. Source and changes
About the Om Jai Lakshmi Mata Aarti
The text shown here is the wording families sing today. It is read from a handbook of fire rituals by Pandit Veniram Sharma Gaud, printed in Varanasi in 1970, the oldest dated printing of this wording that was found. A popular aarti booklet printed in Gorakhpur in 2019 has the same words, with a few small differences. Both printings have "har-viṣṇū-dhātā" in the refrain. Many people sing "har viṣṇu vidhātā"; both mean Shiva, Vishnu and Brahma the creator. In two places (stanzas 5 and 7), where the 2019 booklet and a second present-day text agree, the words shown follow them, and the 1970 words are listed as another reading. Each difference is listed under its stanza.
An older form of the aarti was printed in Calcutta in 1921, in a collection of hymns to the Goddess. Many of its lines differ, and it has an eighth stanza in which the poet names himself, Rampratap, and asks for the Mother's kind glance. A collection of Marwar poets' verse, printed in Calcutta in 1933–34, has the same older form and calls him Rampratap Sharma. Nothing else is known about him. The wording sung today leaves out his stanza. The lines of the older form are listed under each stanza, and his stanza is shown after the last one.
How to say it
Sung Hindi drops the final short "a" (jay, mātā, not jaya), though the IAST line writes every vowel as spelled. "maiyā" is a loving word for "mother"; "taham̐" means "there". The printing writes "viṣṇū" with a long ū, as it is sung. "oṃ jaya lakṣmī°" after each stanza is the printed cue to sing the refrain again.
Festivals whose guides name this prayer
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Questions families ask
Who wrote the Om Jai Lakshmi Mata Aarti?
Traditional (an older form names Rampratap).
Which text does this page follow?
Hindi text: Yagya-Mimamsa (यज्ञ-मीमांसा), a Hindi handbook of Vedic fire rituals in two parts, by Pandit Veniram Sharma Gaud, third enlarged edition, 1970. Meanings: written for Pujadeep and checked against the cited edition. See the source
Source and licence
- Text
- Yagya-Mimamsa (यज्ञ-मीमांसा), a Hindi handbook of Vedic fire rituals in two parts, by Pandit Veniram Sharma Gaud, third enlarged edition (Veniram Sharma Gaud, Vaidik Pustakalaya (वैदिक पुस्तकालय), Varanasi, 1970). Traditional prayer. Text from Yagya-Mimamsa (यज्ञ-मीमांसा), a Hindi handbook of Vedic fire rituals in two parts, by Pandit Veniram Sharma Gaud, third enlarged edition, 1970. Translation and meanings: our own. The text on these pages was read from this printing’s page images.
- Common wording
- In this text, 2 words follow today's common wording, checked against Gita Press, Gorakhpur and sanskritdocuments.org.
- Our explanation
- Explanation written for this site from the sources listed here, and checked against the cited edition. It is not a translation and not the only way to read the text. Free to quote with credit.
- Checked
- Checked against the cited edition, October 15, 2026.
- Updated
- October 27, 2026