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- Stanza 1 (refrain)
ॐ जय लक्ष्मी माता, मैया जय लक्ष्मी माता।तुमको निसदिन सेवत, हर विष्णु विधाता॥
oṃ jaya lakṣmī mātā, maiyā jaya lakṣmī mātā।tumako nisadina sevata, hara viṣṇu vidhātā॥
Victory to Mother Lakshmi — victory to you, Mother Lakshmi. Hara (Shiva), Vishnu, and Vidhata (Brahma) serve you day and night.
- Stanza 2
उमा, रमा, ब्रह्माणी, तुम ही जग-माता।सूर्य-चन्द्रमा ध्यावत, नारद ऋषि गाता॥ॐ जय लक्ष्मी माता, मैया जय लक्ष्मी माता।
umā, ramā, brahmāṇī, tuma hī jaga-mātā।sūrya-candramā dhyāvata, nārada ṛṣi gātā॥oṃ jaya lakṣmī mātā, maiyā jaya lakṣmī mātā।
You are Uma, Rama, and Brahmani — you alone are mother of the world. The sun and moon meditate on you, and the sage Narada sings your praise. Victory to Mother Lakshmi — victory to you, Mother Lakshmi.
- Stanza 3
दुर्गा रूप निरंजनी, सुख-सम्पत्ति दाता।जो कोई तुमको ध्यावत, ऋद्धि-सिद्धि धन पाता॥ॐ जय लक्ष्मी माता, मैया जय लक्ष्मी माता।
durgā rūpa niraṃjanī, sukha-sampatti dātā।jo koī tumako dhyāvata, ṛddhi-siddhi dhana pātā॥oṃ jaya lakṣmī mātā, maiyā jaya lakṣmī mātā।
In your form as the spotless Durga, you give happiness and prosperity; whoever meditates on you obtains wealth, along with divine power and accomplishment. Victory to Mother Lakshmi — victory to you, Mother Lakshmi.
- Stanza 4
तुम पाताल-निवासिनी, तुम ही शुभदाता।कर्म-प्रभाव-प्रकाशिनी, भवनिधि की त्राता॥ॐ जय लक्ष्मी माता, मैया जय लक्ष्मी माता।
tuma pātāla-nivāsinī, tuma hī śubhadātā।karma-prabhāva-prakāśinī, bhavanidhi kī trātā॥oṃ jaya lakṣmī mātā, maiyā jaya lakṣmī mātā।
You dwell in the netherworld (Patala), and you alone grant auspiciousness; you reveal the working of karma, and you are the savior across the ocean of worldly existence. Victory to Mother Lakshmi — victory to you, Mother Lakshmi.
- Stanza 5
जिस घर में तुम रहती, सब सद्गुण आता।सब सम्भव हो जाता, मन नहीं घबराता॥ॐ जय लक्ष्मी माता, मैया जय लक्ष्मी माता।
jisa ghara meṃ tuma rahatī, saba sadguṇa ātā।saba sambhava ho jātā, mana nahīṃ ghabarātā॥oṃ jaya lakṣmī mātā, maiyā jaya lakṣmī mātā।
The home in which you dwell gains every good quality; everything becomes possible there, and the mind does not fear. Victory to Mother Lakshmi — victory to you, Mother Lakshmi.
- Stanza 6
तुम बिन यज्ञ न होते, वस्त्र न कोई पाता।खान-पान का वैभव, सब तुमसे आता॥ॐ जय लक्ष्मी माता, मैया जय लक्ष्मी माता।
tuma bina yajña na hote, vastra na koī pātā।khāna-pāna kā vaibhava, saba tumase ātā॥oṃ jaya lakṣmī mātā, maiyā jaya lakṣmī mātā।
Without you, no sacrifice (yajna) could take place, and no one would obtain clothing; the abundance of food and drink all comes from you. Victory to Mother Lakshmi — victory to you, Mother Lakshmi.
- Stanza 7
शुभ गुण मन्दिर सुन्दर, क्षीरोदधि जाता।रत्न चतुर्दश तुम बिन, कोई नहीं पाता॥ॐ जय लक्ष्मी माता, मैया जय लक्ष्मी माता।
śubha guṇa mandira sundara, kṣīrodadhi jātā।ratna caturdaśa tuma bina, koī nahīṃ pātā॥oṃ jaya lakṣmī mātā, maiyā jaya lakṣmī mātā।
Beautiful temple of auspicious qualities, born of the ocean of milk — without you, no one obtains the fourteen jewels that arose from that churning. Victory to Mother Lakshmi — victory to you, Mother Lakshmi.
- Stanza 8
महालक्ष्मीजी की आरती, जो कोई नर गाता।उर आनन्द समाता, पाप उतर जाता॥ॐ जय लक्ष्मी माता, मैया जय लक्ष्मी माता।
mahālakṣmījī kī āratī, jo koī nara gātā।ura ānanda samātā, pāpa utara jātā॥oṃ jaya lakṣmī mātā, maiyā jaya lakṣmī mātā।
Whoever sings this aarti of Mahalakshmi finds joy filling the heart, and sin falls away. Victory to Mother Lakshmi — victory to you, Mother Lakshmi.
Overview
Om Jai Lakshmi Mata is a Hindi aarti of eight stanzas in praise of Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth, prosperity, and well-being. Its opening line — “Om Jai Lakshmi Mata, Maiya Jai Lakshmi Mata” — is one of the most widely recognized invocations in Hindu devotional life, and that same line returns as a short refrain after each of the later stanzas. It is sung in homes and temples across the year, and above all during Diwali, when Lakshmi puja is performed in almost every Hindu household.
Origin and source
Om Jai Lakshmi Mata shares its opening line, meter, and refrain structure with Om Jai Jagdish Hare, a Hindi aarti to Vishnu reliably dated to around 1870 and attributed to Pandit Shraddha Ram Phillauri, a 19th-century Hindi and Punjabi poet-composer. Some devotional sources extend that same attribution to Om Jai Lakshmi Mata itself, describing it as part of the same family of “Om Jai … Mata/Hare” aartis Phillauri composed — a family that also includes Jai Ambe Gauri — but this specific attribution is less consistently documented than it is for Om Jai Jagdish Hare, so it is presented here as a common devotional tradition rather than settled history. The stanzas address Lakshmi through a series of associations rather than a single narrative: she is identified with Uma, Rama (an epithet of Lakshmi herself), and Brahmani; described as a form of Durga; and said to dwell in Patala, the netherworld. Later stanzas connect her to the churning of the cosmic ocean (Samudra Manthan) — she is called “born of the ocean of milk” and linked to the fourteen treasures the Puranas describe as arising from that churning — and to the everyday necessities of life: food, clothing, and the ability to perform a yajna (ritual sacrifice) at all. The final stanza turns to the aarti itself, promising that whoever sings it in devotion finds joy and relief from sin, a closing pattern shared with many aartis in this form.
How it is recited
Om Jai Lakshmi Mata is sung throughout the year, typically before a lit diya or lamp placed near an image of the goddess, with the audience joining in on the refrain “Om Jai Lakshmi Mata, Maiya Jai Lakshmi Mata” after each stanza. It is central to Diwali, when it accompanies the main Lakshmi puja performed in homes and businesses, and it is also commonly sung on Fridays, the day of the week traditionally associated with Lakshmi in North Indian practice. As with other aartis in this form, a lit flame is circled before the deity’s image while the aarti is sung, and the flame is then passed among those present.
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