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It is symbolic of how we can be born in the dirtied waters but still use it to grow until the petals are fully bloomed on which the water will drip off its surface. Just as the lotus springs from murky waters to rise to the surface on its long stalks, so does the spiritual being ascend from worldly desires and temptations to a higher sense of purpose and purity. The lotus is referred to throughout the hymn as well as the lotus is symbolic for the gods and spirituality. The hymn describes her golden complexion and her beautiful appearance, decked with garlands of silver and gold as a soft glow emanates from her as a sign of her divinity. Worshippers of the goddess Lakshmi chant the Sri Suktam as a supplication to her in hopes for her blessings, and to invite and allow the goddess permission to enter their lives and homes. To have the Mother goddess present in your house would bring health and good will to you and your family. Her role as provider, and as a goddess of fertility has dubbed her as the ‘Mother goddess’ and has made her a constant desired presence in households. To attain eternal abundance would be to first prosper in life as these are worldly reflections of the gods’ own prosperity. To reach the protector Vishnu, and thus the Creator by extension would be impossible if not through Lakshmi, for she is the mother of the wealth on this earth. It is only through the visible that we can reach out to the invisible, in this sense, the invisible is the absolute power of the Creator. If there is no goodness and prosperity on Earth, there is nothing for the preserver to protect, and without his protection, this abundance of wealth would not be able to thrive. The union between her and Vishnu provides a paradigm for all unions between man and woman and is an example of balance and harmony in a relationship where no one can be without the other.
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As her name suggests (the Sanskrit word ‘Laksya’ meaning “aim” or “goal”), she is the goddess of wealth and prosperity in all its forms, and for this is also referred to by her worshippers as a ‘goddess of luck’. Sri Devi is known as the goddess Lakshmi, eternal consort to Vishnu after her birth and his Shakti (energy).
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While mantras themselves are very powerful meditation tools, Sukthams provide an even deeper spiritual connection as they allow you to connect not only with the cosmos but the Gods. Mantras, which can be a monosyllabic sound or an incantation of a specific verse, can fall under the design of the shloka as it does with the Suktams. The shloka, therefore, refers to the specific metric convention of the verse. Shloka, meaning “song” in Sanskrit, is the poetic verse written in couplets of sixteen syllables that form the basis of classic Indian epics such as the Ramayana.