Om Jai Lakshmi Mata Aarti

Om Jai Lakshmi Mata is the single most widely sung aarti of Goddess Lakshmi in Hindu homes, temples and festivals across the world. Composed in devotion to the goddess of wealth, prosperity, beauty and auspiciousness, it is sung every Friday, throughout Diwali, on Sharad Purnima, and at the close of nearly every Lakshmi puja. It praises the goddess as the consort of Vishnu, the mother of the universe, born of the ocean of milk, and the giver of every form of good fortune - wealth, food, clothing, courage and grace.

ॐ जय लक्ष्मी माता, मैया जय लक्ष्मी माता तुमको निसदिन सेवत, हर विष्णु विधाता ॐ जय लक्ष्मी माता

उमा रमा ब्रह्माणी, तुम ही जग माता सूर्य चंद्रमा ध्यावत, नारद ऋषि गाता ॐ जय लक्ष्मी माता

दुर्गा रूप निरंजनि, सुख सम्पत्ति दाता जो कोई तुमको ध्यावत, ऋद्धि सिद्धि धन पाता ॐ जय लक्ष्मी माता

तुम पाताल निवासिनि, तुम ही शुभ दाता कर्म प्रभाव प्रकाशिनि, भवनिधि की त्राता ॐ जय लक्ष्मी माता

जिस घर में तुम रहती, सब सद्गुण आता सब सम्भव हो जाता, मन नहीं घबराता ॐ जय लक्ष्मी माता

तुम बिन यज्ञ न होते, वस्त्र न कोई पाता खान पान का वैभव, सब तुमसे आता ॐ जय लक्ष्मी माता

शुभ गुण मंदिर सुंदर, क्षीरोदधि जाता रत्न चतुर्दश तुम बिन, कोई नहीं पाता ॐ जय लक्ष्मी माता

महालक्ष्मी जी की आरती, जो कोई नर गाता उर आनंद समाता, पाप उतर जाता ॐ जय लक्ष्मी माता

Victory to Mother Lakshmi. Even Hara (Shiva), Vishnu and Brahma serve you day and night.

You are Uma, Rama and Brahmani - you alone are the mother of the whole world. The sun and moon meditate upon you, and sage Narada sings your praise.

You are the stainless form of Durga, the giver of happiness and prosperity - whoever meditates upon you attains wealth along with divine powers.

You dwell in the netherworld, and you alone are the giver of auspiciousness. You illuminate the fruits of one's karma and are the saviour who carries one across the ocean of worldly existence.

In whichever home you reside, every good quality enters it - everything becomes possible there and the mind never feels afraid.

Without you no yajna can be completed, and no one receives even clothing. All the splendour of food and drink comes from you alone.

You are the beautiful abode of auspicious virtues, born from the ocean of milk. Without your grace, no one can obtain even the fourteen sacred jewels.

Whoever sings this aarti of Maha Lakshmi feels their heart fill with bliss, and their sins are washed away.

Light a ghee diya before an image or idol of Lakshmi Mata, ideally alongside Ganesha, offer a red flower, kumkum and a few grains of rice, and ring a bell softly while singing. At the final line, circle the diya in a clockwise motion in front of the deity, then pass your hands over the flame and touch them to your eyes and forehead.

This aarti is sung every day at the close of puja, but its significance is greatest on Fridays, throughout all five days of Diwali (especially on Lakshmi Puja night), on Sharad Purnima, and during Navratri when Lakshmi is worshipped on the specific day dedicated to her.

Singing this aarti with devotion is believed to invite the steady, gracious presence of Lakshmi into the home - not just wealth, but the deeper prosperity of peace, health, food security and a mind free of fear. It is also sung as an expression of gratitude at the close of any auspicious ceremony, business opening, or housewarming.

Who wrote Om Jai Lakshmi Mata? It is a traditional devotional composition that has been sung for generations across Hindu households; its exact authorship is popularly attributed to devotional poets of the aarti tradition and it is now considered a timeless, collectively-owned prayer.

When is the best time to sing it? Daily during evening puja, and especially on Fridays, during Diwali's Lakshmi Puja, and on Sharad Purnima.

Can it be sung along with the Ganesha aarti? Yes, it is traditional to first sing the Ganesha aarti (as Ganesha is invoked before any auspicious act) and then the Lakshmi aarti, since the two are worshipped together for wealth and the removal of obstacles.