Album Notes

Prosperity is one of the great aims (purusharthas) of human life, according to the Hindu sages. It finds the second place in the fourfold aim of dharma (righteous life), artha (wealth), kaama (desire and physical fulfillment) and moksha (liberation). Mahalakshmi is the goddess of wealth and good fortune. Mantras and Sanskrit hymns addressed to her result in the prosperity and well-being of those who propitiate her. Mahalakshmi is the embodiment of compassion and showers devotees with the boons they seek. This album has the choicest selection of mantras and hymns rendered in the right diction by experienced scholars meant to harness benign vibrations of powerful Sanskrit syllables. Following the propitiation of Ganapati (who too is considered to preside over success and wealth) and Kubera (Vedic god of wealth), there are a string of hymns of Mahalakshmi capped by the Kanakadhaara Stotra, a powerful chant composed by the great Adi Shankara himself as a sure means of getting the grace of the goddess of wealth (Kanakadhaara mean shower of gold). Prayers to Lakshmi Hayagreeva (Hayagreeva is a manifestation of Vishnu as knowledge) and Sudarshana, the deity who represents the power and might of Mahavishnu, are capped by Vedic chants for wealth and well-being. Albums that will make you count your blessings.