134 The Sri-sukta, or Litany to Fortune. [No. 2. 



sarafan?: sff^TOP ii ^ ii 



Translation. 



1. Let that pure person who diligently sacrifices, day by day, 

 with clarified butter, constantly ruminate, if desirous of fortune, the 

 hymn of fifteen stanzas. 



2. Lotos-thighed and lotos-eyed art thou. Lotos-faced, lotos 

 born, lotos-eyed, in such wise befriend me, that I may obtain feli- 

 city. 



3. Giver art thou of horses, giver of kine, and giver of wealth. 

 Most opulent, may riches accrue to me : and do thou, goddess, bestow 

 upon me all my desires. 



4. Grant unto me sons, grandsons, affluence, corn, elephants, 

 horses, kine, and chariots, and to he long-lived : for thou art the 

 mother of sentient creation. 



5. The fire possesses wealth ; the wind, wealth ; the sun, wealth ; 

 the Vasus, wealth ; Indra, wealth ; and Brihaspati and Varuna, 

 wealth. 



6. Son of Vinata, quaff the moon-plant juice. May Vritrahan 

 imbibe the moon-plant juice. May the ministrant priests, 'procurers 

 of riches, partake of the moon-plant juice. May the gods confer 

 upon me the requital of sacrifice* 



7. Be the litany to Fortune meditated : for of meritorious vota- 

 ries there is no resentment, nor malevolence, no avarice, no sinister 

 sentiment. 



8. Lotos-tenernented, lotos-handed, supereminently fair, beau- 

 teous with white fragrance and white blossoms, adorable, beloved of 

 Hari, lovely, source of the vigour of the threefold universe, be gra- 

 cious to me. 



* This couplet has before been alluded to, in the foot-note to p. 123. The 

 gloss there taken from the Lalcshmi-mkla-niruMa has helped me to one or two 



suggestions. 



