Kojagari Lakshmi Aarti - the aarti to Maa Lakshmi sung on Kojagari Purnima (Sharad Purnima), the full-moon night when the goddess is worshipped for prosperity.
এসো মা লক্ষ্মী বসো ঘরে, আমার এ ঘরে থাকো আলো করে॥
শঙ্খ বাজিয়ে মাকে ঘরে এনেছি, সুগন্ধি ধূপ জ্বেলে আসন পেতেছি।
প্রদীপ জ্বেলে নিলাম তোমায় বরণ করে, আমার এ ঘরে থাকো আলো করে॥ এসো মা লক্ষ্মী বসো ঘরে॥
আলপনা এঁকে তোমার সাজিয়ে দিলাম পট, আমের পল্লব দিলাম জল ভরা ঘট।
পান সুপারি সিঁদুর দিলাম দুহাত ভরে, ধনধান্যে থাকো আমার এ ঘরে॥ এসো মা লক্ষ্মী বসো ঘরে॥
শঙ্খ বাজিয়ে তোমায় ঘরে এনেছি, সুগন্ধি ধূপ জ্বেলে আসন পেতেছি।
প্রদীপ জ্বেলে নিলাম তোমায় বরণ করে, জনম জনম থাকো আমার এ ঘরে॥ এসো মা লক্ষ্মী বসো ঘরে॥
Esho Ma Lokkhi boso ghore, amar e ghore thako alo kore॥
Shankh bajiye make ghore enechhi, sugandhi dhup jwele ason petechhi.
Prodip jwele nilam tomay boron kore, amar e ghore thako alo kore॥ Esho Ma Lokkhi boso ghore॥
Alpona enke tomar sajiye dilam pot, amer pollob dilam jol bhora ghot.
Paan supari sindur dilam duhat bhore, dhonodhanye thako amar e ghore॥ Esho Ma Lokkhi boso ghore॥
Shankh bajiye tomay ghore enechhi, sugandhi dhup jwele ason petechhi.
Prodip jwele nilam tomay boron kore, jonom jonom thako amar e ghore॥ Esho Ma Lokkhi boso ghore॥
The full moon of Ashwin, the Sharad Purnima, when Bengali households worship Maa Lakshmi through the night. Kojagari means who is awake - the goddess is said to move about asking it, and to bless the household she finds keeping vigil.
Because it belongs to the Bengali Lakshmi puja, where the songs are in Bangla - esho Ma Lokkhi boso ghore, come Mother Lakshmi and be seated in this house. The page gives the Bengali script and a Roman transliteration side by side.
An alpona drawn at the threshold and around the altar, a mangal ghot of water with mango leaves and a coconut, paan, supari and sindoor, narkel naru and moa, and the ghee lamp. The alpona footprints leading in are her welcome.
Yes - the Lokkhi Panchali is read first, in verse, then this aarti with the lamp and conch, then the prasad. The two together are the Bengali household observance.
By staying awake with the lamp lit, singing, playing pasha or cards in some families, and putting out kheer in the moonlight to absorb the amrit of the Sharad moon. It is taken in the morning as prasad.
Kojagari Lakshmi Aarti - the aarti to Maa Lakshmi sung on Kojagari Purnima (Sharad Purnima), the full-moon night when the goddess is worshipped for prosperity.
An aarti is a devotional song sung while waving a lit lamp (diya) before the deity, usually at the close of worship. The Kojagari Lakshmi Aarti above is given in both Bangla (Bengali script) and Banglish (Roman script) so you can sing along in whichever script you are most comfortable with - switch between the two using the buttons above.
An aarti is the lamp-song at the close of puja. It is not a forty-verse chalisa and not a stotram. Browse every lamp-song on the Aarti index, or open a mantra for the same deity. Where the lamp sits in the sequence of worship is shown in Puja Vidhi.
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