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# Devishataka 53

Devīśataka 53

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.stotra.devisataka.53)

tvannāmasmaraṇādeva na lakṣmīścapalāyate |  
sarvataḥ pārvati kṣipramalakṣmīśca palāyate ||

> From the mere remembrance of your name Lakṣmī does not become fickle, / and everywhere, O Pārvatī, Alakṣmī quickly flees away. (53) / O Pārvatī, daughter of the mountain! From the mere remembrance of your name, from the mere meditation upon your title, Lakṣmī—Śrī—does not act fickle; that is, she does not depart. And quickly, swiftly, everywhere, in all ten directions, from all objects, Alakṣmī—misfortune—flees, departs far away. (53)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.stotra.devisataka~en-mt.53) — English, machine translation

## Commentaries (2)

- [Devīśatakaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.stotra.devisataka!kayyata.53) — Kayyaṭa, Sanskrit
- [Devīśatakavivṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.stotra.devisataka!kaiyata.53) — Kaiyaṭa, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (3)

- [Dīnākrandanastuti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.stotra.kasmira.dinakrandanastuti.5.53) — Loṣṭaka, Sanskrit
- [Dīnākrandastotra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.stotra.dinakrandastotra.5.53) — Laṅkeśvara, Sanskrit
- [Śrīdevīśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.sridevisataka.1.53) — Sanskrit

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