[Advaita-l] Sri Suktam

[Animesh]

SrI mAtre namaH 

Namaste , 

I'm not aware where srI suktaM has sAyan bhAshyA or not . But I have some interesting facts to share about srI suktaM .

1) Different veda shAkhAs have different versions ( pAthA bheda of srI suktaM ) like 
(a) Kashmir pAtha ( I posted this on my blog ) 

(b)  kerala pAtha
 ( having 18 riks  instead of 16 main riks and no additional lakshmi sukta and slokas )

( c) I came to know in our brAhman community ( in bAnswAdA  , Rajasthan ) their is a single family who belongs to surviving oral tradition of sankhAyana sAkhA of rigveda ( pt Indrasankara nAgar , pt Harshada nAgar ) , they have a different version ( according to sankhAyana  shAkhA )

2) Each veda has it's own srI suktaM ( while same purush suktaM with pAthabeda in all veda shAkhA ) 
(a) अथ विष्णुधर्मोत्तरे


पुष्कर उवाच :---


हिरण्यवर्णां हरिणीमृच: पंचदश द्विज ।
श्रीसूक्तं कथितं पुण्यं ऋग्वेदे पुष्टिवर्धनम्‌ ॥१॥
रथे अक्षेषु वाजेति चतस्रस्तु तथा ऋच: । श्रीसूक्तं तु यजुर्वेदे कथितं पुष्टिवर्धनम्‌ ॥२॥
श्रावंतीयं तथा साम सामवेदे प्रकीर्तितम्‌ ॥३॥
श्रीसूक्तं यो जपेद्भक्त्या तस्यालक्ष्मीर्विनश्यति ।
जुहुयादथ धर्मज्ञो हविष्येण विधानत: ॥४॥ 

(b) श्रीसूक्त विधानं ( हस्तालिखितं अयं ग्रन्थ )

अथ हिरण्यवर्णामिति पंचदशर्चं श्रीसूक्तं ऋग्वेदे । रथे अक्षेषु
वृषभस्य वाजेति चतुऋचं यजुवेंदे । श्रावंतीयं सामवेदे । श्रियंधातुर्मयिधेहीति अथर्ववेदे इति । एवं प्रतिवेदं श्रीसूक्तं भिन्नं भिन्नमुक्तम ॥

1. For rigvedis it's starting with हिरण्यवर्णा0 16 mantras . 
2. For yajurvedins  ( shukla yajurvedi as I found this mantras in sukla yaju samhitA , if krishnayajurveda have this mantras  please inform me ) रथे अक्षेषु वृषभस्य वाजेतिo this 4 mantras .
3. For sAmaveda it is shrAvantiya sAma .
4) For aTharvavedaM 3+1/2 mantras ( our manuscript number last verse as independent n count 4 mantras ) starting with श्रियंधातुर्मयिधेही ( found in paippalAda samhitA ) 

Regards
Animesh