sentences:  She is addressed as the bestower of fame, bounty and abundance in the form of gold, cattle, horses and food; and is entreated to banish her sister "alakṣmī" (misfortune), who is associated with need, hunger, thirst and poverty.The hymn also associates "Śrī" with (agrarian) fertility and she is described as the mother of "Kārdama" (mud), moist, perceptible through odour, dwelling in cow dung and producing abundant harvest.The "Śrī Sūkta" uses the motifs of lotus ("padma" or "kamala") and elephant ("gaja") – symbols that are consistently linked with the goddess "Śrī-Lakṣmī" in later references.