sarasvatI navaratnamaalikaa - 1.5

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shruti pratipAditayA shubhra vastrAvR^itayA.

natendrAdyakhila devatayA nandaguruguha susevitayA ..

 

‘shruti pratipAditayA shrI sarasvatyA sa.mraxitoham’ – Exalted by shruti

(Vedas) the supreme Goddess saravatI has sheltered me.

 

ambitame nadItame devitame sarasvati .

aprashastA iva smasi prashastimamba nas kR^idhi ..

 

sarasvatI ! The best Mother, best of Rivers, best of Goddesses, We are, as

it were of no repute, Mother; grant us distinction.

 

O! sarasvatI, you are the supreme goddess (devi tame), the personification

of absolute, You are the supreme mother (ambitame) of this universe. O!

Supreme mother shArade; there is none other than you to nourish thy child

(nadItame). Hail to thee! Hail to thee! Hail to thee!

 

Isn’t there little room for laukIka or even vaidIka vak to attempt for a

panegyric when the supreme veda vak that is beyond human perception has

exalted her glory with superlatives and begs for discrimination at her lotus

feet.

 

‘shubhra vastrAvR^itayA shrI sarasvatyA sa.mraxitoham’ – Decorated with

white attire sarasvatI devi has sheltered me.

 

sarasvatI herself is of effulgent white complexion. She is also decorated

with milk white silk attire. When the Supreme mother is in other

manifestations she is decorated in contrast garments. When she is of a

golden yellow complexion she wears coral red garments. When she is emerald

green she wears sparkling yellow. But when she is sarasvatI as pure as

spaTika she is decorated with garments of similar white effulgence.

 

‘nata indrAdi akhila devatayA, shrI sarasvatyA sa.mraxitoham’ – shrI

sarasvatI who is saluted by Indra and all other devas has sheltered me.

 

As the saying goes ‘yathA raja tathA prajA’, when Indra; the king of all

celestials surrenders at the lotus feet of the Supreme mother its natural

for other devas to follow.

 

AhaM sarasvatIvatorindrAgnyoravo vR^iNe .

yAbhyAM gAyatraM R^ichyate .. 8.46.10

 

‘I solicit the protection of Indra and Agni, associated with sarasvatI to

whom this gAyatrI hymn is addressed.’

 

Rig Veda pleads for protection to Indra, Agni and other deva-s for the

qualification that they are all devoted to sarasvatI.

 

‘nandaguruguha susevitayA shrI sarasvatyA sa.mraxitoham’ – Well served by

the delightful guruguha, shrI sarasvatI has protected me.

 

When the unrivaled goddess has sheltered by removing the principal fear of

samsAra, Its needless to say the devote is delighted. He at times merges in

to the ocean of bliss and experiences the oneness of the supreme self, at

times gains duality and delights in serving her with all devotion.

 

Cont…

 

Aravind

 

 

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