Saraswati arati

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For Vasant Panchami/Saraswati Jayanti, below is the

text of an arati to Saraswati. It is sung to the

traditional arati melody ("Om jaya jagadisha hare").

 

Jai Ma!

 

Keval

 

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Om jaya Saraswati mata, jaya jaya Saraswati mata!

Sadaguna vaibhava shalini (2),

tribhuvana vikhyata. Jai jai Saraswati mata.

 

Victory to you, O Mother Saraswati! You are renowned

throughout the three worlds as the treasure-house of

all great noble virtues. Let all sing to the glory of

your name!

 

Chandravadani padmasani dyuti mangalakare. Maiya

dyuti mangalakare.

Sohe shubha hamsa savare (2),

atula tejadhare. Jai jai Saraswati mata.

 

O infinitely radiant goddess, you are beautiful and

bright as the moon and are seated in lotus posture;

you are lustrous in appearance and source of all

blessings; your vehicle, the auspicious swan, looks

elegant.

 

Bayem kara me vina, dayem kara mala. Maiya dayem kara

mala.

Shisha mukuta mani sohe (2),

gala motiyana mala. Jai jai Saraswati mata.

 

In your left hand, O Mother Saraswati, is the vina and

in the right a wreath; on your head lies a splendid

coronet of gems and around your neck a mala of pearls.

 

Devi sharana jo ae, unaka uddhara kiya. Maiya unaka

uddhara kiya.

Paithi manthara dasi (2),

Ravana samhara kiya. Jai jai Saraswati mata.

 

O Goddess, whoever sought refuge in you was released

from the cycle of birth and death. By perverting the

mind of Kaikeyi's dull-witted hand-maid, Manthara, you

became instrumental in the destruction of Ravana.

 

Vidya jñana pradayani, jñana prakasha bharo. Maiya

jñana prakasha bharo.

Moha ajñana timira ka (2),

jaga se nasha karo. Jai jai Saraswati mata.

 

O bestower of learning and skill, illumine the world

with light of knowledge and dispel the darkness of

ignorance and infatuation.

 

Dhupa dipa phala meva, mam swikara karo. Maiya mam

swikara karo.

Jñana chakshu de mata (2),

jaga nistara karo. Jai jai Saraswati mata.

 

O Mother, pray accept my gift of incense, light, both

green and dry fruits, and endowing the world with the

eyes of knowledge, ferry it across the ocean of the

phenomenal world.

 

Mata Saraswati ki arati, jo koi jana gavai. Maiya jo

koi jana gavai.

Hitakari sukhakari (2),

Jñana bhakti pavai. Jai jai Saraswati mata.

 

Whoever offers this arati to Mother Saraswati becomes

a recipient of knowledge and devotion, both of which

are beneficial and yield great happiness.

 

 

 

 

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