Goddess Saraswathi - Goddess of Wisdom [ Innu Navarathri Aarambam ]

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Goddess Saraswathi - Goddess of Wisdom

 

 

Saraswati is the one who gives the essence (sara) of our own self (swa). She is considered as the personification of all knowledge...

 

Goddess Saraswathi is the consort of Lord Brahma (Lord of Creation) and is the Goddess of wisdom and learning. Saraswati is the one who gives the essence (sara) of our own self (swa). She is considered as the personification of all knowledge - arts, sciences, crafts and other skills. She has a beautiful and elegant presence, is pure white in colour, clad in a white sari, seated on a white lotus, representing purity and brilliance. She has four hands representing four aspects of human personality in learning; mind, intellect, alertness and ego. She has the sacred scriptures in one hand and a lotus (a symbol of true knowledge) in the second. With her other two hands she plays the music of love and life on the veena.

She is dressed in white (sign of purity) and rides on a white goose (swan). The swan is known for its pecliar characteristic of being capable of separating water from milk, indicating that we should possess discrimination in separating the bad from the good. The seat being a lotus or peacock implies that the teacher is well-established in the subjective experience of truth. When sitting on a peacock she reminds us that wisdom suppresses ego.

Like Brahma, she is not worshipped much in temples. However, every year Saraswathi Pooja (Navarathiri ) is celebrated by people all over India, be it students, workers, craftsmen, businessmen offering their prayers for a successful and fruitful year. However, Saraswathi does have a temple in Koothanur in Tanjavur district (Tamil Nadu).

Saraswati NamasthuvyamVaradhe KamaroopiniVidyarambham KarishyamiSiddhahi Bavathumeh Sadah

 

 

Sree Saraswathi Dhyanam

Soorasoora Sevidha PankajaGare Viraajat kamaneeya PustakaaVirinji Pathni kamalasana sthathithaSaraswathee nruthyathu vasimeh sada

 

 

Sree Saraswathi Ashtothram

Om Sarasvatyai namah Om Maha-bhadrayai namah Om Maha-mayayai namah Om Vara-pradayai namah Om Sree pradayai namah Om Padma-nilayayai namah Om Padmakshmai namah Om Padma-vaktri-kayai namah Om Shivanu-jayai namah Om Pustaka-stayai namah

Om Gynana-mudrayai namah Om Ramayai namah Om Kama-rupayai namah Om Maha-vidyayai namah Om Maha-pataka-nashinyai namah Om Maha-shrayayai namah Om Malinyai namah Om Maha-bhogayai namah Om Maha-bhujayai namah Om Maha-bagayai namah

Om Maho-tsahayai namah Om Divyamgayai namah Om Sura-vandi-tayai namah Om Mahakalyai namah Om Maha-pashayai namah Om Maha-karayai namah Om Mahamkushayai namah Om Peetayai namah Om Vimalayai namah Om Vishvayai namah

Om Vidyunma-layai namah Om Vaishnavyai namah Om Chandri-kayai namah Om Chandra-lekha-vibhu-shitayai namah Om Bhoga-dayai namah Om Savitryai namah Om Surasayai namah Om Devyai namah Om Divya-lankara-bhushitayai namah Om Vagdevyai namah

Om Vasudayai namah Om Teevrayai namah Om Maha-bhadrayai namah Om Maha-phalayai namah Om Gomatyai namah Om Bharatyai namah Om Bhamayai namah Om Govimdayai namah Om Jati-layai namah Om Vindhya-vasayai namah

Om Chandi-kayai namah Om Vaishnavyai namah Om Bramhyai namah Om Bramha-gynanaika-sadhanayai namah Om Soudaminyai namah Om Sudha-murtayai namah Om Subha-drayai namah Om Sura-puji-tayai namah Om Suvaa-sinyai namah Om Suveenayai namah

Om Vini-drayai namah Om Padma-lochanayai namah Om Vidya-rupayai namah Om Vishalayai namah Om Bramha-jayayai namah Om maha palayai namahOm Traeimurtyai namah Om Traeikalanjyai namah Om Traeikalanjyai namah Om Shastra-rupinyai namah

Om Shumbha-sura-pramadhinyai namahOm Shubha-dayai namah Om Sarvatmi-kayai namah Om Rakta-beejani-hantrai namah Om Chamundayai namah Om Ambikayai namahOm Munda-kambi-katai namah Om Dhumra-lochana-mardhinyai namah Om Sarva-devastu-tayai namah Om Soumyayai namah

Om Sura-sura-namaskrutayai namah Om Kala-ratryai namah Om Kala-dharayai namah Om Vagdevyai namah Om Vara-rohayai namah Om Varahyai namah Om Varijaa-sanayai namah Om Chitrambarayai namah Om Chitra-gamdhayai namah Om Chitra-malya-vibhushitayai namah

Om Kantayai namah Om Kama-pradayai namah Om Vindyayai namah Om Rupa-soubhagya-daeinyai namah Om Shweta-sanayai namah Om Neela-bhujayai namahOm Sura-puji-tayai namah Om Rakta-madhyayai namah Om Neela-jamghayai namah Om Niranja-nayai namah

Om Chaturana-nasamrajyai namah Om Chaturvarga-phala-pradayai namah Om Hamsa-sanayai namah Om Bramha-vishu-sivatmi-kayai namah Om Sarva-mangalaya namahOm Vedamathre namahOm Saratayai namah Om Sri Saraswatyai namah

Om Naanavidha Parimal Pathra Pushpaani Samarpayami

 

 

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