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Saraswati Vandana Mantra

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Saraswati Vandana Mantra is an important hindu mantra that is recited for higher knowledge and wisdom....

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Saraswati Vandana Mantra is an important hindu mantra that is recited for higher knowledge and wisdom.

The goddess Saraswati is the authority on academics and the arts. Everybody from musicians to scientists following Hinduism pray to her for guidance and knowledge. The Saraswati Vandana Mantra is recited by her devotees every morning for good luck.Everyone has a different version for the vandana which just means holy song. So as a student you ask for physical knowledge as a musician ask for Timing Taals etc.

 

Mantra:

original wikipedia transliteration:

Yaa Kundendu tushaara haara-dhavalaa, Yaa shubhra-vastra'avritaa
Yaa veena-vara-danda-manditakara, Yaa shweta padma'asana
Yaa brahma'achyuta shankara prabhritibhir Devai-sadaa Vanditaa
Saa Maam Paatu Saraswati Bhagavatee Nihshesha jaadya'apahaa.
Shuklaam Brahmavichaara Saara paramaam Aadhyaam Jagadvyapinim,
Veena Pustaka Dhaarineem Abhayadaam Jaadya'andhakaara'apahaam
Haste Sphaatika Maalikam Vidadhateem Padmasane Sansthitaam
Vande taam Parmeshwareem Bhagavateem Buddhipradaam Shardam.

IAST transliteration:

Yā kuṃdeṃdu tuṣārahāra dhavalā, yā śubhra vastrāvṛtā |
yā vīṇāvara daṇḍamaṃḍitakarā, yā śvetapadmāsanā ||
yā brahmācyutaśaṃkaraprabhrṛtibhirdevai: sadā vanditā |
sā mā� pātu sarasvatī bhagavatī niḥśeṣa jāḍyāpahā ||
śuklā� brahmavicāra sāra paramā� ādyā� jagadvyāpinī�
vīṇ� pustaka dhāriṇīṃ abhayadā� jāḍyāndhākārāpāhāṃ|
haste sphāṭika mālīkā� vidadhatī� padmāsane saṃsthitā�
vande tā� parameśvarī� bhagavatī� buddhi pradā� śāradāṃ||

Sanskrit / संस्कृ�:

या कुंदेंदु तुषारहार धवला, या शुभ्� वस्त्रावृत� |
या वीणावर दण्डमंडितकरा, या श्वेतपद्मासन� ||
या ब्रह्माच्युतशंकरप्रभ्रृतिभिर्देव�: सद� वन्दित� |
सा मा� पातु सरस्वती भगवती निःशेष जाड्यापह� ||
शुक्ला� ब्रह्मविचा� सा� परमा� आद्यां जगद्व्यापिनी�
वीणा पुस्तक धारिणी� अभयदां जाड्यान्धाकारापाहां|
हस्त� स्फाटि� मालीका� विदधती� पद्मासने संस्थिता�
वन्द� ता� परमेश्वरी� भगवती� बुद्धि प्रदां शारदां||

Hindi / हिंदी अनुवाद:

जो कुंद फू�, चंद्रम� और वर्फ के हा� के समान श्वे� है�, जो शुभ्� वस्त्र धारण करती हैं|
जिनक� हा�, श्रेष्� वीणा से सुशोभि� है�, जो श्वे� कम� पर आस� ग्रह� करती हैं||
ब्रह्म�, विष्णु और महेश आदिदेव, जिनकी सदैव स्तुति करते हैं|
हे मा� भगवती सरस्वती, आप मेरी सारी (मानसिक) जड़त� को हरें||
या देवी सर्वभूतेषु विद्यारूपे� संस्थिता, नमस्तस्य� नमस्तस्य� नमस्तस्य� नम� नम� ||

English Translation

She, who is as fair as the Kunda flower, white as the moon, and a garland of Tushar flowers; and who is covered in white clothes
She, whose hands are adorned by the excellent veena, and whose seat is the pure white lotus;
She, who is praised by Brahma, Vishnu, and Mahesh;
O Mother Goddess, remove my mental inertia!

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