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Sukta 7.96
Vasiṣṭha (explicit)
Sarasvatī
Jagatī or Triṣṭubh (uncertain from excerpt; Sarasvatī hymns often Triṣṭubh/Jagatī—requires full metrical count)
Vasishtha is Sarasvati ke liye yeh mantra bol rahe hain. Sarasvati ek badi nadi hai jo sab ko jeevan deti hai. Woh dono duniya ko phailati hai aur boli, taqat, paisa sab deti hai. Kavi Sarasvati se bacche, khana aur badhwa maang rahe hain. Sarasvati ek doodh bhari gaay jaisi hai jisse sab log apna hissa le sakte hain. Yeh mantra zyada khana, sahi baat aur aage badhne ke liye hai.
Mantra 1
बृहदु गायिषे वचोऽसुर्या नदीनाम् । सरस्वतीमिन्महया सुवृक्तिभिः स्तोमैर्वसिष्ठ रोदसी ॥
Tu bada gaana ga, tu nadion mein rani hai. Saraswati ko bade bade shabdon se yaad kar, Vashishtha. Jab tak duniya aur prithvi dono phail na jaayein.
Mantra 2
उभे यत्ते महिना शुभ्रे अन्धसी अधिक्षियन्ति पूरवः । सा नो बोध्यवित्री मरुत्सखा चोद राधो मघोनाम् ॥
Saraswati, jab teri badi taakat se dono chamakdar shaktiyan upar aa jaati hain, tab hamare andar jaag uth. Tu Marut ke saathi hai, acche logon ke liye barkat la.
Mantra 3
भद्रमिद्भद्रा कृणवत्सरस्वत्यकवारी चेतति वाजिनीवती । गृणाना जमदग्निवत्स्तुवाना च वसिष्ठवत् ॥
Saraswati se dua hai ki woh humare liye accha kare. Woh hai badi shaktishali, jo humare dimaag ko jagaye. Hum uski tarif karte hain, Jamadagni aur Vasishth jaise rishi kiye the. Aise hi usko bula rahe hain ki woh humare paas aaye.
Mantra 4
जनीयन्तो न्वग्रवः पुत्रीयन्तः सुदानवः । सरस्वन्तं हवामहे ॥
Hum log jo dena mein acche hain, hum Sarasvant ko bula rahe hain. Hum chahte hain ki nayi shuruwat ho. Aage badhne ki ichcha hai, aur santaan ki shakti chahiye. Isliye usko pukar rahe hain ki woh aaye.
Mantra 5
ये ते सरस्व ऊर्मयो मधुमन्तो घृतश्चुतः । तेभिर्नोऽविता भव ॥
Sarasvant, tumhari lahrein jaise shahad mein bhigwi hain, ghee jaisi chamak hai unmein. Un lahron se humara kalyan karo. Humein bacha ke rakhna, madad karna.
Mantra 6
पीपिवांसं सरस्वतः स्तनं यो विश्वदर्शतः । भक्षीमहि प्रजामिषम् ॥
Saraswati ka doodh bahut bharpoor hai, jo sabko dikhta hai. Usse hum peena chahte hain. Aise hi humein santaan mile aur zindagi mein poora sukh mile.
She is praised as the sovereign river among rivers—purifying, nourishing, and powerful—who also supports inspired, well-formed speech used in ritual.
It asks for abundance and nourishment (iṣ), generative strength and progeny (prajā), and the widening, strengthening power that comes with true, effective praise.
It is a poetic image for overflowing nourishment: Sarasvatī/Sarasvat is envisioned as a visible source of sustenance from which the community may ‘partake’ and be strengthened.
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