Sukta 57
Rishi: Unspecified in the provided excerpt (likely Atharvanic)
Devata: Sarasvatī
Chandas: Mixed/Triṣṭubh-like cadence (probable due to longer pādas; exact meter requires full pada-count verification)
这首简短的《阿闼婆吠陀》赞歌祈请萨拉斯瓦蒂为医治者：当人因焦虑而动摇、在漂泊的祈求中失其所依，或在身内感到如有“裂隙”之时，她能使心神复归安定，使形体重得完整。赞歌以酥油（ghṛta）象征滋养的丰盈，又以七道奔流的水脉为意象，祈愿个人与家族世系获得周全的兴盛——健康、力量，以及合乎ṛta（正序、正法）的有序繁荣。
Mantras
Mantra 1
सरस्वती। यदा॒शसा॒ वद॑तो मे विचुक्षु॒भे यद् याच॑मानस्य॒ चर॑तो॒ जनाँ॒ अनु॑ । यदा॒त्मनि॑ त॒न्वोऽमे॒ विरि॑ष्टं॒ सर॑स्वती॒ तदा पृ॑णद् घृ॒तेन॑
萨拉斯瓦蒂啊——当我怀着希冀开口而心神震荡；当我以祈求者之身徘徊，追随众人之后；当在我自身、在我躯体之中出现裂隙——那时，萨拉斯瓦蒂啊，愿你以酥油将其充盈、使之圆满。
Mantra 2
स॒प्त क्ष॑रन्ति॒ शिश॑वे म॒रुत्व॑ते पि॒त्रे पु॒त्रासो॒ अप्य॑वीवृतन्नृ॒तानि॑ । उ॒भे इद॑स्यो॒भे अ॑स्य राजत उ॒भे य॑तेते उ॒भे अस्य पुष्यतः
七道水流为那孩童倾注，为那具玛鲁特之力的父亲；诸子亦已开启了ṛta（宇宙秩序）的法则。此人两面——是的，两面——皆光辉显现；两面皆奋起行动；两面都为他带来兴盛与滋养。
Frequently Asked Questions
It is a healing metaphor: ghṛta represents concentrated nourishment and wholeness. The mantra asks Sarasvatī to restore what feels broken or depleted—physically and mentally—by replenishing vitality and coherence.
Both. The first verse explicitly mentions being shaken while speaking in hope and wandering as a supplicant, then links that disturbance to an inner bodily ‘rift,’ treating the condition as psychosomatic and curable through replenishment.
Recite 7.57.1 while holding or lightly anointing with a small amount of clean ghee (or symbolically touching the heart/affected area), then recite 7.57.2 to affirm abundance and all-round thriving, ending with a quiet moment of steadiness.
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