Saraswati stotram by Shri Shankaracharya

[bileh choudhury]

suvaxojakumbhaaM sudhaapuurNakuMbhaaM
prasaadaavalambaaM prapuNyaavalambaam.h |
sadaasyendubimbaaM sadaanoShThabimbaaM
bhaje shaaradaambaamajasraM madambaam.h || 1||
kaTaaxe dayaardro kare GYaanamudraaM
kalaabhirvinidraaM kalaapaiH subhadraam.h |
purastriiM vinidraaM purastu~NgabhadraaM
bhaje shaaradaambaamajasraM madambaam.h || 2||
lalaamaa~NkaphaalaaM lasadgaanalolaaM
svabhaktaikapaalaaM yashaHshriikapolaam.h |
kare tvaxamaalaaM kanatpratnalolaaM
bhaje shaaradaambaamajasraM madambaam.h || 3||
susiimantaveNiiM dR^ishaa nirjitaiNiiM
ramatkiiravaaNiiM namadvajrapaaNiim.h |
sudhaamantharaasyaaM mudaa chintyaveNiiM
bhaje shaaradaambaamajasraM madambaam.h || 4||
sushaantaaM sudehaaM dR^igante kachaantaaM
lasatsallataa~Ngiimanantaamachintyaam.h |
smarettaapasaiH sa~NgapuurvasthitaaM taaM
bhaje shaaradaambaamajasraM madambaam.h || 5||
kura~Nge tura.nge mR^igendre khagendre
maraale madebhe mahoxe.adhiruuDhaam.h |
mahatyaaM navamyaaM sadaa saamaruupaaM
bhaje shaaradaambaamajasraM madambaam.h || 6||
jvalatkaantivahniM jaganmohanaa~NgiiM
bhaje maanasaambhojasubhraantabhR^i~Ngiim.h |
nijastotrasa.ngiitanR^ityaprabhaa~Ngiim.h
bhaje shaaradaambaamajasraM madambaam.h || 7||
bhavaambhojanetraajasaMpuujyamaanaaM
lasanmandahaasaprabhaavaktrachihnaam.h |
chalachcha~nchalaachaaruutaaTa~NkakarNo
bhaje shaaradaambaamajasraM madambaam.h || 8||
iti shriimatparamaha.nsaparivraajakaachaaryasya
shriigovindabhagavatpuujyapaadashiShyasya
shriimachCha.nkarabhagavataH kR^itau
shaaradaabhuja.ngaprayaataaShTaka saMpuurNam.h ||

1. I worship constantly my mother, Saradamba
who has the pitcher like breast, pitcher filled
with nectar, has gracious disposition, confers
excessive merit, has moonlike face, and lips
which confer boons.

2. I pray constantly to Saradamba, my mother,
whose side glances are moist with
compassion, who shows the gesture of
knowledge by her hand, who has the
efflorescence of different arts, who looks very
auspicious with her necklace of pearls who
is the foremost among women, is fully awake,
and who overlooks the flowing Tungabhadra
river.

3. I constantly worship that Saradamba, my
mother, who has an ornament adoring her
forehead, who is fond of excellent music, who
protects her devotees, who has cheeks
known for their beauty, who holds a rosary
in her hand, and is the embodiment of radiant
and ancient speech.

4. I joyously pray to that Saradamba, my mother
who has a well-parted braid of hair, who has
excelled the female black deer by her looks,
who has the voice of the supportive parrot,
whose hand is holding thunderbolt in a
slanting posture, whose face is the abode of
nectar, and has an incomprehensible flow of
speech.

5. I worship my mother, Saradamba, who is
extremely calm, who possesses an excellent,
shining body, has locks of hair touching the
corner of her eyes, is infinite, beyond the
purview of thought, stays in the company of
ascetics who constantly remember her.

6. I pray to Saradamba, my mother, incessantly.
She rides the deer, horse, lion, Garuda, goose,
elephant, and the mighty bull on the great
navami day. She is always in the form of Sama
(veda) or of a benevolent desposition.

7. I pray to Saradamba, my mother, always. She
is shining with the radiance of fire. She has a
beautiful body stupefying the universe. I
worship that female bee which wanders in
the lotus of my heart. She is shining with the
excellent of music and dance in her praise.

8. I always pray to that Saradamba, my mother,
who is being worshipped by Lords Siva, Vishnu,
and Brahma. She bears the mark of beautiful
gentle smile on her face, her eyes beautified
by the swinging of charming ear-ornaments.

[Satwik (Holy Trinity)]

Dear Bileh,

Looks like the same font problem that I faced when I sent the Prakritim Paramaam PPT.  Most of the devotees could not see the “devanagari” script since I5”had used “Shivaji5” font. Please let us know the font that you have used for the Saraswati Stotram and I can download the same to view the stotram.

 

Best Regards,

 

Satwik............

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[Sucheta Ghosh]

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Ya kundendu tushar har dhavala ya shubhra vastravrita |
Ya vina vardand mandita kara ya shvetapadmasana ||
Ya brahmachyuta shankara prabhritibhirdevaih sada vandita |
Sa mam patu sarasvati bhagavati nihshesha jadyapaha ||

--- 1st. stanza from Shree Saraswati Stotram by Sage Agastya

(English translation: Oh Goddess Sarasvathi, who is fair as a jasmine flower, the moon or a snow flake, who is dressed in white and whose hands are adorned by veena, who is seated in a white lotus, to whom Brahma, Vishnu and Maheshwara etc. always worship, please maintain my alertness forever. )

Chanting of Sri Saraswati Stotram with English translation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ys2vTiXWhB8