Mother Saraswati

Mother Saraswati

P K Routray

 

 

I propitiate

lying prostrate,

kissing the feet-dust of the deity

an epitome of calmness and purity

adoring her from the abyss of my heart.

the Goddess of wisdom and art

having also affinity to water

as interpreted from the scripture.

She is Ma Saraswati, the Godly incarnation

holding a harp, a book and many a weapon

enthroned on a lotus flower

with her chariot as a swan on water.

Each has a symbolic representation

on learnings, music, art and power of discrimination.

Gazing at her figure conceiving as per the prevailing conception

hours we can meditate upon without mental diversion.

The tunes from the harp create rapturous vibrations,

her white robe and benign grace erase our mental abrasions

The swan indicates the power of discrimination

as it can suck milk from water and milk solution

and from amidst mire and mud, it picks up only the stem of lotus

inculcating the discriminatory power, a weapon of wisdom within us..

Queries of one Lord to many may be raised by some.

Accept her as an incarnation of the lord for art and wisdom

to find the pleasure and peace through meditations

getting bliss in mind amidst trials and tribulations.

Reflect for a while or ask a successful person

in the field of literature or in the scientific invention.

All wil agree, behind their success lies a power unknown

that incarnates within them to carve their creation

As mother Saraswati, let us worship that Heavenly power

as an incarnation of the formless Lord as the Godly mother.

Once a year at the start of the spring season on this day

though we worship her daily, special to her in mass we pray.

Hey, mother Saraswati the deity of learning and literature

also your affinity to the water we learn from the scripture!

on this auspicious day, we pray your kind grace

on art, wisdom, and water to us, you to bless.

 

 

(N . B – Today 10th February we worship Mother Saraswati. It is a day every year as per the Hindu calendar.)