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सरस्वती वन्दना
___* या कुन्देन्दु तुषारहार धवला या शुभ्र वस्त्रावृता।
या वीणा वर दण्ड मण्डितकरा या श्वेत पद्मासना॥ या ब्रह्माच्युत शङ्कर प्रभुतिभिः देवैः सदा वन्दिता। सा मां पातु सरस्वती भगवती निःशेष जाड्यापहा॥
Meaning
या - who; कुन्द - white Jasmine flower; इन्दु - moon; तुषार - frost, dew; हार - garland; धवला- white and pure; शुभ्र - white and radiant; वस्त्रा - clothes; आवृता - adorned with; वीणा - Veena; वर - beautiful; दण्ड - arm; मण्डित-adorned; करा- palm; श्वेत- white; पद्मासना - lotus throne; ब्रह्मा- Brahma; अच्युत - Lord Vishnu; शंकर - Lord Sankara; प्रभुतिभिः - beginning from; देवैः - by the Lords; सदा - always; वन्दिता - respected; सा – she (That); मां - me; पातु - protect; सरस्वती- Saraswati; भगवती - Goddess; नि:शेष - without any remnant; GIST - lazy; 39146T - remove;
May Goddess Saraswati, who is fair like the Jasmine coloured moon and whose pure white garland is like frosty dew drops, who is adorned with radiant white clothes and on whose beautiful palm and arm rests the Veena, whose throne is a white lotus, and who is surrounded and respected by Gods beginning with Lord Brahma, Lord Vishnu and Lord Mahesh, protect me. I beseech Her to totally remove my laziness and sluggishness.
