sarasvatī aṣṭakama

(Saraswati Ashtakam in English (IAST))

Also known as mahamate mahaprajna sarvasastravisarada

Language:Sanskrit

An ashtakam to Saraswati, recited before study and at Vasant Panchami, asking the goddess of speech and learning for clarity of word and mind.

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|| śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ||

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śatānīka uvāca
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mahāmate mahāprājña sarvaśāstraviśārada |
akṣīṇakarmabandhastu puruṣo dvijasattama || 1||

maraṇe yajjapejjāpyaṃ yaṃ ca bhāvamanusmaran |
paraṃ padamavāpnoti tanme brūhi mahāmune || 2||

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śaunaka uvāca
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idameva mahārāja pṛṣṭavāṃste pitāmahaḥ |
bhīṣmaṃ dharmavidāṃ pṛṣṭhedaṃ dharmaputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ || 3||

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yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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pitāmaha mahāprājña sarvaśāstraviśārada |
bṛhaspatistutā devī vāgīśāya mahātmane |
ātmānaṃ darśayāmāsa sūrya koṭisamaprabham || 4||

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sarasvatyuvāca
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varaṃ vṛṇīṣva bhadraṃ te yatte manasi vartate |
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bṛhaspatiruvāca
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yadi me varadā devi divyajñānaṃ prayaccha me || 5||

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devyuvāca
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hanta te nirmalaṃ jñānaṃ kumatidhvaṃsakārakam |
stotreṇānena ye bhaktyā māṃ stuvanti manīṣiṇaḥ || 6||

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bṛhaspatiruvāca ||

labhate paramaṃ jñānaṃ yatsurairapi durlabham |
prāpnoti puruṣo nityaṃ mahāmāyāprasādataḥ || 7||

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sarasvatyuvāca
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trisandhyaṃ prayato nityaṃ paṭhedaṣṭakamuttamam |
tasya kaṇṭhe sadā vāsaṃ kariṣyāmi na saṃśayaḥ || 8||

|| iti śrīpadmapurāṇe divyajñānapradāyakaṃ sarasvatyaṣṭakastotraṃ sampūrṇam ||

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