যাজ্ঞৱল্ক্যকৃত সৰস্ৱতী স্তৱম্ যাজ্ঞৱল্ক্য উৱাচ
গুৰুশাপাত্ স্মৃতিভ্ৰষ্টং ৱিদ্যাহীনং চ দুঃখিতম্ ॥ 1 ॥
- yājñavalkya uvācha = Yājñavalkya spoke | kṛpāṃ kuru = show grace | jagat-mātar = O Mother of all worlds | māmēvaṃ = to me in this condition | hata-tējasam = robbed of brilliance/vigour | guru-śāpāt = by the guru's curse | smṛti-bhraṣṭaṃ = fallen from memory | vidyā-hīnaṃ = devoid of learning | cha duḥkhitam = and sorrowful
গ্ৰন্থকৰ্তৃত্ৱ শক্তিং চ সুশিষ্যং সুপ্ৰতিষ্ঠিতম্ ॥ 2 ॥
- jñānaṃ dēhi = grant knowledge | smṛtiṃ = memory | vidyāṃ = learning | śaktiṃ śiṣya-prabōdhinīm = the power to enlighten/awaken disciples | grantha-kartṛtva-śaktiṃ = the power of authorship | suśiṣyaṃ = a good disciple | supratiṣṭhitam = well-established
লুপ্তং সৰ্ৱং দৈৱ যোগা-ন্নৱীভূতং পুনঃ কুৰু ॥ 3 ॥
- pratibhāṃ = poetic genius, creative inspiration | satsabhāyāṃ = in the assembly of the good/learned | vichāra-kṣamatāṃ śubhām = the auspicious capacity for reflection | luptaṃ sarvaṃ = all that was lost | daiva-yōgāt = by divine ordination | navī-bhūtaṃ = become new | punaḥ kuru = make once again
ব্ৰহ্মস্ৱৰূপা পৰমা জ্যোতীৰূপা সনাতনী ॥ 4 ॥
- yathā = just as | aṅkuram = a sprout | bhasmani = in ashes | cha karōti = makes to arise | dēvatā punaḥ = a divine being once again | brahma-svarūpā = O you of the form of Brahman | paramā = the Supreme | jyōtī-rūpā = of the form of light | sanātanī = the eternal one
ৱিসৰ্গ বিন্দুমাত্ৰাসু যদধিষ্ঠানমেৱচ ॥ 5 ॥
- sarva-vidyā-adhidēvī = presiding Goddess of all knowledge | yā = she who | tasyai vāṇyai = to that Vāṇī (Sarasvatī) | namō namaḥ = salutation, salutation | visarga = the double-dot mark (:) in Sanskrit | bindu = the nasal dot (ṁ) | mātrāsu = in the marks | yat adhiṣṭhānam = what presiding presence | ēva cha = also
ৱ্যাখ্যাস্ৱৰূপা সা দেৱী ৱ্যাখ্যাধিষ্ঠাতৃৰূপিণী ॥ 6 ॥
- tat-adhiṣṭhātrī yā dēvī = the Goddess who presides over that | tasyai vāṇyai namō namaḥ = salutation, salutation to that Vāṇī | vyākhyā-svarūpā = she who has the form of commentary/explanation | sā dēvī = that Goddess | vyākhyā-adhiṣṭhātṛ-rūpiṇī = having the form of the presiding deity of commentary
কালসঙ্খ্যা স্ৱৰূপা যা তস্যৈ দেৱ্যৈ নমো নমঃ ॥ 7 ॥
- yayā vinā = without whom | prasaṅkhyāvān = even the most learned in reckoning | saṅkhyāṃ kartuṃ = to make calculations | na śakyatē = is not capable | kāla-saṅkhyā-svarūpā = she who has the form of temporal calculation | yā = she who | tasyai dēvyai namō namaḥ = salutation, salutation to that Goddess
স্মৃতিশক্তি জ্ঞানশক্তি বুদ্ধিশক্তি স্ৱৰূপিণী ॥ 8 ॥
- bhrama-siddhānta-rūpā = she of the form of the resolution of misconceptions | yā = she who | tasyai dēvyai namō namaḥ = salutation, salutation to that Goddess | smṛti-śakti = power of memory | jñāna-śakti = power of knowledge | buddhi-śakti = power of intellect | svarūpiṇī = she who has that form
সনত্কুমাৰো ব্ৰহ্মাণং জ্ঞানং পপ্ৰচ্ছ যত্ৰ ৱৈ ॥ 9 ॥
- pratibhā-kalpanā-śaktiḥ = the power of creative imagination/conception | yā cha = and she who | tasyai namō namaḥ = salutation, salutation to her | sanatkumāraḥ = Sanatkumāra (one of the four mind-born sons of Brahmā) | brahmāṇaṃ = Brahmā | jñānaṃ = about knowledge | paprachCha = asked | yatra vai = where indeed
তদাষ্জগাম ভগৱা-নাত্মা শ্ৰীকৃষ্ণ ঈশ্ৱৰঃ ॥ 10 ॥
- babhūva = became | mūka-vat = like a mute | aspi = even he | siddhāntaṃ = the doctrine/resolution | kartum = to make/compose | akṣamaḥ = incapable | tadā = then | ājagāma = came | bhagavān = the Lord | ātmā = the Supreme Self | śrī-kṛṣṇa-īśvaraḥ = Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Lord
স চ তুষ্টাৱ তাং ব্ৰহ্মা চাজ্ঞযা পৰমাত্মনঃ ॥ 11 ॥
- uvācha = said | sa cha = and he | tāṃ stauhi = praise her | vāṇīm = that Vāṇī (Sarasvatī) | iṣṭāṃ = the most beloved | prajāpatē = O Lord of Creatures (Brahmā) | sa cha = and he | tuṣṭāva tāṃ = praised her | brahmā = Brahmā | cha ājñayā = by the command | paramātmanaḥ = of the Supreme Self
যদাপ্যনন্তং পপ্ৰচ্ছ জ্ঞানমেকং ৱসুন্ধৰা ॥ 12 ॥
- chakāra = composed | tat-prasādēna = by her grace | tadā = then | siddhāntam uttamam = the excellent doctrine | yadā api = and when | anantaṃ = Ananta (the thousand-headed serpent bearing the earth) | paprachCha = asked | jñānam ēkaṃ = a single [piece of] knowledge | vasundharā = the earth
তদা তাং চ স তুষ্টাৱ সন্ত্ৰস্তঃ কশ্যপাজ্ঞযা ॥ 13 ॥
- babhūva = became | mūka-vat = like a mute | aspi = even she | siddhāntaṃ = the doctrine | kartum akṣamaḥ = incapable of composing | tadā = then | tāṃ cha = and her | sa tuṣṭāva = he praised | santrastaḥ = frightened | kaśyapa-ājñayā = by Kaśyapa's instruction
ৱ্যাসঃ পুৰাণসূত্ৰং চ পপ্ৰচ্ছ ৱাল্মীকিং যদা ॥ 14 ॥
- tataḥ = then | chakāra = composed | siddhāntaṃ = the doctrine | nirmalaṃ = pure | bhrama-bhañjanam = dispelling errors/misconceptions | vyāsaḥ = Vyāsa | purāṇa-sūtraṃ = the Purāṇa-sūtra | cha paprachCha = also asked | vālmīkiṃ = Vālmīki | yadā = when
তদা চকাৰ সিদ্ধান্তং তদ্ৱৰেণ মুনীশ্ৱৰঃ ॥ 15 ॥
- maunī-bhūtaḥ = having become silent | cha sasmāra = and recalled | tām ēva = that very [Sarasvatī] | jagad-ambikām = the Mother of the World | tadā = then | chakāra = composed | siddhāntaṃ = the doctrine | tat-varēṇa = by her boon | munīśvaraḥ = the foremost of sages
পুৰাণসূত্ৰং শ্ৰুত্ৱা চ ৱ্যাসঃ কৃষ্ণকলোদ্ভৱঃ ॥ 16 ॥
- samprāpya = having received | nirmalaṃ jñānaṃ = pure knowledge | bhramāndhya-dhvaṃsa-dīpakam = the lamp that dispels the blindness of confusion | purāṇa-sūtraṃ śrutvā cha = and having heard the Purāṇa-sūtra | vyāsaḥ = Vyāsa | kṛṣṇa-kala-udbhavaḥ = born of a fraction (kalā) of Kṛṣṇa
তদা ত্ৱত্তো ৱৰং প্ৰাপ্য সত্কৱীন্দ্ৰো বভূৱ হ ॥ 17 ॥
- tāṃ śivāṃ = that auspicious Goddess | vēda = knew | dadhyau = meditated | cha = and | śata-varṣaṃ = for a hundred years | puṣkarē = at Puṣkara (the sacred lake in Rājasthān) | tadā tvattō = then from you | varaṃ prāpya = having received a boon | sat-kavīndraḥ = foremost among good poets | babhūva = became | ha = indeed
যদা মহেন্দ্ৰঃ পপ্ৰচ্ছ তত্ত্ৱজ্ঞানং সদাশিৱম্ ॥ 18 ॥
- tadā = then | vēda-vibhāgaṃ = the division of the Vedas | purāṇaṃ = the Purāṇas | cha chakāra = also composed | yadā = when | mahēndraḥ = Mahēndra (Indra) | paprachCha = asked | tattva-jñānaṃ = the knowledge of truth | sadāśivam = Sadāśiva (the eternally auspicious, highest form of Śiva)
পপ্ৰচ্ছ শব্দশাস্ত্ৰং চ মহেন্দ্ৰ শ্চ বৃহস্পতিম্ ॥ 19 ॥
- kṣaṇaṃ = for a moment | tām ēva = that very [Sarasvatī] | sañchintya = having recalled | tasmai = to him | jñānaṃ dadau = gave knowledge | vibhuḥ = the all-powerful [Sadāśiva] | paprachCha = asked | śabda-śāstraṃ = grammar/the science of language | cha = and | mahēndraḥ = Mahēndra | cha bṛhaspatim = and Bṛhaspati
তদা ত্ৱত্তো ৱৰং প্ৰাপ্য দিৱ্যৱৰ্ষসহস্ৰকম্ ॥ 20 ॥
- divya-varṣa-sahasraṃ = for a thousand divine years | cha = and | saḥ = he | tvāṃ dadhyau = meditated on you | cha puṣkarē = at Puṣkara lake | tadā = then | tvattō varaṃ prāpya = having received a boon from you | divya-varṣa-sahasrakam = [corresponding to] a thousand divine years
অধ্যাপিতাশ্চ যে শিষ্যা যৈৰধীতং মুনীশ্ৱৰৈঃ ॥ 21 ॥
- uvācha = taught | śabda-śāstraṃ cha = the science of language and | tat-arthaṃ = its meaning | surēśvaraṃ = to the lord of gods (Indra) | adhyāpitāḥ = those taught | cha yē śiṣyāḥ = and those disciples | yaiḥ adhītaṃ = by whom it was learned | munīśvaraiḥ = by the great sages
ত্ৱং সংস্তুতা পূজিতা চ মুনীন্দ্ৰৈ ৰ্মনু মানৱৈঃ ॥ 22 ॥
- tē cha = and they | tāṃ parisañchintya = meditating on that Goddess | pravartantē = proceed in their work | surēśvarīm = O Surēśvarī | tvaṃ = you | saṃstutā = are praised | pūjitā cha = and worshipped | munīndraiḥ = by the great sages | manu-mānavaiḥ = by Manu and humanity
জডীভূত স্সহস্ৰাস্যঃ পঞ্চৱক্ত্ৰ শ্চতুৰ্মুখঃ ॥ 23 ॥
- daityēndraiḥ = by the lords of demons | suraiḥ = by the gods | brahma-viṣṇu-śivādibhiḥ = by Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva, and others | jaḍī-bhūtaḥ = become speechless/paralysed | sahasra-āsyaḥ = thousand-mouthed [Ananta] | pañca-vaktraḥ = five-faced [Śiva] | chatur-mukhaḥ = four-faced [Brahmā]
ইত্যুক্ত্ৱা যাজ্ঞৱল্ক্য শ্চ ভক্তিনম্ৰাত্ম কন্ধৰঃ ॥ 24 ॥
- yāṃ stōtuṃ = to praise whom | kim = what [can I do] | ahaṃ staumi = I praise | tām ēka-āsyēna = her with a single mouth | mānavaḥ = a human being | ity uktvā = having said this | yājñavalkyaḥ = Yājñavalkya | cha = and | bhakti-namra-ātma-kandhara = with neck bowed in devotion
জ্যোতীৰূপা মহামাযা তেন দৃষ্টা7প্যুৱাচতম্ ॥ 25 ॥
- praṇanāma = bowed in prostration | nirāhāraḥ = fasting | rurōda = wept | cha muhurmuhuḥ = and again and again | jyōtī-rūpā = of the form of light | mahā-māyā = the Great Māyā (Sarasvatī) | tēna dṛṣṭā = seen by him | api = even so | uvācha = spoke | tam = to him
যাজ্ঞৱল্ক্য কৃতং ৱাণী স্তোত্ৰমেতত্তু যঃ পঠেত্ ॥ 26 ॥
- sukavīndraḥ bhava = become the foremost among good poets | ity uktvā = having said this | vaikuṇṭhaṃ = Vaikuṇṭha (the divine abode) | cha jagāma = went | ha = indeed | yājñavalkya-kṛtaṃ = composed by Yājñavalkya | vāṇī-stōtram = this Vāṇī stotram | ētat tu yaḥ paṭhēt = whoever reads this
মহা মূৰ্খশ্চ দুৰ্বুদ্ধিৰ্-ৱৰ্ষমেকং যদা পঠেত্ ।
স পণ্ডিতশ্চ মেধাৱী সুকৱীন্দ্ৰো ভৱেদ্ধ্ৰুৱম্ ॥ 27 ॥
- sa = he | kavīndraḥ = foremost among poets | mahā-vāgmī = great orator | bṛhaspati-samaḥ = equal to Bṛhaspati | bhavēt = will become | mahā-mūrkhaḥ = a great fool | cha durbuddhiḥ = and of poor understanding | varṣam ēkaṃ = for one year | yadā paṭhēt = if reads | sa paṇḍitaḥ = will be a scholar | mēdhāvī = mentally sharp | sukavīndraḥ = foremost among good poets | bhavēt = will become | dhruvam = certainly
