प्रतिभां सत्सभायां च विचारक्षमतां शुभाम् । लुप्तं सर्वं दैवयोगान्नवीभूतं पुनः कुरु
Bestow inspiration in noble assemblies, and auspicious capacity for discernment; restore everything lost by fate, making it new again.
यथाङ्कुरं भस्मनि च करोति देवता पुनः । ब्रह्मस्वरूपा परमा ज्योतीरूपा सनातनी
Just as the deity causes a sprout to emerge even from ashes, so too, O eternal, supreme, radiant, and Brahman-formed One.
सर्वविद्याधिदेवी या तस्यै वाण्यै नमो नमः । विसर्गबिन्दुमात्रासु यदधिष्ठानमेव च
To her, the goddess presiding over all knowledge, to Vani, I bow again and again; to her who is the foundation of visarga and bindu alone.
तदधिष्ठात्री या देवी तस्यै नित्यै नमो नमः । व्याख्यास्वरूपा सा देवी व्याख्याधिष्ठातृरूपिणी
To that goddess who is the presiding force over them, to her who is eternal, I bow again and again; that goddess who is the form of explanation, and the presiding force of exposition.
यया विना प्रसंख्यावान् संख्यां कर्तुं न शक्यते । कालसंख्यास्वरूपा या तस्यै देव्यै नमो नमः
Without her, it is not possible to enumerate or count; to that goddess who is the form of time and number, I bow again and again.
भ्रमसिद्धान्तरूपा या तस्यै देव्यै नमो नमः । स्मृतिशक्तिज्ञानशक्तिबुद्धिशक्तिस्वरूपिणी
To that goddess who is the form of the principle of error, I bow again and again; she who is the embodiment of the power of memory, knowledge, and intellect.
प्रतिभाकल्पनाशक्तिर्या च तस्यै नमो नमः । सनत्कुमारो ब्रह्माणं ज्ञानं पप्रच्छ यत्र वै
She who is the power of inspiration and imagination, to her I bow again and again; where Sanatkumara once asked Brahma for knowledge.
बभूव मूकवत्सोऽपि सिद्धान्तं कर्तुमक्षमः । तदाऽऽजगाम भगवानात्मा श्रीकृष्ण ईश्वरः
Even he became like one mute, unable to establish the doctrine; then the blessed Lord, Shri Krishna, the Supreme, arrived.
उवाच स तां स्तौहि वाणीमिष्टां प्रजापते । स च तुष्टाव तां ब्रह्मा चाज्ञया परमात्मनः
He said to him: 'Praise the desired Vani, O creator.' And Brahma, by the command of the Supreme Self, worshipped her.
चकार तत्प्रसादेन तदा सिद्धान्तमुत्तमम् । यदाप्यनन्तं पप्रच्छ ज्ञानमेकं वसुन्धरा
By her grace, he then established the highest doctrine; and when the earth asked Ananta for singular knowledge.
बभूव मूकवत्सोऽपि सिद्धान्तं कर्तुमक्षमः । तदा तां स च तुष्टाव संत्रस्तः कश्यपाज्ञया
He became like one mute, unable to establish the conclusion; then, terrified, he praised her by the command of Kashyapa.
ततश्चकार सिद्धान्तं निर्मलं भ्रमभञ्जनम् । व्यासः पुराणसूत्रं च पप्रच्छ वाल्मिकिं यदा
Then he made a pure, error-dispelling conclusion; Vyasa questioned Valmiki regarding the Purana-sutra.
मौनीभूतश्च सस्मार तामेव जगदम्बिकाम् । तदा चकार सिद्धान्तं तद्वरेण मुनीश्वरः
Becoming silent, he remembered that very Jagadambika; then, by her boon, the lord of sages established the conclusion.
सम्प्राप्य निर्मलं ज्ञानं भ्रमान्धध्वंसदीपकम् । पुराणसूत्रं श्रुत्वा च व्यासः कृष्णकलोद्भवः
Having attained pure knowledge, a lamp that destroys the darkness of delusion, Vyasa, born in the age of Krishna, heard the Purana-sutra.
तां शिवां वेद दध्यौ च शतवर्षं च पुष्करे । तदा त्वत्तो वरं प्राप्य सत्कवीन्द्रो बभूव ह
He meditated upon that auspicious one, the Veda, for a hundred years at Pushkara; then, having received a boon from you, he became the foremost of poets.
तदा वेदविभागं च पुराणं च चकार सः । यदा महेन्द्रः पप्रच्छ तत्त्वज्ञानं सदाशिवम्
Then he made the division of the Veda and the Purana; when Mahendra questioned Sadashiva about the knowledge of truth,
क्षणं तामेव सञ्चिन्त्य तस्मै ज्ञानं ददौ विभुः । पप्रच्छ शब्दशास्त्रं च महेन्द्रश्च बृहस्पतिम्
Thinking of her for a moment, the Lord gave him knowledge; Mahendra questioned Brihaspati about the science of words.
दिव्यं वर्षसहस्रं च स त्वां दध्यौ च पुष्करे । तदा त्वत्तो वरं प्राप्य दिव्यवर्षसहस्रकम्
He meditated upon you at Pushkara for a thousand divine years; then, having received a boon from you, he gained a thousand divine years.
उवाच शब्दशास्त्रं च तदर्थं च सुरेश्वरम् । अध्यापिताश्च ये शिष्या यैरधीतं मुनीश्वरैः
He spoke the science of words and its meaning to the lord of gods; and those disciples who were taught by the sages,
ते च तां परिसञ्चिन्त्य प्रवर्तन्ते सुरेश्वरीम् । त्वं संस्तुता पूजिता च मुनीन्द्रैर्मनुमानवैः
They, contemplating her, proceed to worship the goddess of the gods; you are praised and honored by the great sages and men.
दैत्येन्द्रैश्च सुरैश्चापि ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवादिभिः । जडीभूतः सहस्रास्यः पञ्चवक्त्रश्चतुर्मुखः
By the lords of demons and gods, and by Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva, and others; Sahasrāsya became stupefied, and the five-faced and four-faced ones as well.
यां स्तोतुं किमहं स्तौमि तामेकास्येन मानवः । इत्युक्त्वा याज्ञवल्क्यश्च भक्तिनम्रात्मकन्धरः
How can I, a human with one mouth, praise her whom even they cannot praise? Thus spoke Yajnavalkya, his neck bowed in devotion.
प्रणनाम निराहारो रुरोद च मुहुर्मुहुः । ज्योतीरूपा महामाया तेन दृष्टाप्युवाच तम्
He bowed, fasting, and wept again and again; the great Maya, in the form of light, appeared to him and spoke.
सुकवीन्द्रो भवेत्युक्त्वा वैकुण्ठं च जगाम ह । याज्ञवल्क्यकृतं वाणीस्तोत्रमेतत्तु यः पठेत्
Saying, 'Become the foremost of poets,' she went to Vaikuntha; whoever recites this hymn composed by Yajnavalkya,
स कवीन्द्रो महावाग्मी बृहस्पतिसमो भवेत् । महामूर्खश्च दुर्बुद्धिर्वर्षमेकं यदा पठेत्
He becomes the foremost poet, eloquent, equal to Brihaspati; even a great fool, of poor intellect, if he recites it for a year,
स पण्डितश्च मेधावी सुकवीन्द्रो भवे ध्रुवम्
He will surely become learned, intelligent, and the foremost of poets.
लक्ष्मीगङ्गासरस्वतीनां भूलोकेऽवतरणवर्णनम् श्रीनारायण उवाच सरस्वती तु वैकुण्ठे स्वयं नारायणान्तिके । गङ्गाशापेन कलहात्कलया भारते सरित्
The account of the descent of Lakshmi, Ganga, and Sarasvati to the earthly realm. Sri Narayana said: Sarasvati herself dwells in Vaikuntha near Narayana; by Ganga's curse and quarrel, she became a river in Bharata.
पुण्यदा पुण्यरूपा च पुण्यतीर्थस्वरूपिणी । पुण्यवद्भिर्निषेव्या च स्थितिः पुण्यवतां मुने
She is giver of merit, of meritorious form, the embodiment of sacred pilgrimage; she is served by the virtuous, and her abode is among the virtuous, O sage.
तपस्विनां तपोरूपा तपसः फलरूपिणी । कृतपापेध्मदाहाय ज्वलदग्निस्वरूपिणी
She is the form of austerity for ascetics, the embodiment of the fruit of penance; blazing like fire, she burns away the fuel of accumulated sins.
ज्ञानात्सरस्वतीतोये मृता ये मानवा भुवि । तेषां स्थितिश्च वैकुण्ठे सुचिरं हरिसंसदि
Those humans who die on earth through knowledge in the waters of Sarasvati, their abode is in Vaikuntha, dwelling for a long time in the assembly of Hari.