INVOCATION TO GODDESS SARASWATI IN SRI HARIKATHAMRUTASARA

(Sri Jagannatha Dasavirachita)

SRI HARIKATHAMRUTASARA / ಶ್ರಿ ಹರಿಕಥಾಮೃತಸಾರ

UNIT 1 MANGALACHARANA SANDHI  - ಶ್ರೀ ಹರಿಕಥಾಮೃತಸಾರ ಮಂಗಳಾಚರಣ ಸಂಧಿ

INVOCATION TO Sri Saraswati Devi(ಶ್ರೀ ಸರಸ್ವತಿ ದೇವಿ ಸ್ತೋತ್ರ)

ಚತುರವದನನ ರಾಣಿ ಅತಿರೋ

ಹಿತವಿಮಲವಿಜ್ಞಾನಿ ನಿಗಮ-

ಪ್ರತತಿಗಳಿಗಭಿಮಾನಿ ವೀಣಾವಾಣಿ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಾಣಿ|

ನತಿಸಿ ಬೇಡುವೆ ಜನನಿ ಲಕ್ಷ್ಮೀ-

ಪತಿಯ ಗುಣಗಳ ತುತಿಪುದಕೆ ಸ-

ನ್ಮತಿಯ ಪಾಲಿಸಿ ನೆಲೆಸು ನೀ ಮದ್ವದನಸದನದಲಿ||5||

Chaturavadanana rANi atirO-

hitavimalavijnAni nigama

PratatigaLigaBhimAni veeNApANi BrahmANi|

Natisi bEDuve janani LakShmee-

Patiya guNagaLa tutipudake sa-

Namatiya pAlisi nelesu nee madvadanasadanadali||5||

Oh consort of four-headed Lord Brahma! One who possess the purest spiritual knowledge that never deteriorates; the beloved goddess of all Vedas; who is beholding the Veena in the hand; eternally thinking about Parabrahma Sri Hari; Mother! I salute you and appeal to you to endow me with a good knowledge to praise the attributes of Sri Hari and to kindly reside in the house of my face.

COMMENTARY:

As per KAThakOpaniShat (ಕಾಠಕೋಪನಿಷತ್) “BrahmANi” means “BrahmEti vEda uddiShTaha”, which means “She has the knowledge of all Vedas”. This is an adjective of “Chaturavadanana RANi. Hence, there is no fallacy of “needless repetition”. She has the full knowledge of Vedas and she is the wife of Lord Brahma.

BrahmANi also means VEdANi; thereby, she is addressed as the embodiment of Vedas. There is nothing wrong in addressing her as Brahma+Ani, where Ani means “shelter”.

“Nelesu” means, “reside”; “Madvadana” means my face and “Sadanadali” means “in the house”. The poet is comparing his face to the residence for Goddess Saraswati since the brain exists in a portion of the head and from the brain, the intelligence, concentration, wisdom and knowledge to explain, describe and substantiate some of the most important aspects of Hindu philosophy, especially the Dwaita philosophy, comes out.

As per “Vaijayanti”, where it is mentioned as “Mahatee NAradasya syAt SaraswatyAstu kachChapee”, the name of Veena that Goddess Saraswati always holds in her two hands is KachChapee.

(In the next episode, salutations are submitted to Bharati Devi. SDN)  

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