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बृहदु गायिषे वचोऽसुर्या नदीनाम्। सरस्वतीमिन्महया सुवृक्तिभिः स्तोमैर्वसिष्ठ रोदसी॥

bṛhadu gāyiṣe vaco'suryā nadīnām | sarasvatīminmahayā suvṛktibhiḥ stomairvasiṣṭha rodasī ||

I SING a lofty song, for she is mightiest, most divine of Streams. Sarasvati will I exalt with hymns and lauds, and, O Vasistha, Heaven and Earth.

उभे यत्ते महिना शुभ्रे अन्धसी अधिक्षियन्ति पूरवः। सा नो बोध्यवित्री मरुत्सखा चोद राधो मघोनाम्॥

ubhe yatte mahinā śubhre andhasī adhikṣiyanti pūravaḥ | sā no bodhyavitrī marutsakhā coda rādho maghonām ||

When in the fulness of their strength the Purus dwell, Beauteous One, on thy two grassy banks, Favour us thou who hast the Maruts for thy friends: stir up the bounty of our chiefs.

भद्रमिद्भद्रा कृणवत्सरस्वत्यकवारी चेतति वाजिनीवती। गृणाना जमदग्निवत्स्तुवाना च वसिष्ठवत्॥

bhadramidbhadrā kṛṇavatsarasvatyakavārī cetati vājinīvatī | gṛṇānā jamadagnivatstuvānā ca vasiṣṭhavat ||

So may Sarasvati auspicious send good luck; she, rich in spoil, is never niggardly in thought, When praised in jamadagni's way and lauded as Vasistha lauds.

जनीयन्तो न्वग्रवः पुत्रीयन्तः सुदानवः। सरस्वन्तं हवामहे॥

janīyanto nvagravaḥ putrīyantaḥ sudānavaḥ | sarasvantaṁ havāmahe ||

We call upon Sarasvan, as unmarried men who long for wives, As liberal men who yearn for sons.

ये ते सरस्व ऊर्मयो मधुमन्तो घृतश्चुतः। तेभिर्नोऽविता भव॥

ye te sarasva ūrmayo madhumanto ghṛtaścutaḥ | tebhirno'vitā bhava ||

Be thou our kind protector, O Sarasvan, with those waves of thine Laden with sweets and dropping oil.

पीपिवांसं सरस्वतः स्तनं यो विश्वदर्शतः। भक्षीमहि प्रजामिषम्॥

pīpivāṁsaṁ sarasvataḥ stanaṁ yo viśvadarśataḥ | bhakṣīmahi prajāmiṣam ||

May we enjoy Sarasvan's breast, all-beautiful, that swells with streams, May we gain food and progeny.