HYMN XCVI. SARASVATĪ. · ६ मैत्रावरुणिर्वसिष्ठ:। सरस्वती, ४-६ सरस्वान् । १-२= प्रगाथ: (१ बृहती, २ सतोबृहती ), ३ प्रस्तारपंक्ति:, ४-६ गायत्री।
7.96.1
बृ॒हदु॑ गायिषे॒ वचो॑ऽसु॒र्या॑ न॒दीना॑म् | सर॑स्वती॒मिन्म॑हया सुवृ॒क्तिभि॒: स्तोमै॑र्वसिष्ठ॒ रोद॑सी ||
I SING a lofty song, for she is mightiest, most divine of Streams. Sarasvatī will I exalt with hymns and lauds, and, O Vasiṣṭha, Heaven and Earth.
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7.96.1
बृ॒हदु॑ गायिषे॒ वचो॑ऽसु॒र्या॑ न॒दीना॑म् | सर॑स्वती॒मिन्म॑हया सुवृ॒क्तिभि॒: स्तोमै॑र्वसिष्ठ॒ रोद॑सी ||
I SING a lofty song, for she is mightiest, most divine of Streams. Sarasvatī will I exalt with hymns and lauds, and, O Vasiṣṭha, Heaven and Earth.
7.96.2
उ॒भे यत्ते॑ महि॒ना शु॑भ्रे॒ अन्ध॑सी अधिक्षि॒यन्ति॑ पू॒रव॑: | सा नो॑ बोध्यवि॒त्री म॒रुत्स॑खा॒ चोद॒ राधो॑ म॒घोना॑म् ||
When in the fulness of their strength the Pūrus 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.
7.96.3
भ॒द्रमिद्भ॒द्रा कृ॑णव॒त्सर॑स्व॒त्यक॑वारी चेतति वा॒जिनी॑वती | गृ॒णा॒ना ज॑मदग्नि॒वत्स्तु॑वा॒ना च॑ वसिष्ठ॒वत् ||
So may Sarasvatī auspicious send good luck; she, rich in spoil, is never niggardly in thought, When praised in jamadagni's way and lauded as Vasiṣṭha lauds.
7.96.4
ज॒नी॒यन्तो॒ न्वग्र॑वः पुत्री॒यन्त॑: सु॒दान॑वः | सर॑स्वन्तं हवामहे ||
We call upon Sarasvān, as unmarried men who long for wives, As liberal men who yearn for sons.
7.96.5
ये ते॑ सरस्व ऊ॒र्मयो॒ मधु॑मन्तो घृत॒श्चुत॑: | तेभि॑र्नोऽवि॒ता भ॑व ||
Be thou our kind protector, O Sarasvān, with those waves of thine Laden with sweets and dropping oil.
7.96.6
पी॒पि॒वांसं॒ सर॑स्वत॒: स्तनं॒ यो वि॒श्वद॑र्शतः | भ॒क्षी॒महि॑ प्र॒जामिष॑म् ||
May we enjoy Sarasvān's breast, all-beautiful, that swells with streams, May we gain food and progeny.