2021 Celebrating Vasant Pañchamī: Worshipping Śhrī Mātājī in the form of Śhrī Mahāsaraswatī
"There is God and also we know that He is reflected in us, in our heart as Spirit, as Ātmā, as Self.
Now, when we know about the three channels that are working within us, of Mahākālī, Mahālakṣhmī and Mahāsaraswatī, the Three Powers of Iḍā, Piṅgalā and Suṣhumṇā, which create the subconscious, preconscious and the conscious mind, are working in our consciousness. That means we are conscious of them. ......
The Spirit, that is God, which is reflected in us, resides in the heart. The manifestation of Spirit in our heart controls the parasympathetic. But this Spirit is the reflection of God Almighty in our heart, as if in a mirror. And Divine Love, which is the Light of God, is reflected in us through the reflection of the Spirit as the Unconscious Mind.
...... So the Unconscious Mind is nothing else but the projection of God’s Will through the Light of Divine Love."
1904-0000 Public Program, UK
MAVENA NAYANI ANAND, HRUDAYAT SATCHIDANAND
I am unable to contain the joy in my eyes, when my heart resides the joy of the spirit
ANAND KITI HA MOTHA, SAUKHYAS KADHI NA TOTA
how great this joy is, which brings limitless bliss
KANA- KANAT NIRMALANAND, HRUDAYAT SATCHIDANAND
for every particle is manifesting sheer joy, when my heart resides the joy of the spirit
SAGUNAT MAULI ĀLI, NIRGUNAT JANEEV DIDHALI
Mother incarnated to raise our awareness to feel the formless,
NIJARUPI RANGALE DHYAN, JADATET VATE CHAITANYA
As we meditate upon Her, we discovered the Chaitanya in this mundane world
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"Only the Sahaja Yogis, those who are enlightened people, can worship Mahāsaraswatī.
Otherwise, people can only worship Saraswatī because with worship of Saraswatī you can read books, you can create dances, music, for the amusement of human beings, but actually the Saraswatī Pūjā is meant for people of ordinary awareness, means ordinary or normal human awareness.
But for Sahaja Yogis, it is the Mahāsaraswatī which is to be worshiped."
1990-0811 Śhrī Saraswatī Pūjā, Tent, Grounds, Āśhram, Lyons Bay (near Vancouver), BC, Canada
"Hiraṇyagarbha (Prajāpati) is the creator aspect of God Almighty. It acts in the stomach of the Primordial Being which is a Void, also referred to as the Ocean of Illusion (Bhavasāgara). (The way this Void was created is covered later.) Hiraṇyagarbha’s Power incarnates as Mahāsaraswatī, and the entire material creation is the product of Her power and activity: She created all the galaxies, stars and planets including our own Sun, Moon and Earth. She also functions as the thinking power of the Primordial Being, and this process generates the Cosmic Ego (Ādi Ahaṅkāra). The channel carrying this power is the Ādi Piṅgalā Nāḍī, and it expresses the Primordial Preconscious Mind (Ādi Chitta). It acts like a postman who carries messages to the intellect of the Almighty."
The Book of Ādi Śhakti, Chapter 1: Creation, the Eternal Play
"Today we have the idea to do Saraswatī’s Pūjā. [unclear] I have seen that here people worship Mahākālī and Saraswatī, people worship Devī and people are simple natured. We should worship Saraswatī as well.
Saraswatī’s work is very great. First, Mahāsaraswatī created the entire universe. The earth element is special in this. The earth element has been placed in such a way between the Sun and the Moon that any living work can easily happen on it. From this living work, slowly and gradually human beings have been generated.
But we should know our own great power. That power is what we call creation power, it’s also called creativity. This creation power is the blessing of Saraswatī by which many arts have been generated. The evolution of art is due to the blessings of Saraswatī."
1992-0403 Śhrī Saraswatī Pūjā, Emerlin College, Yamunānagar, Haryana, India
"Because Saraswatī had a vīṇā in Her hand. And that vīṇā is the Primordial Instrument which She plays, like music. And the music penetrates into the heart.
You don’t know how it goes into you and how it works out. And that’s how a person who is a Sahaja Yogi should permeate, like music, into everything.
She has so many qualities as I told you which cannot be described in one lecture. But one of the greatest quality of Hers is: that She ends up into subtler things.
Like the Mother Earth will end up into fragrance.
Music will end up into melodies. Like that, whatever She creates ends up into something greater.
Matter, whatever She’s produces in ... ends up into esthetics."
1983-0114 Śhrī Saraswatī Pūjā (English+Marathi), Dhule, Maharashtra, India
Kattākshe Daya-ardrām Kare Dnyāna-Mudrām
Kalābhir-Vinidrām Kalāpaih Subhadrām |
Pura-Striim Vinidrām Puras-Tunga-Bhadrām
Bhaje Shāradāmbām-Ajasram Mad-Ambām ||
(Salutations to Mother Śhāradā) Whose Glance is moist with Compassion, and Whose Hand shows the Gyana Mudra (Gesture of Knowledge), Who is (ever) Wakeful by Her Arts (which She showers), and Who looks (ever) Auspicious by Her Ornaments (which She is adorned with), Who is the ever Awake Mother Goddess of the Town (of Sringeri), the Blessed Town (by the bank of) river Tunga which is ever Auspicious (by Her presence),
I worship Mother Śhāradā, Who is my Eternal Mother
Śhāradā Bhujangashtakam
- composed by Śhrī Ādi Śhaṅkarāchārya
Śhrī Mātājī Devī Saraswatī Śhāradā Mātā: by Ajit Kadkade video
"Śhāradā, the Goddess of Saraswatī is the one who carries the message of Virāṭa within and tells us how to sing. She tells us what is appealing to God.
How these rāgas were made also? Just think of it. Because first they chose the notes, the āroha [crescendo] and avarohas [decrescendos], the going up and down [ascending melody and descending melody], which was appealing to God. So the melodies were created.
Melodies are fixed. You cannot change the melodies, the notes because they found out that, at this point, the Spirit awakened; on the vibrations they found out. They found out that, when they sang this way it worked out. The vīṇā [Primordial Instrument of Śhrī Saraswatī] they played and they found out the exact swaras. Exact swaras which would really make you feel nice.
Now, you know that, those people have come from the West, don't understand any Indian music on the mental level but they understand at the spiritual level because their Spirits get filled with joy and the vibrations starts flowing."
1983-0202 Public Program, The Vishuddhi Chakra, New Delhi, India
"Now Saraswatī is the Goddess of learning and Mahāsaraswatī is the Goddess of knowledge, which is Pure Knowledge.
Now the Goddess of learning, Saraswatī, has got four arms. She wears white, white cloths because is a sign of purity. She’s a virgin. Then She has in Her hand the vīṇā, that is the instrument which was the first instrument that was created by the Gods to play the classical music, or you can say the music that was appreciated by the Gods. So that’s one is vīṇā, and two other hands are: one has got a rosary in the hand, in the sense a person who is learned should be a person who should be very much detached.
A saintly person should not have too many attachments and should not be – it always happens a person who is a learned man, who is overeducated, who is not so much interested in the family, he becomes more esthetic, is very discipline, self-discipline. He’s very meticulous, is very efficient, is very right-sided, as you can call it you see, so all that goes hand in hand."
1990-0811 Śhrī Saraswatī Pūjā, Tent, Grounds, Āśhram, Lyons Bay (near Vancouver), BC, Canada
"Now another blessings of Saraswatī is that you can have knowledge of Sahaja Yoga."
1990-0811 Śhrī Saraswatī Pūjā, Tent, Grounds, Āśhram, Lyons Bay (near Vancouver), BC, Canada
Tu swar kī Devī, ye sangeet, tujh se,
You are the Goddess of music and this song,
Har Shabd tera hai har geet tujh se,
all its words and the tune comes from You.
Ham pār Sahaj mein, tere kripa se
Only with Your compassion, we become pār in Sahaj.
Nirmal Vidyā ka vardan de ma
Please grant us the boon of Śhrī Nirmala Vidyā.
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"And then is in the left hand She has a book, so She – that means that the Power of Saraswatī gives you the full creativity by which you can create books. That also means that, but must have in the books means that whatever you’re doing now – supposing you’re doing Sahaja Yoga, Sahaja Yoga is say concerning the Divine. So we must know what are in the books, means in the Scriptures.
..So one must learn how to respect the books, specially the Scriptures. And She’s the One Who gives you the penetration power into these books, to know what is the truth and what is not – penetration power to understand what is written between the lines, what is the subtle meaning of the whole thing – that is the Power of Saraswatī."
1990-0811 Śhrī Saraswatī Pūjā, Tent, Grounds, Āśhram, Lyons Bay (near Vancouver), BC, Canada
"There’s another power She has is Vāk Śhakti, by which you give speech. She’s the One Who gives you the Power to Speak. She’s the One Who gives you the power to communicate, by speech, by your writings, by all the drama or plays you have or films you have – any kind of communications that are done through the Power of Saraswatī has that intellect behind it, and that intellect comes from Her Power."
1990-0811 Śhrī Saraswatī Pūjā, Tent, Grounds, Āśhram, Lyons Bay (near Vancouver), BC, Canada
Sura-Asura-Sevita-Pāda-Pangkajā
Kare Virājat-Kamaniiya-Pustakā |
Virin.ci-Patnii Kamala-asana-Sthitā
Sarasvatii Nrtyatu Vāchi Me Sadā
(Salutations to Devī Saraswatī) Whose Lotus Feet is Served by the Devas and Asuras,
On Her Hand Shines a Beautiful Book,
Who is the Consort of Lord Brahma and Abides on a Lotus Seat,
O Devī Saraswatī, Please Dance on my Speech, always.
composed by Sage Agastya
"Now the second one is Mahāsaraswatī, is at Māhūragaḍ. We always sing Māhūragaḍ. Wari song, that is the one – is Mahāsaraswatī, which is also called as Reṇukā Devī, that’s the right-sided Mahāsaraswatī."
1990-1221 Śhrī Mahālakṣhmī Pūjā (Hindi+English), Hall, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India
Mahur Gadawari, Mahur Gadawari ga Tujha Vasa,
On the hill of Mahur (village close to Nagpur), O goddess You stay,
Bhakt. Yetil. Dar.Shanas.
Devotees all come to receive your darshan.
Pivle patal ga, Pivle patal Buttedar
You wear a yellow sari with golden design,
Angi Choli hi hirvigar.
And a blouse of an intensely green color,
Pitambarachi ga, pitambarachi Khowuni kas
Dressed with pitambaras (yellow dhotis)
Bhakt. Yetil. Dar. Shanas.
Devotees all come to receive your darshan
-- Mahurgad (Śhrī Mahāsaraswatī/Śhrī Reṇukā Devī swayambhū) --
Mahur gadavari: video
108 Names of Śhrī Saraswatī (with meanings)
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Aisa Do Hamein Gyan
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Gyan De, Mā Nirmal
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Mātā Saraswatī Śhāradā
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Pt. Bhimsen Joshi - Jai Jagdishwari Mātā Saraswatī - Savai Gandharva
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Jai Śhrī Mātājī!
On behalf of the festivity team!