Collected Works of Nolini Kanta Gupta - Vol. 8

WHITE-hued — white as the Kunda flower or the moon

or the snow-range, robed in white

She bears in her arms the marvellous vina, seated on

the lotus.

She is ever adored by Brahma and Vishnu and Shiva

and all the Gods.

May Saraswati save us, the Goddess, may she wipe out

all our slothness unto the last.

Oh Saraswati, thou art the great destiny, the supreme

Knowledge, oh Beauty with lotus-eyes!

The universe is thy form, thy gaze ranges wide,

Oh Goddess, give us the Knowledge,

I bow to thee.

May she dwell on our tongue—she holds the Vina and

the Book,

The consort of the Supreme, the Mother Divine,

gleaming white, O Saraswati!

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