ஸரஸ்வதீ ஸூக்தம் (யஜுர்வேதீ³ய)

ஸரஸ்வதீ ஸூக்தம் (யஜுர்வேதீ³ய) is the Saraswati Suktam sequence preserved here from the Krishna Yajurveda liturgical tradition, with selected mantras from the Taittiriya Samhita and Rigveda. It is shorter than the Rigvedic Saraswati collection, but it is ritually concentrated: Saraswati is invoked as protectress of inspired thoughts, as one who comes to the sacrifice, as the giver of shelter, nourishment, friendship, and auspicious speech.

The Yajurvedic form places Saraswati inside the working world of யஜ்ஞ, where mantras are used to consecrate, invite, protect, and complete sacred action. The goddess is not only praised as a river or as learning; she is asked to actively hold the intellect, hear the invocation, give firm refuge, nourish all desirable goods, and guide the worshipper away from barren ground.

ஓம் ॥

Translation (பா⁴வார்த²):
The recitation opens with OM, placing the hymn under the sacred sound that begins and sanctifies Vedic prayer.

(தை.ஸம்.1.8.22)
ப்ர ணோ॑ தே॒³வீ ஸர॑ஸ்வதீ॒ வாஜே॑பி⁴ர்வா॒ஜினீ॑வதீ ।
தீ॒⁴னாம॑வி॒த்ர்ய॑வது ॥

Translation (பா⁴வார்த²):
May the divine Saraswati, rich in strength, nourishment, and sacred abundance, protect our inspired thoughts.

ஆ நோ॑ தி॒³வோ ப்³ரு॑ஹ॒த: பர்வ॑தா॒தா³ ஸர॑ஸ்வதீ யஜ॒தா க॑³ந்து ய॒ஜ்ஞம் ।
ஹவம்॑ தே॒³வீ ஜு॑ஜுஷா॒ணா க்⁴ரு॒தாசீ॑ ஶ॒க்³மாம் நோ॒ வாச॑முஶ॒தீ ஶ்ரு॑ணோது ॥

Translation (பா⁴வார்த²):
May worshipful Saraswati come to our sacrifice from the great heaven and the lofty mountain. May the goddess accept our invocation; may she, bright and nourishing like ghee, willingly hear our auspicious speech.

(தை.ஸம்.4.1.11)
பாவீ॑ரவீ க॒ன்யா॑ சி॒த்ராயு:॒ ஸர॑ஸ்வதீ வீ॒ரப॑த்னீ॒ தி⁴யம்॑ தா⁴த் ।
க்³னாபி॒⁴ரச்சி॑²த்³ரக்³ம் ஶர॒ணக்³ம் ஸ॒ஜோஷா॑ து³ரா॒த⁴ர்ஷம்॑ க்³ருண॒தே ஶர்ம॑ யக்³ம்ஸத் ॥

Translation (பா⁴வார்த²):
May Saraswati, youthful and radiant with wondrous life, the lady of heroic power, establish understanding. Together with the divine powers, may she grant an unbroken, harmonious refuge, hard for hostile forces to overpower, and may she extend protective peace for the one who praises her.

(ரு.வே.7.95.5)
இ॒மா ஜுஹ்வா᳚னா யு॒ஷ்மதா³ நமோ᳚பி॒⁴: ப்ரதி॒ ஸ்தோமம்᳚ ஸரஸ்வதி ஜுஷஸ்வ ।
தவ॒ ஶர்ம᳚ன்ப்ரி॒யத॑மே॒ த³தா᳚⁴னா॒ உப॑ ஸ்தே²யாம ஶர॒ணம் ந வ்ரு॒க்ஷம் ॥

Translation (பா⁴வார்த²):
O Saraswati, accept this hymn that we offer to you with reverence. Holding your dearest shelter, may we come near and stand beneath your protection as one rests under a tree.

(ரு.வே.1.164.49)
யஸ்தே॒ ஸ்தன:॑ ஶஶ॒யோ யோ ம॑யோ॒பூ⁴ர்யேன॒ விஶ்வா॒ புஷ்ய॑ஸி॒ வார்யா॑ணி ।
யோ ர॑த்ன॒தா⁴ வ॑ஸு॒வித்³ய: ஸு॒த³த்ர:॒ ஸர॑ஸ்வதி॒ தமி॒ஹ தா⁴த॑வே க: ॥

Translation (பா⁴வார்த²):
O Saraswati, your nourishing breast is joy-giving; through it you sustain all desirable goods. It is treasure-bearing, wealth-knowing, and generous in giving. May that nourishing source be placed here for us.

(ரு.வே.6.61.14)
ஸர॑ஸ்வத்ய॒பி⁴ நோ᳚ நேஷி॒ வஸ்யோ॒ மாப॑ ஸ்ப²ரீ:॒ பய॑ஸா॒ மா ந॒ ஆ த॑⁴க் ।
ஜு॒ஷஸ்வ॑ ந: ஸ॒க்²யா வே॒ஶ்யா᳚ ச॒ மா த்வத் க்ஷேத்ரா॒ண்யர॑ணானி க³ன்ம ॥

Translation (பா⁴வார்த²):
O Saraswati, guide us toward welfare and desirable good. Do not overwhelm or afflict us with your flood; accept our friendships and our settled nearness. May we not go away from you into barren or hostile fields.

(ரு.வே.6.61.2)
இ॒யம் ஶுஷ்மே᳚பி⁴ர்பி³ஸ॒கா² இ॑வாருஜ॒த்ஸானு॑ கி³ரீ॒ணாம் த॑வி॒ஷேபி॑⁴ரூ॒ர்மிபி॑⁴: ।
பா॒ரா॒வ॒த॒க்⁴னீமவ॑ஸே ஸுவ்ரு॒க்திபி॑⁴ஸ்ஸர॑ஸ்வதீ॒ மா வி॑வாஸேம தீ॒⁴திபி॑⁴: ॥

Translation (பா⁴வார்த²):
This Saraswati, by her force and powerful waves, breaks through mountain ridges as easily as fibrous roots are split. We worship and invoke her for help with well-formed hymns and inspired thoughts.

ஓம் ஶாந்தி:॒ ஶாந்தி:॒ ஶாந்தி:॑ ॥

Translation (பா⁴வார்த²):
May peace settle at every level: in unseen forces, in the surrounding world, and within the body, speech, and mind of the worshipper.

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