Saraswati Chalisa, Saraswati Mata Chalisa
Saraswati Chalisa, Saraswati Mata Chalisa
Jai Shri Sakal Buddhi Balrasi
|| dohA ||
janaka janani pada kamala raja,
nija mastaka para dhAri|
bandauM mAtu sarasvatI,
buddhi bala de dAtAri||
pUrNa jagata meM vyApta tava,
mahimA amita anaMtu|
rAmasAgara ke pApa ko,
mAtu tuhI aba hantu||
|| caupAI ||
jaya zrI sakala buddhi balarAsI|
jaya sarvajJa amara avinAsI||
jaya jaya jaya vINAkara dhArI|
karatI sadA suhaMsa savArI||
rUpa caturbhujadhArI mAtA|
sakala vizva andara vikhyAtA||
jaga meM pApa buddhi jaba hotI|
jabahi dharma kI phIkI jyotI||
tabahi mAtu le nija avatArA|
pApa hIna karatI mahi tArA||
bAlmIki jI the bahama jJAnI|
tava prasAda jAnai saMsArA||
rAmAyaNa jo race banAI|
Adi kavI kI padavI pAI||
kAlidAsa jo bhaye vikhyAtA|
terI kRpA dRSTi se mAtA||
tulasI sUra Adi viddhAnA|
bhaye aura jo jJAnI nAnA||
tinhahiM na aura raheu avalambA|
kevala kRpA ApakI ambA||
karahu kRpA soi mAtu bhavAnI|
dukhita dIna nija dAsahi jAnI||
putra karai aparAdha bahUtA|
tehi na dharai cita sundara mAtA||
rAkhu lAja jananI aba merI|
vinaya karUM bahu bhA~ti ghanerI||
maiM anAtha terI avalaMbA|
kRpA karau jaya jaya jagadaMbA||
madhu kaiTabha jo ati balavAnA|
bAhuyuddha viSNU te ThAnA||
samara hajAra pAMca meM ghorA|
phira bhI mukha unase nahiM morA||
mAtu sahAya bhaI tehi kAlA|
buddhi viparIta karI khalahAlA||
tehi te mRtyu bhaI khala kerI|
puravahu mAtu manoratha merI||
caMDa muNDa jo the vikhyAtA|
chaNa mahuM saMhAreu tehi mAtA||
raktabIja se samaratha pApI|
sura-muni hRdaya dharA saba kAMpI||
kATeu sira jima kadalI khambA|
bAra bAra binavauM jagadaMbA||
jaga prasiddha jo zuMbha nizuMbhA|
china meM badhe tAhi tU ambA||
bharata-mAtu budhi phereu jAI|
rAmacandra banavAsa karAI||
ehi vidhi rAvana vadha tuma kInhA|
sura nara muni saba kahuM sukha dInhA||
ko samaratha tava yaza guna gAnA|
nigama anAdi anaMta bakhAnA||
viSNu rUdra aja sakahiM na mArI|
jinakI ho tuma rakSAkArI||
rakta dantikA aura zatAkSI|
nAma apAra hai dAnava bhakSI||
durgama kAja dharA para kInhA|
durgA nAma sakala jaga lInhA||
durga Adi haranI tU mAtA|
kRpA karahu jaba jaba sukhadAtA||
nRpa kopita jo mArana cAhai|
kAnana meM ghere mRga nAhai||
sAgara madhya pota ke bhaMge|
ati tUphAna nahiM koU saMge||
bhUta preta bAdhA yA duHkha meM|
ho daridra athavA saMkaTa meM||
nAma jape maMgala saba hoI|
saMzaya isameM karai na koI||
putrahIna jo Atura bhAI|
sabai chAMr3i pUjeM ehi mAI||
karai pATha nita yaha cAlIsA|
hoya putra sundara guNa IsA||
dhUpAdika naivedya caDhAvai|
saMkaTa rahita avazya ho jAvai||
bhakti mAtu kI karai hamezA|
nikaTa na Avai tAhi kalezA||
baMdI pATha kareM zata bArA|
baMdI pAza dUra ho sArA||
karahu kRpA bhavamukti bhavAnI|
mo kahaM dAsa sadA nija jAnI||
|| dohA ||
mAtA sUraja kAnti tava,
aMdhakAra mama rUpa|
DUbana te rakSA karahu,
parUM na maiM bhava-kUpa||
bala buddhi vidyA dehuM mohi,
sunahu sarasvati mAtu|
adhama rAmasAgarahiM tuma,
Azraya deu punAtu||
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About This Stotram
Overview
The Saraswati Chalisa is a Hindi devotional chalisa dedicated to Goddess Saraswati, the deity of knowledge, music, arts, and speech. It follows the chalisa format of forty verses (chaupais) and belongs to the medieval Hindi devotional poetry tradition. The text is used primarily by students, scholars, and practitioners of arts who seek Saraswati's blessings for intellectual and creative pursuits.
What are the benefits of chanting Saraswati Chalisa?
- Enhancement of knowledge and intellectual capacity
- Improvement in concentration and memory
- Success in studies and academic examinations
- Development of eloquence and artistic talent
When is the best time to recite this?
Morning recitation is most common. Vasant Panchami is the primary occasion for its recitation. It is also recited before examinations and creative undertakings, or at the start of academic sessions.
What is the historical and traditional background?
The chalisa as a devotional genre is associated with the Bhakti movement and gained wide popularity from the medieval period onward in North Indian Hindu practice. Chalisas are composed in Hindi (often with Awadhi or Braj influences) and are structured for easy memorization and group recitation. The Saraswati Chalisa follows the same compositional conventions established in the genre. Its specific author is unknown. The text is part of a broader body of Saraswati devotional literature that spans Sanskrit stotras, Vedic hymns, and vernacular compositions.
Available scripts
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Related Texts
- Saraswati Stotram — a Sanskrit stotram honoring the same deity in the classical Sanskrit stotra tradition
- Santoshi Chalisa — another chalisa in this collection in the same Hindi devotional chalisa format