Saraswati Chalisa, Saraswati Mata Chalisa
Saraswati Chalisa, Saraswati Mata Chalisa
Saraswati Chalisa, Saraswati Mata Chalisa
Jai Shri Sakal Buddhi Balrasi
|| dohā ||
janaka janani pada kamala raja,
nija mastaka para dhāri|
bandauṃ mātu sarasvatī,
buddhi bala de dātāri||
pūrṇa jagata meṃ vyāpta tava,
mahimā amita anaṃtu|
rāmasāgara ke pāpa ko,
mātu tuhī aba hantu||
|| caupāī ||
jaya śrī sakala buddhi balarāsī|
jaya sarvajña amara avināsī||
jaya jaya jaya vīṇākara dhārī|
karatī sadā suhaṃsa savārī||
rūpa caturbhujadhārī mātā|
sakala viśva andara vikhyātā||
jaga meṃ pāpa buddhi jaba hotī|
jabahi dharma kī phīkī jyotī||
tabahi mātu le nija avatārā|
pāpa hīna karatī mahi tārā||
bālmīki jī the bahama jñānī|
tava prasāda jānai saṃsārā||
rāmāyaṇa jo race banāī|
ādi kavī kī padavī pāī||
kālidāsa jo bhaye vikhyātā|
terī kṛpā dṛṣṭi se mātā||
tulasī sūra ādi viddhānā|
bhaye aura jo jñānī nānā||
tinhahiṃ na aura raheu avalambā|
kevala kṛpā āpakī ambā||
karahu kṛpā soi mātu bhavānī|
dukhita dīna nija dāsahi jānī||
putra karai aparādha bahūtā|
tehi na dharai cita sundara mātā||
rākhu lāja jananī aba merī|
vinaya karūṃ bahu bhā~ti ghanerī||
maiṃ anātha terī avalaṃbā|
kṛpā karau jaya jaya jagadaṃbā||
madhu kaiṭabha jo ati balavānā|
bāhuyuddha viṣṇū te ṭhānā||
samara hajāra pāṃca meṃ ghorā|
phira bhī mukha unase nahiṃ morā||
mātu sahāya bhaī tehi kālā|
buddhi viparīta karī khalahālā||
tehi te mṛtyu bhaī khala kerī|
puravahu mātu manoratha merī||
caṃḍa muṇḍa jo the vikhyātā|
chaṇa mahuṃ saṃhāreu tehi mātā||
raktabīja se samaratha pāpī|
sura-muni hṛdaya dharā saba kāṃpī||
kāṭeu sira jima kadalī khambā|
bāra bāra binavauṃ jagadaṃbā||
jaga prasiddha jo śuṃbha niśuṃbhā|
china meṃ badhe tāhi tū ambā||
bharata-mātu budhi phereu jāī|
rāmacandra banavāsa karāī||
ehi vidhi rāvana vadha tuma kīnhā|
sura nara muni saba kahuṃ sukha dīnhā||
ko samaratha tava yaśa guna gānā|
nigama anādi anaṃta bakhānā||
viṣṇu rūdra aja sakahiṃ na mārī|
jinakī ho tuma rakṣākārī||
rakta dantikā aura śatākṣī|
nāma apāra hai dānava bhakṣī||
durgama kāja dharā para kīnhā|
durgā nāma sakala jaga līnhā||
durga ādi haranī tū mātā|
kṛpā karahu jaba jaba sukhadātā||
nṛpa kopita jo mārana cāhai|
kānana meṃ ghere mṛga nāhai||
sāgara madhya pota ke bhaṃge|
ati tūphāna nahiṃ koū saṃge||
bhūta preta bādhā yā duḥkha meṃ|
ho daridra athavā saṃkaṭa meṃ||
nāma jape maṃgala saba hoī|
saṃśaya isameṃ karai na koī||
putrahīna jo ātura bhāī|
sabai chāṃr̤i pūjeṃ ehi māī||
karai pāṭha nita yaha cālīsā|
hoya putra sundara guṇa īsā||
dhūpādika naivedya caḍhāvai|
saṃkaṭa rahita avaśya ho jāvai||
bhakti mātu kī karai hameśā|
nikaṭa na āvai tāhi kaleśā||
baṃdī pāṭha kareṃ śata bārā|
baṃdī pāśa dūra ho sārā||
karahu kṛpā bhavamukti bhavānī|
mo kahaṃ dāsa sadā nija jānī||
|| dohā ||
mātā sūraja kānti tava,
aṃdhakāra mama rūpa|
ḍūbana te rakṣā karahu,
parūṃ na maiṃ bhava-kūpa||
bala buddhi vidyā dehuṃ mohi,
sunahu sarasvati mātu|
adhama rāmasāgarahiṃ tuma,
āśraya deu punātu||
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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
This text is available in 14 scripts: devanagari, tamil, telugu, kannada, malayalam, gujarati, bengali, iast, gurmukhi, oriya, assamese, sinhala, itrans, hk. Use the script selector above to switch between them.
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