Saraswati Chalisa, Saraswati Mata Chalisa
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||
|| chaupAI ||
jaya shrI sakala buddhi balarAsI|
jaya sarvaj~na amara avinAsI||
jaya jaya jaya vINAkara dhArI|
karatI sadA suhaMsa savArI||
rUpa chaturbhujadhArI mAtA|
sakala vishva 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 j~nAnI|
tava prasAda jAnai saMsArA||
rAmAyaNa jo rache banAI|
Adi kavI kI padavI pAI||
kAlidAsa jo bhaye vikhyAtA|
terI kRRipA dRRiShTi se mAtA||
tulasI sUra Adi viddhAnA|
bhaye aura jo j~nAnI nAnA||
tinhahiM na aura raheu avalambA|
kevala kRRipA ApakI ambA||
karahu kRRipA soi mAtu bhavAnI|
dukhita dIna nija dAsahi jAnI||
putra karai aparAdha bahUtA|
tehi na dharai chita sundara mAtA||
rAkhu lAja jananI aba merI|
vinaya karUM bahu bhA.Nti ghanerI||
maiM anAtha terI avalaMbA|
kRRipA karau jaya jaya jagadaMbA||
madhu kaiTabha jo ati balavAnA|
bAhuyuddha viShNU te ThAnA||
samara hajAra pAMcha meM ghorA|
phira bhI mukha unase nahiM morA||
mAtu sahAya bhaI tehi kAlA|
buddhi viparIta karI khalahAlA||
tehi te mRRityu bhaI khala kerI|
puravahu mAtu manoratha merI||
chaMDa muNDa jo the vikhyAtA|
ChaNa mahuM saMhAreu tehi mAtA||
raktabIja se samaratha pApI|
sura-muni hRRidaya dharA saba kAMpI||
kATeu sira jima kadalI khambA|
bAra bAra binavauM jagadaMbA||
jaga prasiddha jo shuMbha nishuMbhA|
China meM badhe tAhi tU ambA||
bharata-mAtu budhi phereu jAI|
rAmachandra banavAsa karAI||
ehi vidhi rAvana vadha tuma kInhA|
sura nara muni saba kahuM sukha dInhA||
ko samaratha tava yasha guna gAnA|
nigama anAdi anaMta bakhAnA||
viShNu rUdra aja sakahiM na mArI|
jinakI ho tuma rakShAkArI||
rakta dantikA aura shatAkShI|
nAma apAra hai dAnava bhakShI||
durgama kAja dharA para kInhA|
durgA nAma sakala jaga lInhA||
durga Adi haranI tU mAtA|
kRRipA karahu jaba jaba sukhadAtA||
nRRipa kopita jo mArana chAhai|
kAnana meM ghere mRRiga 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|
saMshaya isameM karai na koI||
putrahIna jo Atura bhAI|
sabai ChAM.Di pUjeM ehi mAI||
karai pATha nita yaha chAlIsA|
hoya putra sundara guNa IsA||
dhUpAdika naivedya chaDhAvai|
saMkaTa rahita avashya ho jAvai||
bhakti mAtu kI karai hameshA|
nikaTa na Avai tAhi kaleshA||
baMdI pATha kareM shata bArA|
baMdI pAsha dUra ho sArA||
karahu kRRipA bhavamukti bhavAnI|
mo kahaM dAsa sadA nija jAnI||
|| dohA ||
mAtA sUraja kAnti tava,
aMdhakAra mama rUpa|
DUbana te rakShA karahu,
parUM na maiM bhava-kUpa||
bala buddhi vidyA dehuM mohi,
sunahu sarasvati mAtu|
adhama rAmasAgarahiM tuma,
Ashraya 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