The beautiful girl in white clothes — the goddess of Sarasvati is distinguished from an assembly of Vedic gods. It is allocated not only with beauty, but also purpose — she is a patroness of wisdom, knowledge and development, and its influence on the world is so strong, as for not only people, but also other gods.
Who is it?
Sarasvati has many names: Vak, Vagishvari, Vagdevi, Vanya.
Whether you know? Even her primary name makes sacral sense: са designates creation, the beginning, ра bears in itself nutritious energy of life, and Swati marks communication with the benefit.
As spouse Brakhma who created the Universe she acts as the dobra understanding and patient mother. The goddess of knowledge, cultures, arts teaches the children slowly, it is important for her that grains of science fell to the fertile field and yielded a qualitative harvest. Sarasvati cares for that the doctrine was used for good deeds.
Sometimes it also call Vak-Davy — the goddess of the speech, mother of the sacred Veda. It is considered that exactly thanks to beneficial influence of Vak-Davy the speech of other devov-gods is so clean and beautiful.
The queen of gods is popular in various philosophical and religious trends:
- at Buddhists the part of the spouse of Mandzhushri is assigned to it;
- Hindus connect it with Brahma, Ganesh and Vishnu.
Both for gods, and for the people believing in her the goddess of wisdom is an embodiment of quiet rest and friendliness, emphasized with purity and nobility.
History of origin
The truth how Sarasvati was born, acquired legends for a long time. Some sources claim that Brahma was her father before became the husband, others call her parents Shiva and Durgu.
Important! At all times she was esteemed in three embodiments: goddesses, rivers, words.
As the deity it united art, literature, music and even was a wife of the creator of the worlds Bramah, however the silent spouse did not make her creative nature happy.
As for Sarasvati river, long time believers came to its coast to be cleaned from sins, to gain knowledge and to be exempted from future regenerations. And though in India there are many rivers devoted to gods to the river of this goddess there were believers spiritual freedom and an enlightenment. But at the beginning of the 9th century AD its river began to dry up as India lost interest in education, people did not wish to look for spirituality in a pursuit of material. Then the goddess interfered with mankind history, having generated the son from the ascetic who remained is faithful to aspiration to knowledge. The son called Sarasvati and if to trust a legend, he revived science and education in India. Except clarification, the river still symbolized:
- Grace and abundance. Spreading, the river feeds the soil, guaranteeing a rich harvest, and knowledge gives to people wellbeing.
- Purity and innocence. As flowing water in the river washes away dirt, and the doctrine is capable to clean reason of the person from ignorance and slavery.
Iconography: as the goddess looks
Surprisingly, but Sarasvati is quite popular and today, especially among practicing yoga therefore its image can often be met in classes for occupations.
Learn more about such directions in yoga as Kundalini, Bkhakti, Ayengara, Kriyya, Prana and Atma Kriya of the yogi.
The goddess embodying knowledge, art and science is incredibly beautiful, and her gestures are full of grace. She always appears in an image of the white-skinned woman dressed in snow-white dresses, white — color of true knowledge. Seldom when to it add yellow is color of the mustard blossoming in the spring during a festival in honor of the goddess.
Important! Instead of expensive jewelry and gold it is painted by white flowers, symbolizing that the spiritual wealth and knowledge is more important than material benefits for Sarasvati.
On eyebrows of the goddess it is possible to see the lunar sickle indicating her communication with water which spares life to all live and at the same time acts as the second embodiment of the goddess.
Feature of Sarasvati are four hands, each of which is responsible for a certain party of human character:
- mind;
- activity;
- intelligence;
- ego.
Though occasionally Sarasvati is represented as eight - or the desyatiruky woman.
Attributes of Sarasvati
The dynamic personality of Sarasvati is always represented with certain objects or plants which bear in themselves deep meaning.
The main attributes of the queen of gods and patronesses of sciences are:
- wine — the musical instrument symbolizing transformation of energy of a shakta into different types of creativity;
- beads (dzhalamala) — a symbol of mantras, vibrations which are the cornerstone of universal wisdom and help to set in harmonies in the world;
- the book (the roll occurs in some versions) — an embodiment of knowledge.
Sometimes in hands of the goddess it is possible to see the sacred Veda, a lotus flower, even a staff or onions.
Whether you know? Sarasvati has two faithful companions: swan and peacock.
The snow-white bird has ability to distinguish the truth from a lie as grains from a ryegrass. Also a swan — a symbol of purity and spiritual knowledge whereas the peacock the bright beautiful plumage shows a variety and beauty of the Universe. Sometimes its presence is treated as an embodiment of arts and wordly knowledge.
How to address also what to ask from the deity
Sarasvati — the generous goddess therefore often ask it for the help and blessing. However, despite the kindness, it helps only those who do not conceal in themselves the evil whose heart is opened for people and the world and can strictly punish those who hide true motives under cover of good intentions.
To Sarasvati request the help:
- in achievement of harmony, wisdom;
- in the course of study that memory was long, and knowledge — full;
- in development of oratorical abilities;
- in finding of tranquility, cold mind.
Influence on life of people
In a tandem with Varuna Sarasvati controls intelligence, a vishudh chakra, kidneys and also water-salt balance in a human body. Under its management there is also a work of a pancreas.
Important! Influence of Sarasvati on people is also shown through vaast or the hair dryer-shuy — the doctrine leading to harmony in everyday life which is so popular today in the West and in east countries.
There is an opinion that today the goddess left the human world, the lie, envy, hostility and hatred of a modern civilization destroy harmony both in private life of each individual, and in all society. Only occasionally the goddess blesses with the protection the elite.
The goddesses who got to favor find arrangement and attention of people around, love them and respect for their powerful contribution to development of any given sphere of human life. Sarasvati is kind that who creates for general welfare, restoration of harmony in the world. It grants them judiciousness, wisdom, teaches compassion, mercy, strengthens their love for neighbors.
Whether you know? AYM activates power channels in language of the person, giving forces it to words and promoting realization of his desires.
However those whose works, start up also creative, are directed to destruction whose texts bear in themselves a lie and hypocrisy whose words are empty and senseless and also it punishes aggressive, fussy persons, depriving of them vital force.
Mantras of Sarasvati
For the appeal to Sarasvati it is possible to use mantras which text needs to be repeated several times. It is better to begin meditation with AYM — a bidzha-mantra of the goddess, 108 times are desirable to read it, and then to pass to other mantras of Sarasvati.
To the queen of gods it is possible to handle a request for support and the help by means of the following words:
DZHAYA OF DZHAYA OF DAVY CHARACHAR TO SARA OF SHCHOBKHIT MUKTAKHARE VINAPUSTAK RADZHITAKHASTE BKHAGAVATI BKHARATI'S KUCHAYUG OF DAVY OF NAMASTE
Glory to you, Davy, the center of the Universe, You whose breast is topped with a garland of pearls, You whose hands caress fault, you holding the book about Bkhagavati, about Bkharati Davy! I am KUNDENDU TUSHARAKHARA DHAVALA I SHCHUBHRA VASTRAVRITA I VINA VARADANDA MANDITAKARA I SHCHVETA PADMASANA I BRAKHMACHYYUTA SHCHANKARA PRABKHRITIBKHIR DEVAYH of SADAH to the STALEMATE of SARASVATI of BKHAGAVATI NIHSHCHESH DZHADYAPAKH
That who snow-white color of a jasmine, color of the moon and pearls, dressed in white clothes, that who two hands plays on Win, and two other hands of which represent gestures of talent of the benefits and deserved punishment, sitting on a white lotus and esteemed by all gods including Brahma, Vishnu and Makheshvari and will remove She all obstacles and yes she will protect me, the Goddess of Sarasvati.
Reading mantras helps to be protected from vanity, to clean reason from dirty thoughts and to find wisdom, composure. Thus, in the person the natural balance, natural harmony to which the wise goddess of Sarasvati leads mankind is restored.