॥ Sri Saraswati Ashtakam English Lyrics ॥
sri ganesaya namah ।
satanika uvaca ।
mahamate mahaprajna sarvasastravisarada ।
aksinakarmabandhastu puruso dvijasattama ॥ 1 ॥
marane yajjapejjapyam yam ca bhavamanusmaran ।
param padamavapnoti tanme bruhi mahamune ॥ 2 ॥
saunaka uvaca ।
idameva maharaja prstavamste pitamahah ।
bhismam dharmavidam prsthedam dharmaputro yudhisthirah ॥ 3 ॥
yudhisthira uvaca ।
pitamaha mahaprajna sarvasastravisarada ।
brhaspatistuta devi vagisaya mahatmane ।
atmanam darsayamasa surya kotisamaprabham ॥ 4 ॥
sarasvatyuvaca ।
varam vrnisva bhadram te yatte manasi vartate ।
brhaspatiruvaca ।
yadi me varada devi divyajnanam prayaccha me ॥ 5 ॥
devyuvaca ।
hanta te nirmalam jnanam kumatidhvamsakarakam ।
stotrenanena ye bhaktya mam stuvanti manisinah ॥ 6 ॥
brhaspatiruvaca ।
labhate paramam jnanam yatsurairapi durlabham ।
prapnoti puruso nityam mahamayaprasadatah ॥ 7 ॥
sarasvatyuvaca ।
trisandhyam prayato nityam pathedastakamuttamam ।
tasya kanthe sada vasam karisyami na samsayah ॥ 8 ॥
iti sri padmapurane divyajnanapradayakam sarasvatyastaka astotram sampurnam ॥
