007-sarasvatee sukta

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The following 3 riks form "sarasvatee sUkta". Somepeople add one more rik to this, which also I amgiving as the last.

िऋष - मधु चछनदा वैिशामतः। छनद: - गायती । दॆवा - सरवी

ṛṣi - madhucchandā vaiśvāmitraḥ| chanda: - gāyatrī |devatā - sarasvatī

पावका सरवी वाजिेभर् िवाजीवी

यम् वु िधयावसुः --१. ०३. १०

pāvakā nassarasvatī vājebhir vājinīvatī yajñam vaṣṭu dhiyāvasuḥ --1. 03. 10

May sarasvatī, who purifies, who is bestower of food(havis of the sacrifices), and who also causes thewealth arising out of karma (duty, work), come to oursacrifice with the food to be given to the

worshippers.

ोिदयती स ूृााम् ेनी सुमीाम्

यम् दधे सरवी --१. ०३. ११

codayitrī sūnṛtānāmcetantī sumatīnām

yajñam dadhe sarasvatī --1. 03. 11

May sarasvatī who impels people to speak truth, andinduces the good people to follow the right path,protect our sacrifices (yajnas).



महो अ णसरवी ेिय केु ा

िधयो िवशा िव रािज --१. ०३. १२

maho ar–ṇassarasvatī pra cetayati ketunādhiyo viśvā vi rājati --1. 03. 12

sarasvatī who in her form of the flowing river givesus plenty of water. She illuminates the intellect of those who perform good deeds (yajnas).

In respect of the above sUktas, sAyaNAcArya saysthat sarasvatī has two forms, the 'vigraha' and theriver; the first and the second riks describe her asvigraha, while the third refers to her nadī form.

The fourth rik which is seen included in 'sarasvatī sūktam' is given below:

िऋष - भराजः बाहपयः । छनदः - गायती । दॆवा - सरवी

ṛṣi - bharadvājaḥ bārhaspatyaḥ | chandaḥ - gāyatrī |devatā - sarasvatī

णो देवी सरवी वाजिेभविजीवी

धीािमवयवु --६. ६१. ०४

praṇo devī sarasvatī vājebhirvājinīvatī dhīnāmavitryavatu --6. 61. 04

May sarasvatī, who is bounteous, giver of plentiful



food and guardian of those who meditate on(worship) her, protect (satisfy) us.

The 14 ṛks in this sūkta (6.61) are about sarasvatī.

There are about 50 references to sarasvatī in theṛgveda, it is stated.(http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Vedic_Sarasvati_River).

These references to the (river) sarasvatī are of crucial importance in the debate on Aryan invasion(immigration) theory. Those who support that the

vedic Aryans originated in the sub-continent itself,rely on the nadī sūkta (R.V.10.75) viz.,

िऋष: - िसनधु ि् यैमॆधः । छनदः - जगी । दॆवा - ः

ṛṣi: - sindhukṣit praiyamedhaḥ | chandaḥ - jagatī |devatā - nadyaḥ

इमम् मे गंगे यमु े सरिव ुिुोमँ सा पया िअसनया म ृधे िव याजकीये ृणुा सुषोमया --१०. ७५. ०५

imam me gaṃge yamune sarasvatiśutudristomam̐ sacatā paruṣṇyāasiknyā marudvṛdhe vitastayārjīkīye śṛṇuhyā suṣomayā --10. 75. 05

Since the rivers are cited from the easternmost(gangA) westwards, those who support the"autochthonous aryan" hypothesis, state that this isample proof of the aryans having started from theeast, near Ganga and going westwards. Those



opposed to this view say that this nadī sūkta appearsin book X which is one of the late compilations ascompared to the "family books" which wasmentioned in the introduction, and hence it has to be

inferred that the ṛgvedic people did not initially knowabout Ganga but came to know about it only in laterstages, etc. (Of, course these are only part of theargument for and against the ṛgvedic people comingfrom the NW of India.)

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