Today, the day of the fervent prayer to the Goddess, made me think about the prayers themselves. Let us begin with the prayer to Devi Saraswati. The prayer begins as a detailed description of the goddess of learning. Predominant therein is the colour white, symbolic of purity and innocence, But natural it is that the colour should be thus associated. With the onset of wisdom, all the internal crudities and darknesses vanish, and thus purified, we can hear the divine Veena that spellbinds all. The lotus symbol, too, signifies the mud that cannot sully the cleanliness in any way. What a prayer indeed to Devi Saraswati!
Yet another prayer to Devi is the `sarv mangal mangalye' stotra. She shows the right path to an earnest heart, says this prayer. Thus is praised the goddess who is the soul of holiness, she is the purity of the pure soul. She is `shiv' in all the meanings of the term. Hence the `namostute'. as a bowing down to the deity who is all that makes life the best, intellience, strength, bravery, in brief, all that is the best imaginable.
No wonder, it is said, she prayeth best who prayeth repeatedly from the bottom of her being, that is the head, heart and soul!
pratima@namah tasme, namah tasme, namah tasme, namo namah!
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