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Dear Bhagavataas,

But I have heard/chanted a slightly different version of the 1st sloka since my 
childhood as given below.

kara agrE vasathE lakshmee kara madhyE saraswathee |
kara moolE Sthithe gouri: prabhaathE kara dharsanam 

And immediately after reciting sloka, I have seen people reciting the following 
sloka also.

Samudra vasanE dEvi parvatha sthana mandalE
Vishnu patnI namasthubhyam paada sparsha kshamaswamE

Regards
Mohan.R




On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 M.G.Vasudevan wrote :
>Dear sri vaishNava perunthagaiyeer,
>
>Generally we, Sri vaishNavaas consider 'saraswathee' as a secondary level 
>dhEvathai and do not consider the worship of her as that much important. Let 
>us see few points here about this secondary dhEvathai.
>
>As a first step in the very morning we are advised to see our own hand - kara 
>dharsanam - as we open our eyes after a good night's sleep. It is also said 
>that following are the things we can have a look at first, in the day, as we 
>open our eyes in the morning, from the bed
> 1.    Our own right hand palm
> 2.    A mirror (so that we see ourselves)
> 3.    One's own wife
> 4.    The gOpuram of a temple
> 5.    The sun or a light
> 6.    Gold or gold jewelry
> 7.    The green field etc.
>[for ladies also same right palm to see - only for seeing palmistry hands are 
>changed according to the gender]
>[for ladies it is not said in the saasthraas, that it is good to see your 
>husband's face in the very morning]
>
>It is also advised that while seeing the hand, think about [or recite] this 
>slOkam.
>
>kara agrE vasathE lakshmee kara moolE saraswathee |
>kara madhyE thu gOvindha: prabhaathE kara dharsanam ||
>
>meaning: In the morning see the hand [your own hand] [for that reminds you to 
>recall] and remember lakshmee, saraswathee, and gOvindhan, for,
> *     In the edge of the hand or fore fingers lives lakshmee, the periya 
> piraatti.
> *     In the corner of hand or in the hind hand or near the wrists where palm 
> meets the wrists resides saraswathee, the god of vaak - voice, or education.
> *     In the center of palm resides gOvindhan, [my krishNa].
>
>So in the morning, the sri vaishNavan [or for that matter all others also] is 
>asked to think about perumaL, piraatti, and the vaak dhEvi. That also reminds 
>us, as the second thought of the day, on the importance of the hands through 
>which tool, all work is done for the rest of the day. So it can also be said 
>as paying gratitude to the tool in the morning [which is what a big 
>celebration on aayudha pooja or saraswathi pooja in the month of September].
>
>Similarly when we start the very first stage of learning alphabets in the 
>childhood, called akshara abhyaasam in sanskrit, we are also taught another 
>slOkam by our parents as well the bruhaspathi -
>
>saraswathee namasthubhyam vara dhE kaama roopiNee |
>vidhyaa aarambham karishyaami sidhDhir bhavathu mE sadhaa||
>
>meaning: hey saraswathee dhEvee, [the athidhEvathaa for vaak or learning], 
>[also one who is in the form of learning], please grant me this boon according 
>[to my desire], I prostrate to you and start my education [or the learning 
>process], please make it a success.
>
>Next slOkam taught while starting the akshara abhyaasam or learning alphabets 
>is
>
>gnaana aanandha mayam dhEvam nirmala spatika aakruthim |
>aadhaaram sarva vidhyaanaam hayagreevam upaasmahaE ||
>1st slOkam of sree hayagreeva sthOthram by sri nigamaantha mahaa dhEsikan
>
>meaning: I bow to that lord hayagreevan - one who has the horse like neck,
> *     who is also the embodiment of wisdom and happiness,
> *     who also has a spotless clean body like the spatikam - crystal,
> *     who is also the basis of all education.
>
>May be as you grow and do the prapaththi to sreeman naaraayaNan through the 
>guidance of a sath aachaaryan, then the first two slOkams [out of 3 above] may 
>become a bit irrelevant. But one definitely undergoes in the early stages of 
>life, the above two slOkams. Any later day prapannan can check with their 
>parents whether they have gone through these two slOkams or not before 
>contradicting me.
>
>Also I wish to recall a beautiful slOkam from sri yaadhava abhyudhayam of sri 
>nigamaantha mahaa dhEsikan.
>
>sa kavi: kathyathE srashtaa ramathe yathra bhaarathee |
>rasaa bhaava guNee bhoothair alankaarair guNOdhayai: ||
>slOkam 5 chapter 1
>
>meaning: [as given by sree uththamoor swamy - freely translated by MGV and 
>hence seeks pardon for any mistakes] That person is called a kavi who can 
>create rare literary creations, in whom bhaarathee - the vaak dhEvi or 
>saraswathee - resides with love, and gives him
> *     deep tastes of rasaas like srunkaara etc,
> *     suitable matter to evoke these rasaas,
> *     alankaaraas,
> *     characters [guNaas],
> *     vyangayaa meanings [suggested meanings and spotted meanings] and
> *     matter not so important to fill in gaps if any, etc.
>
>So unless a person has the grace of saraswathee one can not be a kavi - why a 
>kavi - even a simple education also may not be achieved.
>
>Dear bhakthaas, now a doubt comes to your mind why this person is elaborating 
>all these, which we all know. I want to raise a doubt on the capabilities of 
>saraswathee. That is why all these poorva peedikai - prelude to that. What is 
>the question etc we will see in next post.
>
>Dhaasan
>
>Vasudevan m.g.
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