SARASWATI SLOKAS

SARASWATI SLOKAS .

Human beings attain the highest level of wisdom by worshipping Saraswati and obtaining true knowledge.Before kids are taught to read and write, their parents obtain blessings from Goddess Saraswati by performing the ‘akshara abhyasam’.
Saraswathi Namasthubyam,Varadey Kaamarupinee!Vidhyarambham Karishyami,Sidhir bhavathu mey sada
Oh Goddess, Saraswathi, my humble salutations to you, who are the fulfiller of all my wishes. I start my studies with the request that thou will bestow Thy blessings on me
This prayer is chanted before beginning a class or at the beginning of one’s studies so that all learning may resolve in knowledge alone. It is addresses to Goddess Saraswathi, who symbolizes all forms of knowledge, including the knowledge of the performing arts.
Another sloka for kids is
Gnanananda Mayam DevamNirmala Spatika KruthimAadharam Sarva VidyanamHayagrivam Upasmahe
I promise myself before the Goddess who is the personification of knowledge and Happiness, who is very pure, and who is the basis of all learningSHANTI MANTRA
Om Sahana Vavatu Sahanau Bhunaktu
Sahaveeryam Karavavahai
Tejas Vinavati Tamastuma vidhwishavahai
Om Shanti Shanti ShantihiGURU PURNIMAGurubrahma Guruvishnu Gururdevo Maheshwaraha Guruhu sakshaat Parambrahman tasmai Shrigurave namaha
The guru is Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh (Shiva), veneration to the Guru who is Parabrahman manifest.
Today is Guru Purnima - the day in Hindu calendar where “gurus” or teachers are worshipped and venerated. Guru Purnima is traditionally celebrated on the day of the full moon (Purnima) in the Hindu month of Aashad. It is also known as Vyaas Purnima in veneration of sage Ved Vyas.
It was the great sage Vyasa, son of a fisherwoman, who classified the accumulated spiritual knowledge of the Vedas under four heads - Rig, Yajur, Saama and Atharva. To him goes the credit of composing the authentic treatise of Brahma-sootras to explain the background of Vedas. He carried the stories of our great saints and the spiritual and moral lessons to the common masses thru the eighteen Puranas and the Mahabharata. The Mahabharata includes the Bhagvad Geeta - the immortal song of God, another priceless contribution by Vyaasa Muni. Vyasa was the original guru so it is fitting that Guru Purnima honors him and all the gurus following him
So it got me thinking of what a Guru means to us in our lives….
The word “Guru” is derived from the Sanskrit root “Gu” means darkness or ignorance and “Ru” meaning the remover of that darkness. Therefore one who removes darkness of our ignorance is a Guru. All our teachers are our Gurus
According to the Bhagvad Geeta, however clever a student is he can never attain complete knowledge on his own, and a Guru is essential to the student’s ability to learn.
So on this day of Guru Purnima, I surrender myself at the feet of all my Gurus hoping I gain atleast a small percentage of their knowledge