Saraswati gayatri
Channel: Tammo Heikens
Date: 06/02/2019

Saraswati Gayatri Mantra

On the occasion of Saraswati Pooja 2019; which happens to be on januari 10th.
Another name for this festival is Basant Panchami and it ushers the beginning of a new spring.

Saraswati Puja is a worship to Mother Saraswati, goddess of wisdom, music, knowledge and speech.
Interestingly Saraswati originally is the name of an underground river and so the meaning of her name is “watery” The river is treated and respected as a goddess.
Saraswati is the spouse of Brahma whom is considered the Creator.
Therefor Saraswati is connected with all processes of creativity like music, poetry, dance etc. and also with science, knowledge and study of these objects.
She is also known by the name Vaach, meaning speech. She helps with everything that has to do with language, speech and communication. For instance she is known for having created the Devanagari script; which is the alphabet of the Sanskrit language.
Usually she is depicted having four arms; two of them holding a Vīna (stringed instrument) and other two holding a japamala and a book (representing knowledge, in particular the veda’s)
She wears white garments to symbolise purity as do the devotees during their worship. Often she is accompanied by one or more white swans or sometimes a peacock (or both)
Because of her specialities, Saraswati is being worshiped by musicians, students and scientists. 
Often she will be invoked and worshipped at the commencement of studies or for instance at a musical performance.
During the puja there will be blessing of musical instruments, books and also other tools used for creative arts.

For this special occasion I have created this small tribute to Saraswati in the form of a melody to a traditional mantra dedicated to Saraswati. This particular form is a so called Gayatri mantra consisting of 24 syllables in 3 lines of 8.
The first line concerns worship, the second line meditation and the last line prayer.

Free translated: “Saraswati You are the source of all knowledge and spouse of Brahma, we pray to You for your blessings.”


Aum Saraswatiye Vidhmahe
Brahmaputriye Dhimahī
Tanno Devi Prachodayāt

Composed and performed by Tammo Heikens
Lyrics traditional sanskrit mantra
Recorded at Studio 108, Utrecht, the Netherlands
©℗ 2019