Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·7·7.96
बृहद् उ गायिषे वचो ऽसुर्या नदीनाम् । सरस्वतीम् इन् महया सुवृक्तिभि स्तोमैर् वसिष्ठ रोदसी ॥
bṛhad u gāyiṣe vaco 'suryā nadīnām | sarasvatīm in mahayā suvṛktibhi stomair vasiṣṭha rodasī ||
I SING a lofty song, for she is mightiest, most divine of Streams. Sarasvati will I exalt with hymns and lauds, and, O Vasistha, Heaven and Earth.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
उभे यत् ते महिना शुभ्रे अन्धसी अधिक्षियन्ति पूरवः । सा नो बोध्य् अवित्री मरुत्सखा चोद राधो मघोनाम् ॥
ubhe yat te mahinā śubhre andhasī adhikṣiyanti pūravaḥ | sā no bodhy avitrī marutsakhā coda rādho maghonām ||
When in the fulness of their strength the Purus dwell, Beauteous One, on thy two grassy banks, Favour us thou who hast the Maruts for thy friends: stir up the bounty of our chiefs.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
भद्रम् इद् भद्रा कृणवत् सरस्वत्य् अकवारी चेतति वाजिनीवती । गृणाना जमदग्निवत् स्तुवाना च वसिष्ठवत् ॥
bhadram id bhadrā kṛṇavat sarasvaty akavārī cetati vājinīvatī | gṛṇānā jamadagnivat stuvānā ca vasiṣṭhavat ||
So may Sarasvati auspicious send good luck; she, rich in spoil, is never niggardly in thought, When praised in Jamadagni's way and lauded as Vasistha lauds.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
जनीयन्तो न्व् अग्रवः पुत्रीयन्तः सुदानवः । सरस्वन्तं हवामहे ॥
janīyanto nv agravaḥ putrīyantaḥ sudānavaḥ | sarasvantaṃ havāmahe ||
We call upon Sarasvan, as unmarried men who long for wives, As liberal men who yearn for sons.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
ये ते सरस्व ऊर्मयो मधुमन्तो घृतश्चुतः । तेभिर् नो ऽविता भव ॥
ye te sarasva ūrmayo madhumanto ghṛtaścutaḥ | tebhir no 'vitā bhava ||
Be thou our kind protector, O Sarasvan, with those waves of thine Laden with sweets and dropping oil.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
पीपिवांसं सरस्वत स्तनं यो विश्वदर्शतः । भक्षीमहि प्रजाम् इषम् ॥
pīpivāṃsaṃ sarasvata stanaṃ yo viśvadarśataḥ | bhakṣīmahi prajām iṣam ||
May we enjoy Sarasvan's breast, all-beautiful, that swells with streams, May we gain food and progeny.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)