Sanskrit composition by Mysore Vasudevacharya
Raga Hindolam
Talam Adi
pallavi
mAmavatu shrI sarasvatI
kAmakOti pITHa nivAsinI
anupallavi
kOmala kara sarOja dhRta vINA
sImAtIta vara vAgvibhUshaNA
charaNam
rAjAdhirAja pUjita charaNA rAjIva nayanA ramaNIya vadanA
madhyamakAla sAhityam
sujana manOratha pUraNa chatura nijagala shObhita maNimaya hArA
aja bhava vandita vasudEva charaNARpita sakala Veda sARA
Meaning
Protect (ava - root av) me (mAm) Shri Saravati ! The One who lives (nivAsinI) in the seat of Kamakoti.
Holding (dhRuta) a Veena in your gentle (kOmala) lotus-like (sarOja) hands (kara), beyond (atIta) limits (sImA), bestower (varada) of beauty (vibhUshana) to speech (vAk).
One whose feet (charaNa) are worshipped by (pUjita) kings (rAja) and emperors (adhirAja), One with lotus-like (rAjiva) eyes (nayana) and a beautiful (ramaNiya) face (vadana).
Swift (chatura) to fulfil (pUraNa) the wishes (manOratha) of the virtuous (sujana), whose own (nija) neck (gala) is adorned by (shobhita) a jewelled (maNimaya) necklace (hAra).
Mother Sarasvati is the essence of all vEda-s offered at the feet of vAsudEva (bhagavAn) who is extolled (vandita) by Brahma (aja=without birth) and Shiva (bhava).
Bharatanatyam performed by Vimina Bagavath