Mantra
Devanagari:
सिन्धुमाता स्वधया सरस्वत्यै जुहोमि हविरुत्तमम्
मयि मेधां मयि प्रजां मयि तेजो दधातु नः
ज्योक्च सूर्यं दृशे शतं जीवेम शरदः
Transliteration:
Sindhumata Svadhaya Sarasvatyai Juhomi Haviruttamam
Mayi Medham Mayi Prajam Mayi Tejo Dadhatu Nah
Jyokcha Suryam Drishe Shatam Jivema Sharadah
Translation:
Unto Saraswati, mother of sacred streams of wisdom, I offer the choicest oblation with devotion;
May He place intelligence, noble progeny, and spiritual radiance within us,
And may we live a hundred autumns, long beholding the glorious Sun.