Mantra
Devanagari:
धियावसवे नमस्कृत्य सरस्वत्यै हविष्मन्तो विधेम ते
जीवेम शरदः शतमजीताः स्याम सर्वदा
Transliteration:
Dhiyavasave Namaskritya Sarasvatyai Havishmanto Vidhema Te
Jivema Sharadah Shatamajitah Syama Sarvada
Translation:
Bowing unto treasure-house of illumined thought, O Saraswati, bearing oblations we worship You;
May we live a hundred autumns, ever unconquered in spirit.