Buddhi Stotra(Saraswati stotra.9)

 

Buddhi Stotra is in Sanskrit and it is written by shri Yadnayavalkya Rushi. It is a prayer made to Saraswati, Goddess of knowledge, intelligence, Speech, Poetry, Arts, singing, Memory and literature. Shri Yadnayavalkya Rushi is asking Devi Saraswati for the blessings. He is telling the Goddess that he has lost his memory, knowledge, intelligence and asking for her favour to give him everything again.
In the Stotra he reminds Saraswati how she had given her blessings to many people. At the end Goddess Saraswati appears in front of the Rushi and assures him to give him everything he has asked for.
By reciting this stotra, daily with faith and concentration we receive blessings from Saraswati and get proficiency in Speech, Poetry, knowledge etc.

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बुद्धिस्तोत्र 

याज्ञवल्क्य उवाच 

कृपां कुरु जगन्मातर्मामेवं हततेजसम् । 

गुरुशापात्स्मृतिभ्रष्टं विद्दाहीनं च दुःखितम् ॥ १ ॥ 

ज्ञानं देहि स्मृतिं विद्दां शक्तिं शिष्यप्रबोधिनीम् । 

ग्रंथकर्तृत्वशक्तिं च सुशिष्यं सुप्रतिष्ठितम् ॥ २ ॥ 

प्रतिभां सतसभायां च विचार क्षमतां शुभाम् । 

लुप्तं सर्वं दैवयोगान्नवीभूतं पुनः कुरु ॥ ३ ॥ 

यथांकुरं भस्मनि च करोति देवता पुनः । 

ब्रह्मस्वरुपा परमा ज्योतीरुपा सनातनी ॥ ४ ॥ 

सर्व विद्दाधिदेवी या तस्यै वाण्यै नमोनमः । 

विसर्गबिंदुमात्रासु यदधिष्ठानमेव च ॥ ५ ॥ 

तदधिष्ठात्री या देवी तस्यै नित्यै नमोनमः । 

व्याख्यास्वरुपा सा देवी व्याख्याधिष्ठातृरुपिणी ॥ ६ ॥ 

यया विनाप्रसंख्यावान संख्यां कर्तुं न शक्यते । 

कालसंख्यारुपा या तस्यै देव्यै नमोनमः ॥ ७ ॥ 

भ्रमसिद्धान्तरुपा या तस्यै देव्यै नमोनमः । 

स्मृतिशक्ति ज्ञानशक्ति बुद्धिशक्ति स्वरुपिणी ॥ ८ ॥ 

प्रतिभा कल्पनाशक्तिर्या च तस्यै नमोनमः । 

सनत्कुमारो ब्रह्माणं ज्ञानं पप्रच्छ यत्र वै ॥ ९ ॥ 

बभूव मूकवन्सोपि सिद्धान्तं कर्तुमक्षमः । 

तदा जगाम भगवानात्मा श्रीकृष्ण ईश्र्वरः ॥ १० ॥ 

उवाच स च तां स्तौहि वाणिमिष्टां प्रजापते । 

स च तुष्टाव तां ब्रह्मा चाज्ञया परमात्मनः ॥ ११ ॥ 

चकार तत्प्रसादेन तदा सिद्धान्तमुत्तमम् । 

यदाप्यनंतं पप्रच्छ ज्ञानमेकं वसुंधरा ॥ १२ ॥ 

बभूव मूकवत्सोपि सिद्धान्तं कर्तुमक्षमः । 

तदा तां च तुष्टाव संत्रस्त कश्यपाज्ञया ॥ १३ ॥ 

 ततश्र्चकार सिद्धान्तं निर्मलं भ्रमभंजनम् । 

व्यासः पुराणसूत्रं च पप्रच्छ वाल्मीकिं यदा ॥ १४ ॥ 

मौनीभूतश्र्च सस्मार तामेव जगदंबिकाम् । 

तदा चकार सिद्धान्तं तद्वरेण मुनीश्र्वरः ॥ १५ ॥ 

संप्राप्य निर्मलं ज्ञानं भ्रमांधध्वंसदीपकम् । 

पुराणसूत्रं श्रुत्वा च व्यासः कृष्णकलोद् भवः ॥ १६ ॥ 

तां शिवां वेद दध्यौ च शतवर्षं च पुष्करे । 

तदा त्वतो वरं प्राप्य सत्कवींद्रो बभूव ह ॥ १७ ॥ 

तदा वेदविभागं च पुराणं च चकार सः । 

यदा महेन्द्रः पप्रच्छ तत्वज्ञानं सदाशिवम् ॥ १८ ॥ 

क्षणं तामेव संचिंत्य तस्मै ज्ञानं ददौ विभुः । 

पप्रच्छ शब्दशास्त्रं च महेंद्रश्च बृहस्पतिम् ॥ १९ ॥ 

दिव्यं वर्षसहस्रं च सा त्वां दध्यौ च पुष्करे । 

तदा त्वत्तो वरं प्राप्य दिव्यंवर्षसहस्रकम् ॥ २० ॥ 

उवाच शब्दशास्त्रं च तदर्थं च सुरेश्र्वरम् । 

अध्यापिताश्च ये शिष्या यैरधीतं मुनीश्वरैः ॥ २१ ॥ 

ते च तां परिसंचिंत्य प्रवर्तते सुरेश्वरीम् । 

त्वं संस्तुता पूजिता च मुनीद्रैर्मुनिमानवैः ॥ २२ ॥ 

 दैत्येंद्रैश्चसुरैश्र्चापि ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवादिभिः । 

जडीभूतः सहस्रास्यः पंचवक्त्रश्चतुर्मुखः ॥ २३ ॥ 

यां स्तौतुं किमहं स्तौमि तामेकास्येन मानव: । 

इत्युक्त्वा याज्ञवल्क्यच भक्तिनम्रात्मकंधरः ॥ २४ ॥ 

प्रणनाम निराहारो रुरोद च मुहुर्मुहुः । 

ज्योतीरुपा महामाया तेन दृष्टाप्युवाच तम् ॥ २५ ॥ 

सुकवींद्रो भवेत्युक्वा वैकुंठं जगाम हे । 

याज्ञवल्क्यकृतं वाणीस्तोत्रमेतस्तु यः पठेत् ॥ २६ ॥ 

सुकवींद्रो महावाग्मी बृहस्पतिसमो भवेत् । 

महामूर्खश्च दुर्बुद्धिर्वर्षमेकं यदा पठेत् । 

स पंडितश्च मेघावी सुकवींद्रो भवेद् ध्रुवम् ॥ २७ ॥ ॥ 

इति श्रीयाज्ञवल्क्य विरचितं बुद्धिस्तोत्रम् संपूर्णम् ॥ 

ENGLISH TRANS

Jaganmaata! May you show me mercy as my glow was lost due to my Guru’s curse and eventually my memory power was lost too! I am extremely disheartened as I was misled in my ‘Vidya’. I beseech you Devi to grant me Jnaana, smriti (memory), Vidya (knowledge), Pratishtha (Distinction), Kavitwa Shakti (Power of Poetry), capacity to convince pupils and capability to produce excellent writings of Grandhas. Side by side, provide me competent ‘sishyas’. Mother! Kindly bestow on me the ability to shine in the congregations of learned personalities with my thoughts and expression. Unfortunately, the fund of my knowledge evaporated and I request you to revive and reinforce it in a new and exceptional form. Let my Gyan be refurbished just as a seed hidden in a heap of ash is germinated fast and strong. My sincere obeisances to you Brahma Swarupa, Parama Devi, Jyoti Rupa, Sanatani and the Adhishthaari of all Vidyaas. Vaani! This world is as futile and lifeless as a dumb and mad entity without your benign blessings. Without you as the ‘Akshara Rupa’ or the Personification of ‘Aksharas’ or the Alphabets that build up the Great Palace of Literature and Expressions, who is worshipped with Chandana, Hima, Kunda, Chandrama, Kumuda and white lotus, this life is dissipated existence. You are the ‘Adhishthaana Devata’ or the Reigning Deity of ‘Visarga’, ‘Bindu’ and ‘Maatra’ indicative of a half-word, a nil-word and a measure of a word which constitute the rudiments of a Great Piece of Writing or Speech! You are the basis of ‘Sankhya’ and ‘Ganita’ or the numbers and measuring units without which there could be no counting or accounting and the quantification and evaluation. Devi! You are the embodiment of Smriti Shakti (Power of Memory), Jnaana Shakti (Power of Knowledge), Buddhi Shakti (Power of Mind) and ‘Kalpana Shakti’ (Power of Imagination or Thoughts). You are the Ruler of Tongue, Mind, Thought, Speech and any thing to do with brains.  When Sanaka Kumaras desired to establish ‘Bhrama’ (Improbables) and ‘Siddhantas’ (Theories and hypotheses), Brahma himself faltered and approached Shri Krishna when the latter asked Prajapati to implore and with your active involvement ‘Siddhantas’ came into existence! When once Prithvi asked Ananta Deva to reveal the secret of Jnaana, Sesha Deva failed to define the Siddhanta and prompted Sage Kashyapa to commend Saraswati and that was how in response to the Sage the wrong principles about Jnaana were demolished and the Siddhantaas were enunciated. When Veda Vyaasa asked Maharshi Valmiki about ‘Purana Sutras’, the latter cut a sorry figure and urged Vaani to establish the Sutras for a year at Pushkara Kshetra and by her grace Valmiki explained the same in poetic form and thus Vyasa became a Poet of unparalelled excellence not only to script Puranas but also divisioned Vedas! When Indra asked Brihaspati about the Principles of ‘Shabda Shastra’, the latter meditated for long time and was finally blessed by Devi Saraswati and in turn produced several experts in the Discipline of Shabda, besides Indra. Many Manus, Munis and Manavas were able to worship and secure proficiency in several skills. Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva, Devatas and Danavas were of no exception to extol your Virtues. Mata Saraswati! When thousand faced Sesha Deva, the Pancha mukha Shankara, the Trimukha Brahma were all engaged in deep meditations to Devi, of which siginificance would be a human being in doing so? Thus Muni Yagnavalkya was exhausted in pleading Devi Saraswati when his shoulders were dropped and eyes were profusely streaming with water. Then a huge fund of Illumination appeared and Devi Saraswati blessed the Muni that he would be a highly renowned Poet whose fame and name would be immortalised. Those who read or recite the above Saraswati Stutis with sincerity would reap the powers of Jnaana, Smriti and Buddhi. Even if a ‘murkha’ (stupid) or a ‘durbuddhi’ (evil-minded) reads or recites the Stotra for a year, the person concerned would certainly acquire qualities of an intelligent and erudite scholar and Poet of standing. [Essence of Brahma Vaivarta Purana].