अद्यैवाऽऽरभ्यैतदर्थं देवीं ज्ञप्तिं सरस्वतीम् । जपोपवासनियमैरातोषं पूजयाम्यहम् ॥ २९ ॥
adyaivā’’rabhyaitadarthaṁ dēvīṁ jñaptiṁ sarasvatīm | japōpavāsaniyamairātōṣaṁ pūjayāmyaham || 29 ||
Translation
From this very day, to that end, I shall worship the goddess Sarasvatī, who is knowing, with prayer, fasting and vows, until she is pleased."
Word by word
- adya
- this day
- ēva
- very
- ārabhya
- from
- ētad
- (etat) to that
- arthaṁ
- end
- dēvīṁ
- the goddess
- jñaptiṁ
- who is knowing
- sarasvatīm
- Sarasvatī
- japa
- with prayer
- upavāsa
- fasting
- niyamair
- (niyamaiḥ) and vows
- ātōṣaṁ
- until she is pleased
- pūjayāmi
- shall worship
- aham
- I
Meaning
The commentary: for the success of this resolve I shall worship from today the goddess Sarasvatī, whose form is knowledge, with recitation, austerity and the rest, until she is pleased. Jñapti, "knowing", is the goddess's name here: in the sarga that follows she will teach Līlā what knowing is.