Spiritual Significance of Saraswati Puja(Vasant Panchami)

Saraswati puja ek aisa festival hain jo vasant panchmi ko manaya jata hain. Vasant ritu ki shuruwat ho jati hain. Charo taraf rang birange phul khile hote hain. Yeh mukhya rup se ek din ka festival hota hain jisme har school, colleges and educational offices me saraswati mata ki murti lakar usme pran pratishta kar puja path kiye jate hain aur dusre din murti ko visarjan kar diya jata hain. School and colleges ke sath sath yeh tayohar mukhya rup se bihar, bengal aur jharkhand rajya me har gali aur muhalle me puja pandal banakar saraswati mata ki murti lakar puja path karte hain. Students apna group banakar aaspas ke logo se chanda jama karte hain aur bade hi dhumdham, umang utsah se yeh tayohar manate hain. 

Lekin aajkal yeh tayohar ki aad me bahut hi kharab kam kiye jate hain. Yeh hamare samaj ka ek dusra pahlu bhi hain jiske bare me hame sochna hi padega. Ham puja pandal banate ya schools me puja path ka program rakhte hain. Saraswati mata buddhi ki devi hain, hame sadbuddhi pradan karti hain. Aaj ke din students bade hi dhumdham se puja sampann karte hain lekin kahi kahi par students aapas me hi ladai kar lete hain kisi na kisi baat ko lekar ya hamare samaj me bahno par galat drishti rakhte hain. Iss par hame gahra chintan karne ki jarurat hain. Ham puja bhi ma ki karte hain, aur hamare samaj me sabhi bahne, mataye sab mata ka hi toh rup hain. Ham aisa kaam na kare aur samaj me sabka respect kare, bahano, matao ka samman kare.

बसंत पंचमी पर क्यों होती है सरस्वती देवी की पूजा ???

Jab vasant ka mousam(spring season) ka aarambh hota hain tab is mousam ke panchve din saraswati puja ke rup me manate hain, jab mousam bahut suhawana hota hain. Charo taraf ran birange phool khile hote hain. Sabhi ped poudho me naye patte aate hain. Saraswati mata buddhi wa gyan ki devi mani jati hain aur wo hame sad-buddhi pradan karti hain jisse haar aatma me patit se pawan ho jati hain aur sabhi pawan aatmao se prakirti bhi paawan ho jati hain jise satyug(paradize) kaha jata hain. Saraswati ma ko kisse gyan mila? Brahma se aur Brahma ko Shiv se gyan mila. Bhagwan aakar hame Brahma Ke dwara gyan sunate hain aur Saraswati ma hame gyan ko bahut easy karke sunati hain aur hame sad buddhi, satya gyan pradan karti hain. Isliye ham unki yaad me saraswati puja manate hain.

According to Wiki:

Vasant Panchami, also called (Saraswati Puja) is a festival that marks the preparation for the arrival of spring. The festival is celebrated by people in various ways depending upon the region in the life in the Indian subcontinent. Vasant Panchami also marks the start of preparation for Holika and Holi, which take place forty days later.

The Vasant Utsava (festival) on Panchami is celebrated forty days before Spring, because any season's transition period is 40 days, and after that, the season comes into full bloom.

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BASANT PANCHAMI: A CELEBRATION OF WISDOM & NEWNESS (PART 1 of 2)

February is the time to embrace a change of season from Winter to Spring (Basant in Hindi). Spring is crowned the king of seasons for a reason: nature renews itself and bursts back to life, with rich colors, sights, fragrances and sounds. Basant Panchami symbolizes new life and fresh beginnings.

Today a decline in the quality of our life and the world makes us long for newness. Basant Panchami comes as a reminder that nature is cyclic. Like the cyclic pattern of 4 seasons - Spring, summer, autumn, winter, there is a cyclic pattern of 4 Yugas (world cycle) - Satyug, Tretayug, Dwapuryug and Kaliyug.

We are in Kalyug or Iron Age, created due to our consciousness of pain and aggression. The new world of Satyug or Golden Age where peace, joy, prosperity reign, will be created when we shift to a consciousness of divinity. To transform our consciousness, we need wisdom to know what to do: what qualities to strengthen, what weaknesses to abandon, how to be, what to do, and so on. We also need power to implement the changes. So, Wisdom and Power are two tools to change ourselves and thereby change the world. 

Maa Saraswati is invoked on Basant Panchami, since she embodies wisdom and power (Shakti). We want to enrich ourselves with these two virtues. 

In the next part we shall explore the qualities of Maa Saraswati, as symbolized by her form and features, and the rituals involved.

BASANT PANCHAMI: SYMBOLISM & RITUALS (PART 2 of 2)

Maa Saraswati is invoked on Basant Panchami, since she embodies wisdom and power (Shakti). We want to enrich ourselves with these two virtues. As we venerate her idol or picture, let us inculcate her qualities -

• Radiant face and royal form: A reminder for us to be clean within, with purity in thoughts and intentions. Inner purity shines through our face. Purity begets royalty. As royal beings, we will not want anything. We become givers of peace, love and happiness.

• Jewellery and garlands: Inspiration to decorate the self (soul) with jewels of truth, compassion love and bliss.

• Swan as a vehicle: Swan’s whiteness represents purity. Swan discerns milk from water, pearls from pebbles. We need to imbibe the power to discern pure from impure, truth from false, right from wrong. Accurate discernment leads to perfect decisions. 

• Objects in the hands:

 a). Playing Veena: Controlling strings of the veena reminds us to control our senses. In every situation we need to focus and play divine music, which means accurate karma irrespective of our situations.

b). Scriptures: Signifies study of spiritual knowledge and its inculcation, so our karmas align with spiritual principles.

c). Rosary: Rosary formed by stringing beads together, inspires us to live harmoniously. We need to stand by values even if we are alone, but not withdraw from others.

Celebrated fervently, Basant Panchami upholds beautiful traditions - 

• Havan/Yagya: Symbolic of sacrificing or burning our vices.

• Flying kites: Reminder to remain connected to only one string – of God’s love and keep flying at the highest vibration of bliss, untouched by vibrations of situations.

• Sweets: Inspire us to radiate good wishes and blessings in our actions and interactions.

• Yellow/Mustard Seeds: Tiny mustard seeds remind us that we are souls, a tiny point of light. Soul consciousness makes us egoless and viceless. Golden-yellow crops and blossoms signify prosperity of the Golden age, Satyug. Yellow represents joy. So yellow flower and fruit offerings, yellow clothes and yellow dishes are reminders to be happy. 

When we imbibe purity and royalty, decorate the soul with virtues, make right decisions, gain mastery over senses, respond right to situations, burn our vices, rise above negative influences, radiate blessings and be soul conscious, we become egoless. That is when we create the power to invoke the divinity within. Once we achieve such a divine state, we create Heaven on Earth or SATYUG where -

Peace is the Religion

Love is the Language

Truth is in Action

Unity is the Culture

Happiness is a Way of life - BK Shivani

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