Saraswati Vandana: A Chanting Tutorial with Narada Williams

Learn to chant the Saraswati Vandana, a sacred slokah to Goddess Saraswati. With careful attention to meaning and pronunciation, Narada Williams leads the student through the slokah, providing musical accompaniment on the harmonium.
SARASWATI VANDANA
(Sanskrit Adoration of Saraswati)
जय जय हे भगवति सुरभारति
िव चरणौ प्रणमाम: ।
नाद ब्रह्ममयी जय वागेश्वरी
शरणं िे गच्‍ाम: ।।
Jaya jaya he Bhagavātī sūra bhāratī
tava chāranoū prāṇamāṁaḥ ||
Nāda brahmāmayī jaya Vageśwarī
śāranaṁ te gacchāmaḥ ||
Victory, victory O Goddess of music and the arts
At Your feet I offer obeisance
Permeated with the Divine Sound, victory, O Goddess of voice
In Your presence I take refuge.
Jaya jaya: Victory, victory
Bhagavātī: Divine Goddess
Sūra bhāratī: Saraswati (literally "excellent Bharati")
tava chāranoū: your lotus feet
prāṇamāṁaḥ: we bow
Nāda brahmāmayī: embodied by Nada Brahma
Vageśwarī: Goddess of Speech
śāranaṁ: refuge
te: you
gacchāmaḥ: we seek