200.O Maa Saraswati!

O Maa Saraswati!
O Maa Shardae!
You have come all the way
Dressed in white
Riding your swan
On this Basant Panchmi
To bless us indiscriminately.

Lute , book and lotus
Are your  powerful instruments,
You spread wisdom and knowledge
Among us the ignorant.

Weaving the magic of words
You wipe out illiteracy 
Making none but the pen 
Mightier than the sword.

You conducts the biggest orchestra.
Playing your lute just to soothe
Ailing human hearts
Lost in gloom.

O Veena Vahini !
Welcome to my abode
Please stay Maa
Beyond Basant Panchmi.

By Binita Jha