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Saraswati
Dhyana verseSanskrit
दोर्भिर्युक्ता चतुर्भिः स्फटिकमणिनिभैरक्षमालान्दधाना । हस्तेनैकेन पद्मं सितमपि च शुकं पुस्तकं चापरेण ॥
Transliteration
Dorbhiryuktā Caturbhiḥ Sphaṭikamaṇinibhairakṣamālāndadhānā, Hastenaikena Padmaṃ Sitamapi Ca Śukaṃ Pustakaṃ Cāpareṇa
Translation
Endowed with four arms, she holds a rosary of crystal-like beads, a white lotus in one hand, and in another a parrot and a book.
Meaning
A companion verse to the vandana above, completing her iconography: the rosary for disciplined practice, the lotus for purity, the book for learning, the parrot for eloquent speech.
Source
Continuation verse of the traditional Agastya-attributed Saraswati Stotram
Om, salutations to Saraswati.
Om, let us come to know the Goddess of Speech; let us meditate on the giver of fulfillment; may that Goddess illumine our understanding.
She who is white as jasmine, moonlight, snow, and a pearl garland, robed in pure white, holding the graceful staff of the veena, seated on a white lotus, ever worshipped by Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva and the other gods — may that radiant goddess Saraswati, destroyer of all dullness, protect me.
Salutations to you, O Saraswati, giver of boons and fulfiller of wishes. I begin my studies; may I always attain success.