The Coming of Spring
MEENA OM
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Basant Panchami, the fifth day of spring, is celebrated by propitiating Goddess Saraswati.As she symbolises the constant flow of wisdom, she also represents the full blossoming of multi-hued Nature, kindling inspiration and hope.During the eight phases of the day , Saraswati manifests through everyone's speech at least once. Engrossed as we are in the material world, we are unable to understand it. It is possible to attain this state where one's speech is consistently governed by Kamalasana, or the One who is seated on a thousand-petalled lotus -each petal denoting a quality .
Saraswati's vehicle is the swan. The veena that Saraswati holds in her hands has seven strings representing the body , food, humans, work, intelligence, religious and spiritual cultures. Besides these, the seven colours, glands, chakras, skies, rishis, or holy wise men, and also the seven steps of consciousness are to be experienced and understood in the right perspective.
Whosoever has accomplished these symbolic seven swaras, or notes, will be safeguarded from drowning in the samsara sagara, or worldly ocean, by the two hollow tumbas, or globes, on either side of the veena.
The colour yellow heralds the coming of Spring after an arduous winter. It is the colour of the energy-giving Sun; the mustard fields in bloom are a bright yellow, exuding the warmth of change in seasons. Fittingly , therefore, the radiance is associated with knowledge -symbolised by Goddess Saraswati.
Saraswati's vehicle is the swan. The veena that Saraswati holds in her hands has seven strings representing the body , food, humans, work, intelligence, religious and spiritual cultures. Besides these, the seven colours, glands, chakras, skies, rishis, or holy wise men, and also the seven steps of consciousness are to be experienced and understood in the right perspective.
Whosoever has accomplished these symbolic seven swaras, or notes, will be safeguarded from drowning in the samsara sagara, or worldly ocean, by the two hollow tumbas, or globes, on either side of the veena.
The colour yellow heralds the coming of Spring after an arduous winter. It is the colour of the energy-giving Sun; the mustard fields in bloom are a bright yellow, exuding the warmth of change in seasons. Fittingly , therefore, the radiance is associated with knowledge -symbolised by Goddess Saraswati.
