Haṁsagamanī sarasvatī

Sarasvatī, much like the grand river was for the Vedic r̥ṣi-s, is a confluence of so many important and weighty facets of what defines the term br̥hant, or lofty. She is vāgdevi, the goddess of Speech (vāk being the most significant conceptualization in the Vedic thought for it is through the power of Speech, that the mantra-s were inspired and the devabhāṣa saṁskr̥ta comes about). She is a healer, the grand patron and embodiment of the śāstra, arts, music, and scholarly thought.

Meanwhile, the rāga ānandabhairavi is the embodiment of what defines a rakti rāga, providing endless rañjana to the listener amplified by the beauty of its anyasvaraprayoga-s utilizing the antara gāndhāra and śuddha dhaivata (which was the more prominent dhaivata of this rāga in the past, but the catuśśruti dhaivata has now taken that role, despite it nominally still being classified as a janya rāga of naṭabhairavi).

Here is a rough translation of the kr̥ti, which is in the saṁbodhana or vocative declension:

Those who are Vedically inclined may immediately notice the references to the sarasvatī prārthana mantra-s of the r̥gvedin-s and yajurvedin-s hinted at in the epithets of the kr̥ti. For instance, vājinīvatī, which is derived from vājinīvat, meaning one who possesses swift horses, metaphorically means one who is strong and powerful. But this is a direct refernece to the immortal prārthana mantra chanted before any kārya or course of study with a guru:

Similarly, the epithet viśvavirājati is a reference to this other famous mantra:

As a lifelong learner and student of the veda, śāstra, saṅgīta, and mathematics, the message of the kr̥ti needs little further elaboration, for what is life without learning?