Why Sarasvati Became Invisible?

The source of the Sarasvati River is still a puzzle for the scholars. Sarasvati river is very old river. Sarasvati river has also been mentioned in Rig Veda, the most authentic and ancient scripture of the Hindu. Later this river dried up or went underground, due to the dupe of the sand. The goddess Sarasvati was originally a personification of Sarasvati River, but later developed an independent identity and gained meaning. She is mainly associated with the color white, which signifies the purity of true knowledge. Occasionally, however, she is also associated with the color yellow, the color of the flowers of the mustard plant that bloom at the time of her festival in the spring. Adorn with simple trinket representing her preference of knowledge over worldly material things. She is generally shown to have four arms, which represent the four aspects of human personality in learning: mind, intellect, alertness, and ego.

Alternatively, these four arms also represent the four Vedas, the primary sacred books for Hindus. The Vedas, in turn, represent the three forms of literature: Rigveda contains hymns, representing poetry. It is represented by the garland of crystal. Yajurveda contains prose. It is represented by the book in one hand. Samaveda represents music. It is represented by the Veena. Seated on an inverted white lotus meaning to be in search of the light of knowledge. A pot of sacred water, representing creative and purification powers. A swan is often located next to her feet. This sacred bird has the capability to separate milk from the mixture of milk and water. It, thus symbolizes discrimination between the good and the bad or the eternal and the evanescent. Sometimes a peacock is shown beside the goddess. The peacock represents arrogance and pride over its beauty, and by having a peacock as her mount, the goddess teaches not to be concerned with external appearance and to be wise regarding the eternal truth.

Sarasvati is the embodiment of knowledge. She does not go anywhere; people need to approach her to get her. She is difficult to get, but once you please her and get her, she never elude you. Unlike the material property, you cannot pass your knowledge to someone, if someone does not put his effort for the same. It is said that, the atrocity and sin had increased on the earth, and people was approaching and getting her without much effort, and misusing her. On distraught, she became invisible. Invisibly, now she is flowing everywhere, only those persons can grasp and gain her, who is doing the penance and diligent effort to develop the divine eye to get her. She is not visible to everyone.

Recent Hindu belief is that still Sarasvati River flows underground and meets Yamuna and Ganga at their confluence in Prayag (Allahabad). The embodiment of knowledge is flowing everywhere; she does not make discriminate to anyone who approaches her to get her. It is our lackness of effort which is stopping us to grasp her, once one gets her blessings; one becomes the eligible to get the liberation from the continuous cycle of birth and death.