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SARSUTI (SARASVATI) Ganga, Jamuna, Godavari and Sarsuti mÃ¥ke effort to touch the dust of the feet of the saint. (They say: we are full of the din of sins and our ditt is removed by the dust of the feet of the saint). (Malar M. 4, p. 1263) In the Vedas, Sarasvati (Sarsuti) is mentioned as a river. In all probability, it was a sacred river of the early Aryans. As a river-goddess, Sarasvati is said to be the bestower of fertility, fatness and wealth. In later period, she is the wife of Brahma and goddess of speech and learning. See : Sarasvati.

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1. Kohli,Surindar Singh ed,Dictionary of Mythological References in Guru Granth Sahib 1993

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