4 MEDHA SUKTAM This is a very pious and powerful suktam. By reciting this suktam daily with faith, devotion and concentration we can acquire a good and powerful memory, fame, good thoughts, courage, wisdom, internal light, good creative energy, sound health and we become younger not only by mind but by body also, irrespective of our age. Veda B level Medha is the ability to understand and hold what one has learnt through various sources. It's not just enough to understand a thing, one has to hold it. On the other hand, it's not just holding and memorizing something without understanding. Medha is the ability to understand and hold it in the memory. Many Rishis experienced that by reciting these Mantras of Class-IV Note T 27 Class-IV 28 Note Medha Suktam Medha Sukta, they could develop Medha Shakti. Let us learn how to recite Medha Sukta. © OBJECTIVES After reading this lesson you will be able to: ● recite Medha Suktam; ● understand the meaning of Medha Suktam; understand the importance of Medha in one's life. 4.1 MEDHA SUKTAM तैत्तिरीयारण्यकम् - ४ प्रपाठकः १० अनुवाकः ४१-४४ ॐ यश्छन्द॑सामृष॒भो वि॒श्वरू॑पः । छन्दो॒भ्योऽध्य॒मृता॑थ्संब॒भूव॑ । स मेन्द्रो॑ मे॒धया॑ स्पृ॒णोतु । अ॒मृत॑स्य देव॒धार॑णो भूयासम् । शरी॑रं मे॒ विच॑र्षणम् । जि॒ह्वा मे॒ मधु॑मत्तमा । कर्णाभ्यां॒ भूरि॒विश्रु॒वम्। ब्रह्म॑णः शो॑ऽसि मे॒धया पि॑हितः। श्रु॒तं मे॑ गोपाय। ॐ शान्ति॒ः शान्तः शान्तिः॑ ॥ Om yaśchandasāmṛṣabho viśvarūpaḥ । chandobhyo'dhyamṛtāt saṁbabhūva । sa mendro medhayā spṛṇotu । amṛtasya deva dhāraṇo bhūyāsam । śarīram me vicarṣaṇam । jihvā me madhumattamā karṇābhyāṁ bhūri viśruvam brahmaṇaḥ kośo'si medhayā pihitah । śrutarm me gopāya । Om śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ May the almighty (universal form), exalted among the Vedas and born of the essence of the Vedas, bless me with wisdom. Veda - B level Medha Suktam May I be blessed with the nectar of immortality; May my body become active. May my tongue speak soft; May my ears hear everything well. You are the repository of Brahman, and are hidden by the intellect. May my memory protect me. Om peace, peace, peace. ॐ मे॒धादे॒वी जुषमा॑णा न॒ आगा॑वि॒श्वाची॑ भ॒द्रा सु॑मन॒स्यमा॑ना । 11 त्वया॒ जुष्ट॑ नृ॒दमा॑ना दु॒रुक्ता॑न्॒ बृ॒हद्व॑देम वि॒दथे॑ सु॒वीरा: Om medhā devī juṣamāṇā na āgād-viśvāci bhadrā sumanasyamanā । tvayā justà nudamānā duruktān brhad-vádema vidathé suvīrāh ॥ 1 ॥ May the all-knowing, all-auspicious Goddess of knowledge, be favourably minded to (us), and delighting (in us) visit us. May we who are helplessly lost in unsuitable speech (duruktân) (before your visit), now as the result of Your delight in us, become enlightened, and also capable of expressing the Truth with our heroic children or/and disciples. (1) त्वया॒ जुष्ट॑ ऋ॒षिर्भ॑वति देवि॒ त्वया॒ ब्रह्म॑ऽऽग॒तश्री॑रु॒त त्वया॑ । त्वया॒ जुष्ट॑श्चि॒त्रं वि॑न्दते वसु॒ सानो॑ जुषस्व॒ द्रवि॑णो न मेधे ॥ tvayā justà rsir bhávati devi tvayā brahmāgata Śrir-uta tvayā । tvayā justás-citram vindate vasu sā nó juşasva dravino na medhe ॥ 2 ॥ O Goddess of intellect ! Favoured / blessed by You, one becomes a wise, one becomes a brâhma a (the knower of Brahman) Veda - B level Class-IV Note T 29 Class-IV 30 Note Medha Suktam (brahmâ' gataúrî). Favoured by You, one obtains prosperity. Favoured by You, one obtains manifold wealth. Being such, O Goddess of intellect! Delight in us, and confer on us various forms of prosperity. (2) मे॒धां म॒ इन्द्रो॑ ददातु मे॒ध दे॒वी सर॑स्वती । मे॒धां मे॑ अ॒श्विना॑दु॒भावाध॑त् पुष्क॑रस्रजा ॥ medhām ma indró dadātu, medhām devī sarasvatī । medhāṁ mė aśvināvubhā-vādháttāṁ puṣkara srajā ॥ 3 ॥ May Lord Indra grant us intelligence. May Goddess Saraswatî grant us knowledge. May both the twin gods Asvins, wearing fragrant Lotus garlands, grant us wisdom. (3) अ॒प्स॒रासु॑ च॒ या मे॒धा ग॑न्ध॒र्वेषु॑ च॒ यन्मन॑ः । दैवी॑ मे॒धा सर॑स्वती॒ सा मा॑ मे॒धा सुरभि॑र्जुषता॒ स्वाहा॑ । apsarāsu ca ya medha gandharveṣu ca yan-manaḥ । daivim medha sarasvatī sā mẫm mẹdhā surabhir-juṣatām ॥ 4 ॥ May I also be blessed with that knowldege that the apsaras (celestial dancers) possess, also the mental sharpness of the gandharvas. (Bless me with) that intelligence comprising Vedic learning and that divine intelligence, which has spread like fragrance. (4) Veda B level Medha Suktam आमा॑ मे॒धा सुरभि॑र्व॒श्वरू॑पा॒ हिर॑ण्यवर्णा जग॑ती जग॒म्या । ऊर्जस्वती॒ पय॑सा॒ पिन्व॑माना॒ सा मा॑ मे॒धा सु॒प्रती॑का जुषन्ताम् ॥ ā mām medhā surabhir-viśvarūpā hiránya-varnā jagátī jagamyā । ūrjásvatī payásā pinvámānā sā mām medhā supratikā jusantām ॥ 5 ॥ May That Goddess of intelligence who is pervasive like fragrance (or wish-fulfilling cow), who is capable of examining all objects, who possesses golden letters (in the shape of the syllables of the Vedas), who is continuously present, who is worthy to be adopted to again and again (by the seekers of the Truth), who possesses flavour and strength, and who nourishes me with milk and other wealth, come to me with joyful expression and favour me. (5) मयि॑ मे॒धां मयि॑ प्र॒जां मय्य॒ग्निस्तेजो॑ दधातु॒ मयि॑ मे॒धां मयि॑ प्र॒जां मयीन्द्र॑ इन्द्रि॒यं द॑धातु॒ मयि॑ मे॒धां मयि॑ प्र॒जां मयि॒ सूर्यो॒ भ्राजो॑ दधातु । ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः॑ ॥ mayi medhām mayi prajām mayyagnis-tejó dadhātu । mayi medhām mayi prajām mayīndra indriyam dáadhātu । mayi medhām mayi prajām mayi sūryo bhrājó dadhātu ॥ 6 ॥ Om śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ May Agni (the Fire God) grant us intelligence, and unbroken lineage of children and/or disciples, and the brilliance of the Veda - B level Class-IV Note 31 Class-IV 32 Note Vedic studies. May Indra (the presiding deity of all senseorgans) grant us intelligence, unbroken lineage of children and/ or disciples, and health. May Sûrya (the Sun) grant us intelligence, unbroken lineage of children and/or disciples, and courage to face all situations. (6) peace, peace, peace every where Activities • Recite Medha Suktam everyday 1. रिक्तसथानानि पूरयतस मेन्द्रो॑ 1. 2. 3. 4. INTEXT QUESTIONS 4.1 5. ...." स्पृणोतु। मे॒ विच॑र्षणम्। ब्रह्म॑ण ॐ मे॒धादे॒वी अ॒प्स॒रासु॑ च॒ या मे॒धा ….…...…... मे॒धया पि॑हितः। Medha Suktam न॒ आगा॑वि॒श्वाची॑ भ॒द्रा सु॑मन॒स्यमा॑ना। च॒ यन्मनः॑ः। …........ Veda - B level Medha Suktam © • Recitation of the Medha Suktam. • Real meaning of Medha suktam. + 1. Write the of Medha suktam in your own words. 4.1 1. 1. 2. WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNT 3. 5. TERMINAL QUESTIONS ANSWERS TO INTEXT QUESTINS Veda - B level मेधया शरीरं नो॒ऽसि जुषमा॑णा ग॑न्ध॒र्वेषु॑ Class-IV Note T 33