Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Medha Suktam

OM yash chanda sam risha bo vishwaru pa ha
Chando biyo diyam ritat samba buva
Sa mendro medaya-a spri no tu
Amritasiya deva dara no buya sam
Shari ram me vi char shanam
Jiva me madu mata ma
Karna-a biyam buri vi shru vam
Bramana kosho asi medaya pihi ta ha
Shrutam me gopa ya

OM shanti shanti shanti

Medha Suktam

Me da Devi jusha mana na aga-at
Vishwa chi badra sumana siya mana
Twaya jushta nuda mana du ruk ta-an
Briha dwa dema vidarte suvira-a-a 1

Twaya jushta rishir bava ti devi
Twaya brama gat shri ruta twaya-a
Twaya jushtas chitram vin date vasu sano jushashwa dra vino na mede 2

Me dam ma indro dada tu
Me dam devi Saraswati
Me dam me ashwina vu bava datam
Push kara sraja 3

Apsarasu cha ya meda
Gandarveshu cha yan mana ha
Devi-im meda Saraswati
Sa ma-am meda surabir jushtam swaha 4

A mam meda surabir vishwa rupa
Hiranya varna jagati jagamya
Ur jashwati paya sa pinva mana-a
Sa mam me da supra tika jushan-tam-m 5
Mayi me dam mayi prajam
Me yagnis tejo dada tu
Mayi me dam mayi prajam
Me indra indrayam dada tu
Mayi me dam mayi prajam
Mayi suryo brajo dadatu

Om Hamsa Hamsaya vidmahe
Paramahamsaya dhimahi
Tano Hamso Prachodayat
Om Shanti Shanti Shanti



Let the goddess of intellect come here with happiness,She is everywhere and has a happy frame of mind,
May we who were grief stricken, before she came,
Become greatly intelligent and know the ultimate.1
By your grace one becomes a saint,
One becomes learned, one becomes rich,
Showered by your grace one gets different kinds of wealth,
And so goddess of wealth, give us wealth and intellect.2
Let Indra give me intelligence,
Let Saraswathi give me intelligence,
Let the Aswini Kumaras support my intelligence,
For they wear the garlands of lotuses.3
Apsaras posses intelligence,
Gandarwas possess intelligence,
Goddess of intelligence is Saraswathi,
Let the intelligence spread like fragrance
I offer you without any reservations.*
* Svaha is the wife of fire God. We give offerings to her and she gives it to fire, who gives it to devas.4
Intelligence is glorious in form and is like nectar,
Intelligence is golden and pervades the entire universe,
- is powerful and is sought aftercontinuously, Let it come to me with love and favour me.5
www.celextel.org/vedichymns/medhasuktam.html[Medha Suktha is an ode to the capacity of clear understandings. Medha can be also translated as genius. This medha Suktha is a part of Mahanarayana Upanishad. There seems to be Medha Sukthas in Rig Veda and Atharva Veda also