Medha Suktam
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ॐ-यँश्छन्दसामृषभो विश्वरूपः ।
Om Yaśchandasāmṛṣabho Viśvarūpaḥ
छन्दोभ्यो-ऽध्यमृताथ्सम्बभूव ।
Chandobhyo'dhyamṛtātsambabhūva
स मेन्द्रो मेधया स्पृणोतु ।
Sa Mendro Medhayā Spṛṇotu
अमृतस्य देवधारणो भूयासम् ।
Amṛtasya Devadhāraṇo Bhūyāsam
शरीर-म्मे विचर्षणम् ।
Śarīram Me Vicarṣaṇam
जिह्वा मे मधुमत्तमा ।
Jihvā Me Madhumattamā
कर्णाभ्यां भूरिविश्रुवम् ।
Karṇābhyāṁ Bhūriviśruvam
ब्रह्मणः कोशो-ऽसि मेधया पिहितः ।
Brahmaṇaḥ Kośo'si Medhayā Pihitaḥ
श्रुत-म्मे गोपाय ॥
Śrutam Me Gopāya
Meaning
Om, he who is the bull, the chief, of the metres, of universal form,
who arose out of the metres, out of the immortal.
May that Indra strengthen me with medha, intelligence.
O god, may I become a bearer of the immortal.
May my body be vigorous.
May my tongue be sweetest.
May I hear abundantly with my two ears.
You are the sheath of Brahman, covered over by medha.
Guard what I have heard.
shanti
ॐ शान्ति-श्शान्ति-श्शान्तिः ॥
Om Śāntiḥ Śāntiḥ Śāntiḥ
Meaning
Om. Peace, peace, peace.
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ॐ मेधादेवी जुषमाणा न आगाद्विश्वाची भद्रा सुमनस्यमाना ।
Om Medhādevī Juṣamāṇā Na Āgādviśvācī Bhadrā Sumanasyamānā
त्वया जुष्टा नुदमाना दुरुक्तान् बृहद्वदेम विदथे सुवीराः ।
Tvayā Juṣṭā Nudamānā Duruktān Bṛhadvadema Vidathe Suvīrāḥ
त्वया जुष्ट ऋषिर्भवति देवि त्वया ब्रह्माऽऽगतश्रीरुत त्वया ।
Tvayā Juṣṭa Ṛṣirbhavati Devi Tvayā Brahmā''gataśrīruta Tvayā
त्वया जुष्टश्चित्रं विन्दते वसु सानो जुषस्व द्रविणो न मेधे ॥
Tvayā Juṣṭaścitraṁ Vindate Vasu Sāno Juṣasva Draviṇo Na Medhe
मेधां म इन्द्रो ददातु मेधां देवी सरस्वती ।
Medhāṁ Ma Indro Dadātu Medhāṁ Devī Sarasvatī
मेधां मे अश्विनावुभावाधत्तां पुष्करस्रजा ।
Medhāṁ Me Aśvināvubhāvādhattāṁ Puṣkarasrajā
अप्सरासु च या मेधा गन्धर्वेषु च यन्मनः ।
Apsarāsu Ca Yā Medhā Gandharveṣu Ca Yanmanaḥ
दैवीं मेधा सरस्वती सा मां मेधा सुरभिर्जुषतां स्वाहा ॥
Daivīṁ Medhā Sarasvatī Sā Māṁ Medhā Surabhirjuṣatāṁ Svāhā
आमां मेधा सुरभिर्विश्वरूपा हिरण्यवर्णा जगती जगम्या ।
Āmāṁ Medhā Surabhirviśvarūpā Hiraṇyavarṇā Jagatī Jagamyā
ऊर्जस्वती पयसा पिन्वमाना सा मां मेधा सुप्रतीका जुषन्ताम् ।
Ūrjasvatī Payasā Pinvamānā Sā Māṁ Medhā Supratīkā Juṣantām
मयि मेधां मयि प्रजां मय्यग्निस्तेजो दधातु
Mayi Medhāṁ Mayi Prajāṁ Mayyagnistejo Dadhātu
मयि मेधां मयि प्रजां मयीन्द्र इन्द्रियं दधातु
Mayi Medhāṁ Mayi Prajāṁ Mayīndra Indriyaṁ Dadhātu
मयि मेधां मयि प्रजां मयि सूर्यो भ्राजो दधातु ।
Mayi Medhāṁ Mayi Prajāṁ Mayi Sūryo Bhrājo Dadhātu
Meaning
Om, may goddess Medha come to us, well pleased, all-pervading, auspicious, kindly disposed.
Favoured by you, driving off ill speech, may we speak greatly in the assembly, possessed of good heroes.
Favoured by you, O goddess, one becomes a rishi; by you a brahma, and by you one to whom splendour has come.
Favoured by you one finds wondrous wealth; O Medha, be pleased with us, as with riches.
May Indra give me medha; may goddess Sarasvati give me medha.
May both Ashvins, garlanded with lotuses, place medha in me.
The medha that is among the Apsaras, and the mind that is among the Gandharvas,
the divine medha which is Sarasvati: may that fragrant medha accept me. Svaha.
May medha come to me: fragrant, of universal form, golden-hued, world-pervading, to be approached,
full of vigour, swelling with nourishment: may that fair-featured medha favour me.
May Agni place in me medha, in me progeny, in me radiance.
May Indra place in me medha, in me progeny, in me sense-power.
May Surya place in me medha, in me progeny, in me brilliance.
gayatri
ॐ हंस हंसाय विद्महे परमहंसाय धीमहि ।
Om Haṁsa Haṁsāya Vidmahe Paramahaṁsāya Dhīmahi
तन्नो हंसः प्रचोदयात् ।
Tanno Haṁsaḥ Pracodayāt
Meaning
Om, may we know the Hamsa; may we meditate on the Paramahamsa.
May that Hamsa impel us.
shanti
ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः ॥
Om Śāntiḥ Śāntiḥ Śāntiḥ
Meaning
Om. Peace, peace, peace.
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