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The dharma cakram writer explains medhA as that power which enables us to
understand and realize “That which is the biggest of the big and the smallest
of the small”. All of us have this power potentially, and can realize it once we
know how to control our thought, word and deed and realize the potential
power that we have in us.
nAma 759. mexj> medha medha-jah medha jah
a) He Who was born as a result of a sacrifice.
b) He Who is realized as a result of sacrifices.
c) He Who makes His presence in the gatherings of bhakta-s.
medha-jAya namah.
The term medha refers to ya~jna or sacrifice. SrI bhaTTar’s vyAkhyAnam is:
ato medhe – devakI putrIya vrata rUpe ya~jne jAtah iti medha-jah – He has
this nAma indicating that He was born to devaki as a result of the medhA or
sacrifice in the form of austerities performed by her to get Him as son. This
was revealed by Lord kRshNa Himself as soon as He was born to devaki
(vishNupurANam 5.3.14):
stuto’ham yat tvayA pUrvam putrArthinyA tadadya te |
saphalam devi! Sa’njAtam jAto’ham yat tavo’darAt ||
“O Revered Lady! You praised Me before, desirous of having Me as Your son.
Your prayers have been fruitful today since I have taken birth out of your
womb”.
SrI bhaTTar also gives support from vishNu dharma:
sabyagh-ArAdhitenoktam yat prasannena te Subhe! |
tat kRtam saphalam devi! … ||
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(vishNu dharma 33.39)
“O Auspicious Lady! When you worshipped Me in the proper manner before, I
became pleased and made a promise to you (that I would be born as your son).
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