Prayer of the Day

Prayer from Rig Veda

ॐ

मा नॊ॑ वधी रुद्र॒ मापरा॑दा॒ मातॆ॑ भू॒मप्रसी॑तौ हीळी॒तस्य॑ ।
आनॊ॑ भज ब॒र्हिषि॑ जीवशं॒सॆ यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः ॥ ७.४६.४ ॥

ॐ

Mantra as Romanized text

 
Om

mA nO vadhI rudra mAparAdA mAtE bhUmaprasItau hILItasya |
AnO bhaja barhiShi jIvashaMsE yUyaM pAta svastibhiH sadA naH || 7.46.4 ||

(mA nO vadhI rudra mAparAdA mAtE bhUmaprasItau hILItasya |
AnO bhaja barhiShi jIvashaMsE yUyaM pAta svastibhiH sadA naH ||  )

Om

Meaning of the Prayer Mantra:

 Oh Lord Rudra! Do not hurt us! Do not abandon us!
Do not put us in excessive bondage in anger!
May we partake in the life-promoting worship;
You all ever protect us putting us in fulfillment!

 Notes: 

1. parAdA - to give up; bhUma - abundance; prasIta - bound;
hILita - angry; barhiShi - yagna; 

2.  mAparAdA 
Do not abandon us!
c.f. Complete Nithal Vinnappam - from Thiruvasagam