Prayer of the Day

Prayer from Rig Veda

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अवॊ॑चाम॒ नमॊ॑ अस्मा अव॒स्यवः॑ शृ॒णॊतु॑ नॊ॒ हवं॑ रु॒द्रॊ म॒रुत्वा॑न् ।
तन्नॊ॑ मि॒त्रॊ वरु॑णॊ मामहन्ता॒मदि॑तिः॒ सिन्धुः॑ पृथिवि उ॒त द्यौः ॥ १-११४-११ ॥

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Mantra as Romanized text

 
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avOchAma namO asmA avasyavaH shRuNOtu nO havaM rudrO marutvAn |
tannO mitrO varuNO mAmahantAmaditiH sindhuH pRuthivi uta dyauH || 1-114-11 ||

(avOchAma namO asmA avasyavaH shRuNOtu nO havaM rudrO marutvAn |
tannO mitrO varuNO mAmahantAmaditiH sindhuH pRuthivi uta dyauH || )

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Meaning of the Prayer Mantra:

 We say salutations to seek the favor. May the Lord Rudra, the 
Father of winds, hear our invocation! Thus be hailed and be ours - the Friend,
All envoloping, Boundless, Water, Earth, and Heaven - aspects of God!

 Notes: 

1. avOchAma - we say; avasyava - seek favor; shRuNOtu - may listen;
havam - invocation; mAmahantAm - hail; dyauH - heaven.