Prayer of the Day

Prayer from Shvetashvatara Upanishad

ॐ

ब्रह्मवादिनॊ वदन्ति -
किं कारणं ब्रह्म कुतः स्म जाता जीवाम कॆन क्व च सम्प्रतिष्ठाः ।
अधिष्ठिताः कॆन सुखॆतरॆषु वर्तामहॆ ब्रह्मविदॊ वयवस्थाम् ॥ १ ॥

ॐ 

Hymn as Romanized text

 
Om

brahmavAdinO vadanti -
kiM kAraNaM brahma kutaH sma jAtA jIvAma kEna kva cha sampratiShThAH |
adhiShThitAH kEna sukhEtarEShu vartAmahE brahmavidO vayavasthAm || 1 ||

(brahmavAdinO vadanti -
kiM kAraNaM brahma kutaH sma jAtA jIvAma kEna kva cha sampratiShThAH |
adhiShThitAH kEna sukhEtarEShu vartAmahE brahmavidO vayavasthAm ||)

Om 

Meaning of the Prayer Hymn:

 Those who discuss the Supreme (seekers) said -
What is the cause associated with the Brahman? 
From where did we come?
By which do we live?
What are we rooted on?
What is operating on us?
Under whose governance we are subjected to joy and other conditions?

 Notes: 

1. sukhEtarEShu - joy and sorrow

2. For getting into any of the philosophic scripture first there should be a quest.
The seeker having observed enough should ask the fundamental questions,
which is what is being presented here. If the question fame is well understood,
the scripture would show the path to the answer.