Prayer of the Day

Prayer from Isha Upanishad

ॐ

अनॆजदॆकं मनसॊ जवीयॊ नैनद्दॆवा आप्नुवन् पूर्वमर्षत् ।
तद्धावतॊऽन्यानत्येति तिष्ठत्तस्मिन्नपॊ मातरिश्वा दधाति ॥ ४ ॥

ॐ

Hymn as Romanized text

 
Om

anEjadEkaM manasO javIyO nainaddEvA Apnuvan pUrvamarShat |
taddhAvatO&nyAnatyEti tiShThattasminnapO mAtarishvA dadhAti || 4 ||

(anEjat EkaM manasO javIyO na enat dEvA Apnuvan pUrvam arShat |
tat dhAvat anya anatyEti tiShThat tasmin apO mAtarishvA dadhAti || )

Om

Meaning of the Prayer Hymn:

 That does not move, Unique and faster than mind!
It is already got! (But even) the divines have not realized That!
That jumps without going across!
It stands there giving rise to the internal fire!

 Notes: 

1. anejat - not moving; javIya - quicker; na Apuvan - not possessed;
anatyaya - not going across.
2. pUrvamarShat
It is already Got! God is very much in us. There is no
need to get the Supreme. However even the divines have 
not realized the God Who is in us!!
3. That God kindles our internal fire making us progress in the
path of realization - that leads to Bliss.
4. The essense is "God is one and omnipresent. 
It is not realized by even people of great austerity like the devas. 
However God is highly merciful that the Lord kindles our
fire of spiritual journey, ultimately providing the Bliss!"
This is the satkaryavada - "There is good purpose behind!"
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