Prayer of the Day

Prayer from Rig Veda

ऋषि    :    आङ्गिरसः पवित्र
दॆवता    :    पवमानः सॊमः
छन्दस्    :    जगती

ॐ

अरू॑रुचदु॒षसः॒ पृश्नि॑रग्रि॒य उ॒क्षा बि॑भर्ति॒ भुव॑नानि वाज॒युः ।
मा॒या॒विनॊ॑ ममिरॆ अस्य मा॒यया॑ नृ॒चक्ष॑सः पि॒तरॊ॒ गर्भ॒मा द॑धुः ॥ ९.८३.३ ॥

ॐ

Mantra as Romanized text

 
RuShi    :    Angirasa pavitra
Aspect Hailed:    Pavamana soma
Chandas    :    Jagati

Om

arUruchaduShasaH pRushniragriya ukShA bibharti bhuvanAni vAjayuH |
mAyAvinO mamirE asya mAyayA nRuchakShasaH pitarO garbhamA dadhuH || 9.83.3 ||

( arUruchad uShasaH pRushnir agriya ukShA bibharti bhuvanAni vAjayuH |
mAyAvinO mamirE asya mAyayA nRuchakShasaH pitarO garbham A dadhuH || )

Om

Meaning of the Prayer Mantra:

 Before the sun the dawn is shining!
The dew showers making the world prosperous!
Through the Magical Power creates!
Through Its magic the ancestors and those who support human (divines and all other creatures)
get progeny!

 Notes: 

1. aRuruchat - shines; uShasaH - dawn; pRushni - sun; ukSha - dew;
bibha - desirous; vAjayuH - wealth / strength; mamirE - make; nRuchakShasaH - looking after men.

2. This hymn is a beautiful desctiption of the nature in the dawn.

3. The dawn is shining; the dew is dropping on the ground making the world fertile.
The God, Who is the super-intelligent (completely intelligent being), makes the creation.
Through that intelligence the humna race as well as all associated creatures continue 
generation after generation. 

Let us praise that Super-Intelligent Lord Shiva, the Lord of Ardra,
in the dawn of this wet dhanur masa.

4. c.f. யாமாமாநீ யாமாமா யாழீகாமா காணாகா
காணாகாமா காழீயா மாமாயா நீ மாமாயா. 3.117.1 - திருஞானசம்பந்த சுவாமிகள்