Prayer of the Day

Prayer from Rig Veda

ऋषि    :    बार्हस्पत्यॊ भरद्वाज
दॆवता    :    वैश्वानरोऽग्निः
छन्दस्    :    जगती

ॐ

पृ॒क्षस्य॒ वृष्णॊ॑ अरु॒षस्य॒ नू सह॒ः प्र नु वॊ॑चं वि॒दथा॑ जा॒तवॆ॑दसः ।
वै॒श्वा॒न॒राय॑ म॒तिर्नव्य॑सी॒ शुचि॒ः सॊम॑ इव पवतॆ॒ चारु॑र॒ग्नयॆ॑ ॥ ६.८.१ ॥

ॐ

Mantra as Romanized text

 
RuShi    :    Barhaspatyo Bharadvaja
Aspect Hailed:    Vaishvanarogni
Chandas    :    Jagati

Om

pRukShasya vRuShNO aruShasya nU sahaH pra nu vOchaM vidathA jAtavEdasaH |
vaishvAnarAya matirnavyasI shuchiH sOma iva pavatE chAruragnayE || 6.8.1 ||

( pRukShasya vRuShNO aruShasya nU sahaH pra nu vOchaM vidathA jAtavEdasaH |
vaishvAnarAya matir navyasI shuchiH sOma iva pavatE chArur agnayE ||  )

Om

Meaning of the Prayer Mantra:

 We praise in the worship the Sprakling, Virile, Reddish and Companion Omniscient God.
Like the nectar, the fresh, chaste and purifying words emerge for the Omnipresent, the dear Agni (Svarupa)!

 

 Notes: 

1. pRukSha - spotted; vRuShNa - strong; aruSha - reddish; vidatha - worship; mati - praise; jAtavEdas - omniscient;
vaishvAnara - omnipresent; navyas - laudable; shuchi - radiance; pavate - purify; charu - dear.