Prayer of the Day

Prayer from Rig Veda

ॐ

उप॑ ते॒ स्तोमा॑न्पशु॒पा इ॒वाक॑रं॒ रास्वा॑ पितर्मरुतां सु॒म्नम॒स्मॆ ।
भ॒द्रा हि तॆ॑ सुम॒तिर्मृ॑ळ॒यत्त॒माथा॑ व॒यमव॒ इत्तॆ॑ वृणीमहॆ ॥ १-११४-९ ॥

ॐ

Mantra as Romanized text

 
Om

upa te stomAnpashupA ivAkaraM rAsvA pitarmarutAM sumnamasmE |
bhadrA hi tE sumatirmRuLayattamAthA vayamava ittE vRuNImahE || 1-114-9 ||

(upa te stomAn pashupA iva AkaraM rAsvA pitar marutAM sumnam asmE |
bhadrA hi tE sumatir mRuLayattamA athA vayam ava ittE vRuNImahE || )

Om

Meaning of the Prayer Mantra:

 As the Protector of the herd, we offer you the songs,
oh the Father of winds, bestow us with joy!
We seek your favor to keep providing us prosperity, good mind, 
and happiness.

 Notes: 

1. stoma - hymn; pashupa: - protector of herd; marut - wind;
bhadra - prosperity; atha - further; vRunimahe - seek.
2. We do not seek the blessing of the God as a one time transaction.
We seek the God to keep providing us the prosperity of 
material and mind all throughout. Because our Lord shiva is
the pashupati - the Lord of us, the souls.