Prayer of the Day

Prayer from Rig Veda

ऋषि    :    अम्बरीषः सिन्धुद्वीपत्वाष्ट्रास्त्रिशिरा
दॆवता    :    आपः
छन्दस्    :    गायत्री

ॐ

शं नॊ॑ दॆ॒वीर॒भिष्ट॑य आपॊ॑ भवन्तु पी॒तयॆ॑ ।
शं यॊर॒भि स्र॑वन्तु नः ॥ १०.९.४ ॥

ॐ

Mantra as Romanized text

 
RuShi    :    ambarIShaH sindhudvIpatvAShTraastrishirA
Aspect Hailed:    ApaH
Chandas    :    gAyatrI

Om

shaM nO dEvIrabhiShTaya ApO bhavantu pItayE |
shaM yOrabhi sravantu naH || 10.9.4 ||

(shaM nO dEvIr abhiShTaya ApO bhavantu pItayE |
shaM yOr abhisravantu naH ||  )

Om

Meaning of the Prayer Mantra:

 May the divine water be auspicious and pleasant for us to drink;
May it give prosperity and courage flowing near us.

 

 Notes: 

1. abhiShTaya - pleasant; abhisravantu - to flow near.

2. This hymn occurs in Rig, Sama and Atharva vedas. This is in deed
the first hymn in the Atharva Veda. 

3. Water is one of the Ashta Murtis of Lord Shiva.

4. Nice prayer to seek rain, relief from drought.