Prayer of the Day

Prayer from Rig Veda

ऋषि    :    मैत्रावरुणिर्वसिष्ट
दॆवता    :    इन्द्र
छन्दस्    :    त्रिष्टुप्

ॐ

इन्द्र॒ं नरॊ॑ नॆ॒मधि॑ता हवन्तॆ॒ यत्पार्या॑ यु॒नज॑तॆ॒ धिय॒स्ताः ।
शूरॊ॒ नृषा॑ता॒ शव॑सश्चका॒न आ गॊम॑ति व्र॒जॆ भ॑जा॒ त्वं न॑ः ॥ ७.२७.१ ॥

ॐ

Mantra as Romanized text

 
RuShi    :    maitrAvaruNirvasiShTa
Aspect Hailed:    indra
Chandas    :    triShTup

Om

indraM narO nEmadhitA havantE yatpAryA yunajatE dhiyastAH |
shUrO nRuShAtA shavasashchakAna A gOmati vrajE bhajA tvaM naH || 7.27.1 ||

(indraM narO nEmadhitA havantE yat pAryA yunajatE dhiyaH tAH |
shUrO nRuShAtA shavasa chakAna A gOmati vrajE bhajA tvaM naH || )

Om

Meaning of the Prayer Mantra:

 Human invoke Indra (the Resplendent Lord) in the struggles;
They devoutly sing His protection;
The Valiant, Who enfolds men, by Your authority 
place us in possession of pastures abounding with cattles

 

 Notes: 

1. nEmadhitA - apart; havante - call; shUra - heroic; nRushAtA - capturing men

2. Essence of the Vedas is seeking the four Purusharthas - namely,
Dharma, Artha, Kama and Moksha. 

This hymn seeks the Artha or wealth and protection from the Divine.