Prayer of the Day

Prayer from Rig Veda

ॐ

त्वे॒षं व॒यं रु॒द्रं य॑ज्ञ॒साधं॑ वं॒कुं क॒विमव॑से॒ निह्व॑यामहे ।
आ॒रे अ॒स्मद्दैव्यं॒ हेळो॑ अस्यतु सुम॒तिमिद्व॒यम॒स्या वृ॑णीमहे ॥ १-११४-४ ॥

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Mantra as Romanized text

 
Om

tveShaM vayaM rudraM yaj~jasAdhaM vaMkuM kavimavase nihvayAmahe |
Are asmaddaivyam heLo asyatu sumatimidvayamasyA vRuNImahe || 1-114-4 ||

(tveShaM vayaM rudraM yaj~jsAdhaM vaMkuM kavim avase ni hvayAmahe |
Are asmat daivyam heLo asyatu sumatimit vayam asya AvRuNImahe ||)

Om

Meaning of the Prayer Mantra:

 We invoke for protection the Lord Rudra, the Brilliant, 
Fulfiller of worship, Moving all around and Wise!
May He remove at far itself the anger of divines on us!
We pray for His kindness.

 Notes: 

1. tveSha - brilliant; yaj~jasAdha - fulfiller of worship;
vaMkuM - flexible; kavi - wise; avas - protection;
nihvayAmahe - invoke; heLa - anger; avRuNImahe - pray
2. vaMkuM
As the air moves all around, the Lord is moving
all around us.
3. Among the relief from three types of miseries 
(Adyatmika, Adibhautika and Adidaivika)
this prayer seeks remedy for Adidaivika miseries.