Prayer of the Day

Prayer from Rig Veda

ऋषि    :    ब्रह्म 
दॆवता    :    अग्नि, परं ब्रह्म
छन्दस्    :    त्रिष्टुप्

ॐ

अ॒ग्निर॑स्मि॒ जन्म॑ना जा॒तवॆ॑दा घृ॒तं मॆ॒ चक्षु॑र॒मृतं॑ म आ॒सन् ।
अ॒र्कस्त्रि॒धातू॒ रज॑सॊ वि॒मानॊऽज॑स्त्रॊ घ॒र्मॊ ह॒विर॑स्मि॒ नाम॑ ॥ ३.२६.७ ॥

ॐ

Mantra as Romanized text

 
RuShi    :    brahma 
dEvatA    :    agni, paraM brahma
Chandas    :    triShTup

Om

agnirasmi janmanA jAtavEdA ghRutaM mE chakShuramRutaM ma Asan |
arkastridhAtU rajasO vimAnO&jastrO gharmO havirasmi nAma || 3.26.7 ||

( agnir asmi;  janmanA jAtavEdA;  ghRutaM mE chakShuH; amRutaM ma Asan |
arkaH tridhAtU;  rajasO vimAnaH;  ajastrO gharmO; havir asmi nAma ||  )

Om

Meaning of the Prayer Mantra:

 I am the Agni; 
By birth I am intelligent;
Ghee is my eyes;
Amruta is my root;
Brilliance is the make;
Smoke is the crown; 
Heat is incessant;
Offering is my invocation!

 Notes: 

1. jAtavEda - intelligent;