Prayer of the Day

Prayer in Sanskrit 

 

श्रेष्ठ्यप्रयुक्तमपि नाम नमस्त्वदीयं
    श्रेष्ठोऽसि यः क्रतुभुजां पतिरघ्रियानाम् |
श्रेष्ठश्श्रुतोसि भगवन्नविशेषतस्त्वं
    मन्त्रेषु कृच्छ्रपठितेषु च सामगानाम् || २१ ||  

  
Shloka as Romanized text

 

shrEShThyaprayuktamapi nAma namastvadIyaM
    shrEShTO&si yaH kratubhujAM patiraghriyAnAm |
shrEShThashshrutOsi bhagavannavishEShatastvaM
    mantrEShu kRucchrapaThitEShu cha sAmagAnAm || 21 ||
    
( shrEShThya prayuktam api nAma namaH tvadIyaM
    shrEShTO&si yaH kratubhujAM patir aghriyAnAm |
shrEShThaH shrutOsi bhagavan avishEShataH tvaM
    mantrEShu kRucchra paThitEShu cha sAmagAnAm || )

Meaning of the Prayer Song:

 The noblest salutation is done to Your name!
You, the Pashupati, are the greatest of the divines that accept oblation!
Oh Bhagavan! You are told to be the greatest in general
when we study the Kruchra (expiation) mantras of Samavedins.

 Notes: 

1. kratubhuja - those who accept offering/rite; krucchra - expiation

2. For example if we study the Jaiminiya Grhyasutra which belong
to Samaveda, Lord Shiva is told as the presiding Sun 
(ईश्वरं भास्करं विद्यात उमां सोमं तथैव च|)

Namo jyeshThaya shrEshThaya - is in the Krucchra Granthas of Samagas.

In the Ardra Nakshatra prakarana in NakshatryeShTi, it is told,
ArdrayA rudraH prathamAna Eti shrEshTho devAnaM patiraghryAnam.

See Also:
1. ஹரதத்த சிவாச்சாரியார்