Prayer of the Day

Prayer from Rig Veda

ऋषि    :    वैयश्वॊ विश्वमना
दॆवता    :    अग्नि
छन्दस्    :    उष्णिक्

ॐ

ईळि॑ष्वा॒ हि प्र॑ती॒व्यं॑ यज॑स्व जा॒तवॆ॑दसम् ।
च॒रि॒ष्णुधू॑म॒मगृ॑भीतशॊचिषम् ॥ ८.२३.१ ॥

ॐ

Mantra as Romanized text

 
RuShi    :    vaiyashvO vishvamanA
dEvatA    :    agni
Chandas    :    uShNik

Om

ILiShvA hi pratIvyaM yajasva jAtavEdasam |
chariShNudhUmamagRubhItashOchiSham || 8.23.1 ||

(ILiShvA hi pratIvyaM yajasva jAtavEdasam |
chariShNu dhUmam agRubhIta shOchiSham || )

Om

Meaning of the Prayer Mantra:

 Hail the Eternal;
Worship the Omniscient
- One with the emerging smoke and
unsubdued splendor!

 Notes: 

1. IDiShva - to hail; prativyam - eternal; 
jAtavEdas - Omniscient; chariShNu - moving;
agRubhItashOchiSham - unsubdued splendor

2. In this hymn the worshipper hails the Supreme,
Who is in the form of Agni right in front.
(It should be noted that the Agni along with the Vedikai
is the same as the Shivalinga and the Gomukha we worship)

3. This hymn is sung as the Samagana called "Varkajambhadyam".