Prayer of the Day

Prayer from Rig Veda

ॐ

मा त्वा॑ रुद्र चुक्रुधाम॒ नमॊ॑भि॒र्मा दुष्टु॑ति वृषभ॒ मा सहू॑ती ।
उन्नॊ॑ वी॒राँ अ॑र्पय भॆष॒जॆभिर्भि॒षक्त॑मं त्वा भि॒षजां॑ शृणॊमि ॥ २.३३.४ ॥

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Mantra as Romanized text

 
Om

mA tvA rudra chukrudhAma namObhirmA duShTuti vRuShabha mA sahUtI |
unnO vIrA~M arpaya bhEShajEbhirbhiShaktamaM tvA bhiShajAM shRuNOmi || 2.33.4 ||

(mA tvA rudra chukrudhAma namObhir mA duShTuti vRuShabha mA sahUtI |
unnO vIrA~M arpaya bhEShajEbhir bhiShaktamaM tvA bhiShajAM shRuNOmi || )

Om

Meaning of the Prayer Mantra:

 Oh Cosmic vital physician (Rudra)! Oh the Mighty! 
I will not address You with sour salutations, 
nor do ill-addressed worship, nor address You equally with others!
Uplift our brave people with the medicines!
I hear that You are the Supreme among all medics!

 Notes: 

1. chukrudhAma - make sour/ provoke; duShTuti - ill addressed worship;
vRuShabha - mighty; sahUti - conjoint invocation; 
2. mA sahUtI
May we not keep anyone at the same importance as God.
Everyone gets their fame and glory only through the mercy shown by God. 
Hence, it would be inappropriate to equate and worship anyone as God.
c.f. சென்றுநாஞ் சிறுதெய்வஞ் சேர்வோ மல்லோம்