Prayer of the Day

Prayer from Rig Veda

ऋषि    :    सौनकॊ गृत्समद
दॆवता    :    ब्रह्मणस्पतिः
छन्दस्    :    जगती

ॐ

ग॒णाना॑ं त्वा ग॒णप॑तिं हवामहॆ क॒विं क॑वि॒णामु॑प॒मश्र॑वस्तमम् ।
ज्यॆ॒ष्ठ॒राज॒ं ब्रह्म॑णां ब्रह्मनस्पत॒ आ नः॑ शृ॒ण्वन्नू॒तिभि॑ः सीद॒ साद॑नम् ॥ २.२३.१ ॥

ॐ

 

Mantra as Romanized text

 
RuShi    :    Saunako Grutsamada
Aspect Hailed:    Brahmanaspati
Chandas    :    Jagati

Om

gaNAnAM tvA gaNapatiM havAmahE kaviM kaviNAmupamashravastamam |
jyEShTharAjaM brahmaNAM brahmanaspata A naH shRuNvannUtibhiH sIda sAdanam || 2.23.1 ||

( gaNAnAM tvA gaNapatiM havAmahE kaviM kaviNAm upamashravastamam |
jyEShTharAjaM brahmaNAM brahmanaspata A naH shRuNvan UtibhiH sIda sAdanam ||   )

Om

Meaning of the Prayer Mantra:

 We are invoking You, Who are the Leader of the Ganas, the Poet of the poets,
Illustrious One, the Supreme king of mantras, the Protector of the mantras.
Come and sit with all the protections!

 Notes: 

1. upamashravastamam - highly renowned / illustrious; brahmaNa - mantra;
brahmanaspati - The protector of mantras;
Uti - protection; sIda - seated; sadanam - seat.

2.  gaNAnAM tvA gaNapatiM 
God is the Lord of all the ganas - the Lord of all.
(There are 19 ganas enumerated in puranas.)
c.f. namO gaNEbhO gaNapatibhyashcha

3.  kaviM kaviNAm
Of all the poets God is the greatest poet.
He gave us the vedas. He is in essence the source
of our speech!

4.  brahmaNAM jyEShTharAjaM 
Superior king of mantras.