Mantra
Devanagari:
कृत्तिवासाय स्वधया रुद्राय जुहोमि हविरुत्तमम्
मयि मेधां मयि प्रजां मयि तेजो दधातु नः
ज्योक्च सूर्यं दृशे शतं जीवेम शरदः
Transliteration:
Krittivasaya Svadhaya Rudraya Juhomi Haviruttamam
Mayi Medham Mayi Prajam Mayi Tejo Dadhatu Nah
Jyokcha Suryam Drishe Shatam Jivema Sharadah
Translation:
Unto Rudra, clad in transcendent majesty, I offer the choicest oblation with devotion;
May He place intelligence, noble progeny, and spiritual radiance within us,
And may we live a hundred autumns, long beholding the glorious Sun.