Deity: Rudra
Mantra
Devanagari:
नीलग्रीवय स्वधया रुद्राय जुहोमि हविरुत्तमम्
मयि मेधां मयि प्रजां मयि तेजो दधातु नः
ज्योक्च सूर्यं दृशे शतं जीवेम शरदः
नीलग्रीवय स्वधया रुद्राय जुहोमि हविरुत्तमम्
मयि मेधां मयि प्रजां मयि तेजो दधातु नः
ज्योक्च सूर्यं दृशे शतं जीवेम शरदः
Transliteration:
Nilagrivaya Svadhaya Rudraya Juhomi Haviruttamam
Mayi Medham Mayi Prajam Mayi Tejo Dadhatu Nah
Jyokcha Suryam Drishe Shatam Jivema Sharadah
Nilagrivaya Svadhaya Rudraya Juhomi Haviruttamam
Mayi Medham Mayi Prajam Mayi Tejo Dadhatu Nah
Jyokcha Suryam Drishe Shatam Jivema Sharadah
Translation:
Unto Rudra, blue-throated savior of the universe, 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.
Unto Rudra, blue-throated savior of the universe, 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.