Mantra
Devanagari:
सप्ताश्वाय नमस्कृत्य सूर्याय हविष्मन्तो विधेम ते
जीवेम शरदः शतमजीताः स्याम सर्वदा
Transliteration:
Saptashvaya Namaskritya Suryaya Havishmanto Vidhema Te
Jivema Sharadah Shatamajitah Syama Sarvada
Translation:
Bowing unto borne by the seven steeds of light, O Surya, bearing oblations we worship You;
May we live a hundred autumns, ever unconquered in spirit.