Deity: Ushas
Mantra
Devanagari:
भद्रवाची स्वधया उषसे जुहोमि हविरुत्तमम्
मयि मेधां मयि प्रजां मयि तेजो दधातु नः
ज्योक्च सूर्यं दृशे शतं जीवेम शरदः
भद्रवाची स्वधया उषसे जुहोमि हविरुत्तमम्
मयि मेधां मयि प्रजां मयि तेजो दधातु नः
ज्योक्च सूर्यं दृशे शतं जीवेम शरदः
Transliteration:
Bhadravachi Svadhaya Ushase Juhomi Haviruttamam
Mayi Medham Mayi Prajam Mayi Tejo Dadhatu Nah
Jyokcha Suryam Drishe Shatam Jivema Sharadah
Bhadravachi Svadhaya Ushase Juhomi Haviruttamam
Mayi Medham Mayi Prajam Mayi Tejo Dadhatu Nah
Jyokcha Suryam Drishe Shatam Jivema Sharadah
Translation:
Unto Ushas, awakener of auspicious speech and prayer, 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 Ushas, awakener of auspicious speech and prayer, 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.