Deity: Varuna
Mantra
Devanagari:
अपां राजा स्वधया वरुणाय जुहोमि हविरुत्तमम्
मयि मेधां मयि प्रजां मयि तेजो दधातु नः
ज्योक्च सूर्यं दृशे शतं जीवेम शरदः
अपां राजा स्वधया वरुणाय जुहोमि हविरुत्तमम्
मयि मेधां मयि प्रजां मयि तेजो दधातु नः
ज्योक्च सूर्यं दृशे शतं जीवेम शरदः
Transliteration:
Apam Raja Svadhaya Varunaya Juhomi Haviruttamam
Mayi Medham Mayi Prajam Mayi Tejo Dadhatu Nah
Jyokcha Suryam Drishe Shatam Jivema Sharadah
Apam Raja Svadhaya Varunaya Juhomi Haviruttamam
Mayi Medham Mayi Prajam Mayi Tejo Dadhatu Nah
Jyokcha Suryam Drishe Shatam Jivema Sharadah
Translation:
Unto Varuna, sovereign king dwelling within the cosmic waters, 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 Varuna, sovereign king dwelling within the cosmic waters, 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.