Apo Hi Shtha Mayo Bhuvah — Complete Lyrics
आपो हि ष्ठा मयोभुवः
Sanskrit text with English transliteration and translation
Verse 1
ॐ आपो हि ष्ठा मयोभुवस्ता न ऊर्जे दधातन।
महे रणाय चक्षसे॥
Om Apo Hi Shtha Mayo-Bhuvas-Ta Na Urje Dadhatana.
Mahe Ranaya Chakshase.
O Waters, you are indeed the bringers of well-being and joy; therefore grant us strength and nourishment, that we may perceive great delight. Give us a share, here in this world, of that most auspicious essence of yours — like loving mothers eager to nourish their children. To you we come readily for that bliss to whose abode you gladden and impel us; O Waters, regenerate and renew us. (This is the Marjana hymn recited while sprinkling purifying water in the daily ritual.)
Verse 2
यो वः शिवतमो रसस्तस्य भाजयतेह नः।
उशतीरिव मातरः॥
Yo Vah Shivatamo Rasas-Tasya Bhajayateha Nah.
Ushatir-Iva Matarah.
Verse 3
तस्मा अरं गमाम वो यस्य क्षयाय जिन्वथ।
आपो जनयथा च नः॥
Tasma Aram Gamama Vo Yasya Kshayaya Jinvatha.
Apo Janayatha Cha Nah.
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