प्रातर्भजामि मनसा वचसामगम्यं
वाचो विभान्ति निखिला यदनुग्रहेण ।
यन्नेतिनेतिवचनैर्निगमा अवोचं_
स्तं देवदेवमजमच्युतमाहुरग्र्यम्
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Pratah – early morning
Bhajami – I worship that Brahman
Manasa – which is beyond my mind
Vachasa – which is beyond my words
Agamyam – that Brahman which cannot be attained or reached, nor available for description or thoughts.
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Vacho – Speech
Vibhanti – Shine or become visible
Nikhila – all or whole
Yad – by whose
Anugrahena – grace
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Yat- which
Neti – not this
Neti – not this
Vachanai – statement or declaration
Nigam – stated in the vedas or scriptures
Avocha – that which cannot be expressed by words
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Stham – that
Deva Devam – lord of the lords
Ajam (Ajaha) – Unborn
Achuyta- Infallible or imperishable
Ahur – Called
Argyam – Foremost
I worship in the morning the supremely effulgent being who is spoken in the Vedas as unborn, changeless, who is inaccessible to the mind and whom words cannot directly describe, but by whose blessing the faculty of the speech functions and who is described in the Upanishads by the words, ‘ not this, not this’