Durwakshat Mantra
Durwakshat Mantra is a blessing mantra chanted in the Mithila region of the Indian Subcontinent.
Etymology
Durwakshta is a compound Sanskrit word having two terms Dūrvā and Akshata. In the Mithila region, the Mantra is chanted by taking the sacred grass Dūrvā and Akshata in hand by Brahmins and at the end of the mantra, the sacred grass Dūrvā and Akshata is thrown on the blessee. Since the sacred grass Dūrvā and Akshata is used by the Brahmins as the material things for blessing in the Mantra, it is known as Durwakshta Mantra.Description
In the Mithila region of the Indian Subcontinent, the Durwakshta Mantra is chanted for the blessing in auspicious occasions by minimum five married elder male Brahmins. This mantra is generally chanted on the occasion of marriage, Kojagra, Upanayana and Mundan ceremonies, etc. It is also known as the Vedic prayer for the nation. In Hindi, it is called "Vedic Rastriya Prarthana".The major part of the Durwakshta Mantra is taken from the mantra 22 of the chapter 22 in the Madhyandina Samhita of the Shukla Yajurveda. According to Maithil scholar Gajendra Thakur, the mantra 22 of the chapter 22 in the Shukla Yajurveda was chanted for the devotion towards the Nation in entire Indian subcontinent by people in the early times.
But in the Mithila region, adding "मंत्रार्थाः सिद्धयः सन्तु पूर्णाः सन्तु मनोरथाः। शत्रुणां बुद्धिनाशोऽस्तु मित्राणामुदयस्तव।" after the mantra 22 in chapter 22 of the Shukla Yajurveda became the blessing Mantra in the tradition of Maithil Brahmins.