भर्गो देवस्य धीमहि धियो यो नः प्रचोदयात्
- ॐ (oṃ)sacred sound
- भूः (bhūḥ)earth
- भुवः (bhuvaḥ)atmosphere
- स्वः (svaḥ)heaven
- तत् (tat)that
- सवितुः (savituḥ)of the Sun
- वरेण्यम् (vareṇyam)adorable
- भर्गः (bhargaḥ)divine light
- देवस्य (devasya)of the deity
- धीमहि (dhīmahi)we meditate
- धियः (dhiyaḥ)intellects
- यः (yaḥ)who
- नः (naḥ)our
- प्रचोदयात् (pracodayāt)may inspire
anvaya ॐ भूः भुवः स्वः सवितुः देवस्य तत् वरेण्यम् भर्गः धीमहि यः नः धियः प्रचोदयात्
chandas Gāyatrī, 3 pādas of 8 syllables
सवितुः of Savitā, the sun — Savitā is the sun taken as the one who sets everything moving. What the verse asks for is that light at work in the mind.
भर्गः the light — Bhargas is the sun's burning brightness. Commentators read it as the light that burns away what is unclean in the one who meditates.
धीमहि we take in, we meditate on — A Vedic form. It carries both taking something in and holding it in thought.
भूः भुवः स्वः earth, mid-air, heaven — The three vyāhṛtis. They are placed before the verse for recitation and are not part of the Rig Vedic verse itself.
note Rig Veda 3.62.10, seen by Viśvāmitra. ॐ and the three vyāhṛtis are added in front when it is recited. वरेण्यं is sung as va-re-ṇi-yaṃ so that the pāda comes to eight syllables.