ভর্গো দেবস্য ধীমহি ধিযো যো নঃ প্রচোদযাত্
- ওঁ (oṃ)sacred sound
- ভূঃ (bhūḥ)earth
- ভুবঃ (bhuvaḥ)atmosphere
- স্বঃ (svaḥ)heaven
- তত্ (tat)that
- সবিতুঃ (savituḥ)of the Sun
- বরেণ্যম্ (vareṇyam)adorable
- ভর্গঃ (bhargaḥ)divine light
- দেবস্য (devasya)of the deity
- ধীমহি (dhīmahi)we meditate
- ধিযঃ (dhiyaḥ)intellects
- যঃ (yaḥ)who
- নঃ (naḥ)our
- প্রচোদযাত্ (pracodayāt)may inspire
anvaya ওঁ ভূঃ ভুবঃ স্বঃ সবিতুঃ দেবস্য তত্ বরেণ্যম্ ভর্গঃ ধীমহি যঃ নঃ ধিযঃ প্রচোদযাত্
chandas Gāyatrī, 3 pādas of 8 syllables
সবিতুঃ 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.
ভর্গঃ 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.
ধীমহি we take in, we meditate on — A Vedic form. It carries both taking something in and holding it in thought.
ভূঃ ভুবঃ স্বঃ 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. ওঁ and the three vyāhṛtis are added in front when it is recited. বরেণ্যং is sung as va-re-ṇi-yaṃ so that the pāda comes to eight syllables.