ગાયત્રી મન્ત્રઃ

• ૐ (oṃ)sacred sound
• ભૂઃ (bhūḥ)earth
• ભુવઃ (bhuvaḥ)atmosphere
• સ્વઃ (svaḥ)heaven
• તત્ (tat)that
• સવિતુઃ (savituḥ)of the Sun
• વરેણ્યમ્ (vareṇyam)adorable
• ભર્ગઃ (bhargaḥ)divine light
• દેવસ્ય (devasya)of the deity
• ધીમહિ (dhīmahi)we meditate
• ધિયઃ (dhiyaḥ)intellects
• યઃ (yaḥ)who
• નઃ (naḥ)our
• પ્રચોદયાત્ (pracodayāt)may inspire

anvaya ૐ ભૂઃ ભુવઃ સ્વઃ સવિતુઃ દેવસ્ય તત્ વરેણ્યમ્ ભર્ગઃ ધીમહિ યઃ નઃ ધિયઃ પ્રચોદયાત્

chandas Gāyatrī, 3 pādas of 8 syllables

સવિતુઃ 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.

ભર્ગઃ 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.

ધીમહિ we take in, we meditate on — A Vedic form. It carries both taking something in and holding it in thought.

ભૂઃ ભુવઃ સ્વઃ 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. ૐ and the three vyāhṛtis are added in front when it is recited. વરેણ્યં is sung as va-re-ṇi-yaṃ so that the pāda comes to eight syllables.