ଭର୍ଗୋ ଦେଵସ୍ଯ ଧୀମହି ଧିଯୋ ଯୋ ନଃ ପ୍ରଚୋଦଯାତ୍
- ଓଁ (oṃ)sacred sound
- ଭୂଃ (bhūḥ)earth
- ଭୁଵଃ (bhuvaḥ)atmosphere
- ସ୍ଵଃ (svaḥ)heaven
- ତତ୍ (tat)that
- ସଵିତୁଃ (savituḥ)of the Sun
- ଵରେଣ୍ଯମ୍ (vareṇyam)adorable
- ଭର୍ଗଃ (bhargaḥ)divine light
- ଦେଵସ୍ଯ (devasya)of the deity
- ଧୀମହି (dhīmahi)we meditate
- ଧିଯଃ (dhiyaḥ)intellects
- ଯଃ (yaḥ)who
- ନଃ (naḥ)our
- ପ୍ରଚୋଦଯାତ୍ (pracodayāt)may inspire
anvaya ଓଁ ଭୂଃ ଭୁଵଃ ସ୍ଵଃ ସଵିତୁଃ ଦେଵସ୍ଯ ତତ୍ ଵରେଣ୍ଯମ୍ ଭର୍ଗଃ ଧୀମହି ଯଃ ନଃ ଧିଯଃ ପ୍ରଚୋଦଯାତ୍
chandas Gāyatrī, 3 pādas of 8 syllables
ସଵିତୁଃ 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.
ଭର୍ଗଃ 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.
ଧୀମହି we take in, we meditate on — A Vedic form. It carries both taking something in and holding it in thought.
ଭୂଃ ଭୁଵଃ ସ୍ଵଃ 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. ଓଁ and the three vyāhṛtis are added in front when it is recited. ଵରେଣ୍ଯଂ is sung as va-re-ṇi-yaṃ so that the pāda comes to eight syllables.