பர்கோ தேவஸ்ய தீமஹி தியோ யோ நஃ ப்ரசோதயாத்
- ௐ (oṃ)sacred sound
- பூஃ (bhūḥ)earth
- புவஃ (bhuvaḥ)atmosphere
- ஸ்வஃ (svaḥ)heaven
- தத் (tat)that
- ஸவிதுஃ (savituḥ)of the Sun
- வரேண்யம் (vareṇyam)adorable
- பர்கஃ (bhargaḥ)divine light
- தேவஸ்ய (devasya)of the deity
- தீமஹி (dhīmahi)we meditate
- தியஃ (dhiyaḥ)intellects
- யஃ (yaḥ)who
- நஃ (naḥ)our
- ப்ரசோதயாத் (pracodayāt)may inspire
anvaya ௐ பூஃ புவஃ ஸ்வஃ ஸவிதுஃ தேவஸ்ய தத் வரேண்யம் பர்கஃ தீமஹி யஃ நஃ தியஃ ப்ரசோதயாத்
chandas Gāyatrī, 3 pādas of 8 syllables
ஸவிதுஃ 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.
பர்கஃ 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.
தீமஹி we take in, we meditate on — A Vedic form. It carries both taking something in and holding it in thought.
பூஃ புவஃ ஸ்வஃ 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. ௐ and the three vyāhṛtis are added in front when it is recited. வரேண்யம் is sung as va-re-ṇi-yaṃ so that the pāda comes to eight syllables.