- प्र (pra)forth
- नः (naḥ)for us
- देवी (devī)the goddess
- सरस्वती (sarasvatī)Sarasvatī
- the words woven forwards, backwards and forwards again in the ghana pattern, which fixes the exact sequence and accent of the Veda beyond the reach of error
सर॑स्वती॒ वाजे॑भि॒ र्वाजे॑भि॒ स्सर॑स्वती॒ सर॑स्वती॒ वाजे॑भि र्वा॒जिनी॑वती वा॒हिनी॑वती॒ वाजे॑भि॒ स्सर॑स्वती॒ सर॑स्वती॒ वाजे॑भि र्वा॒जिनी॑वती ॥
- देवी (devī)goddess
- सरस्वती (sarasvatī)Sarasvatī, she of the flowing waters and of speech
- वाजेभिः (vājebhiḥ)with strengths, with vigours
- वाजिनीवती (vājinīvatī)possessed of swift strength (vājin:swift, strong | vat:possessing)
- धीनाम् (dhīnām)of thoughts, of insights
- अवित्री (avitrī)protectress
- अवतु (avatu)may she protect
- घनपाठ (ghanapāṭha)the “dense” recitation, one of the eight elaborate patterns (vikṛti) used to preserve the Vedic text
धी॒ना म॑वि॒त्र्य॑वि॒त्री धी॒ना-न्धी॒नाम॑वि॒त्र्य॑ वत्व वत्ववि॒त्री धी॒ना-न्धी॒नाम॑वि॒त्र्य॑वतु । अ॒वि॒त्र्य॑वत्वव त्ववि॒त्र्य॑वि॒ त्र्य॑वतु । अ॒व॒त्वित्य॑वतु ॥
- वाजेभिः (vājebhiḥ)with strengths
- वाजिनीवती (vājinīvatī)possessed of swift strength
- इति (iti)thus, marking a word quoted in isolation
- धीनाम् (dhīnām)of thoughts
- अवित्री (avitrī)protectress
- अवतु (avatu)may she protect
- अवत्वित्यवतु (avatv ity avatu)“avatu” – thus, avatu
- the closing single-word repetition that seals the pattern
