- Language
- Sanskrit
- Author or source
- From the Rigveda, 3.62.10; seer Vishvamitra
- Length
- One verse, with Om and the vyahritis
About this text
The verse stands in the Rigveda, in the third book, whose hymns are attributed to the seer Vishvamitra. It is addressed to Savitr, the Sun as the one who stirs all things. The metre is itself called gayatri, three lines of eight syllables; the Om and the three vyahritis before it, bhuh, bhuvah and svah, the three worlds, are added from the Taittiriya Aranyaka.
It is recited across India, at sunrise and sunset in the sandhya, and is taught at the upanayana.
The text
Mantra
ॐ भूर्भुवः स्वः ।
तत्सवितुर्वरेण्यं भर्गो देवस्य धीमहि ।
धियो यो नः प्रचोदयात् ॥
Om bhoor bhuvah svah
Tatsaviturvarenyam bhargo devasya dheemahi
Dhiyo yo nah prachodayaat
Om, earth, sky and heaven. We meditate on that excellent light of the divine Savitr: may he stir our minds.
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