Gayatri Mantra
Chanted at sunrise, noon and sunset; the best-known verse of the Rig Veda.
MantraSavitr (the Sun)
Quick facts
- Type
- Mantra
- Deity
- Savitr (the Sun)
- When it is sung
- Chanted at sunrise, noon and sunset; the best-known verse of the Rig Veda.
- Languages
- Roman and Devanagari here; ten scripts in the app
Verse (Devanagari)
ओम् भूर्भुवः स्वः
तत्सवितुर्वरेण्यम्
भर्गो देवस्य धीमहि
धियो यो नः प्रचोदयात्
Transliteration
Om bhur bhuvah svah
tat savitur varenyam
bhargo devasya dhimahi
dhiyo yo nah prachodayat
What it means
We meditate on the radiance of the divine Sun, who sustains the earth, the sky and all that lies beyond. May that light awaken our understanding.
Read it in your language
In the Muhurtha app you can read Gayatri Mantra in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Odia, Tamil and Telugu, count it on a japa mala, and open a link to hear it sung — all offline, with no account and no ads.