Gayatri Avahanam (Ayatu Varada Devi) — Complete Lyrics
गायत्री आवाहनम्
Sanskrit text with English transliteration and translation
Verse 1
ॐ आयातु वरदा देवी अक्षरं ब्रह्मसम्मितम्।
गायत्रीं छन्दसां मातेदं ब्रह्म जुषस्व नः॥
Om Ayatu Varada Devi Aksharam Brahma-Sammitam.
Gayatrim Chandasam Mata Idam Brahma Jushasva Nah.
Om — may the boon-granting Goddess come, the imperishable one, equal to Brahman; O Gayatri, mother of all the Vedic metres, be pleased to accept this our sacred prayer. You are vital lustre, you are might, you are strength, you are radiance; you are the abode and the name of the gods, you are the entire universe, the life of all, you are everything, the life of all and the all-surpassing One — Om. I invoke Gayatri; I invoke Savitri; I invoke Sarasvati. (These verses call the Gayatri-goddess to be present before the Japa begins.)
Verse 2
ओजोऽसि सहोऽसि बलमसि भ्राजोऽसि
देवानां धाम नामासि विश्वमसि
विश्वायुः सर्वमसि सर्वायुरभिभूरों।
गायत्रीमावाहयामि सावित्रीमावाहयामि
सरस्वतीमावाहयामि॥
Ojo-si Saho-si Balam-asi Bhrajo-si
Devanam Dhama Nama-asi Vishvam-asi
Vishvayuh Sarvam-asi Sarvayur-Abhibhur-Om.
Gayatrim-Avahayami Savitrim-Avahayami
Sarasvatim-Avahayami.
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