Pranayama Mantra (Gayatri with Vyahritis and Shiras) — Complete Lyrics
प्राणायाम मन्त्र
Sanskrit text with English transliteration and translation
ॐ भूः। ॐ भुवः। ॐ सुवः।
ॐ महः। ॐ जनः। ॐ तपः। ॐ सत्यम्।
ॐ तत्सवितुर्वरेण्यं भर्गो देवस्य धीमहि।
धियो यो नः प्रचोदयात्॥
ॐ आपो ज्योती रसोऽमृतं ब्रह्म भूर्भुवःसुवरोम्॥
Om Bhuh. Om Bhuvah. Om Suvah.
Om Mahah. Om Janah. Om Tapah. Om Satyam.
Om Tat-Savitur Varenyam Bhargo Devasya Dhimahi.
Dhiyo Yo Nah Prachodayat.
Om Apo Jyoti Raso-mritam Brahma Bhur-Bhuvah-Suvar-Om.
Om, the earth. Om, the mid-region. Om, the heavens. Om, the great realm. Om, the realm of creation. Om, the realm of austerity. Om, the realm of truth. We meditate upon that most adorable, divine, sin-dispelling effulgence of the radiant Savitr (the Sun-god); may He inspire and illumine our intellects. Om — the waters, the light, the essence, the immortal nectar, Brahman — earth, mid-region and heaven, sealed by Om. (The seven Vyahritis name the seven worlds; the central line is the Gayatri Mantra; the final line is its 'Shiras' or crown, recited during ritual breath-control.)
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