गायत्रीं शृणु चार्वङ्गि सर्वपापप्रणाशिनीम् । परमेश्वरं ङेऽन्तमुक्त्वा विद्महे तदनन्तरम् ॥ १०९ ॥
gāyatrīṁ śṛṇu cārvaṅgi sarvapāpapraṇāśinīm | paramēśvaraṁ ṅē’ntamuktvā vidmahē tadanantaram || 109 ||
Translation
Hear the Gāyatrī, O fair one, the destroyer of every sin. Say "Parameśvara" in the dative, then "vidmahe";
Word by word
- gāyatrīṁ
- the Gāyatrī
- śṛṇu
- hear
- cārvaṅgi
- O fair-limbed one
- sarvapāpapraṇāśinīm
- destroyer of every sin
- paramēśvaraṁ
- "Parameśvara"
- ṅē’ntamuktvā
- saying it ending in -e (the dative)
- vidmahē
- "vidmahe"
- tadanantaram
- after that
Meaning
Verses 109 and 110 form the Brahma-Gāyatrī; the commentary assembles it: "parameśvarāya vidmahe paratattvāya dhīmahi tanno brahma pracodayāt". Quoting the word parameśvaram makes this line one syllable longer than the metre.