परमेश्वर्यै धीमहि तन्नः काली प्रचोदयात् । एषा तु तव गायत्री महापापप्रणाशिनी ॥ ६३ ॥
paramēśvaryai dhīmahi tannaḥ kālī pracōdayāt | ēṣā tu tava gāyatrī mahāpāpapraṇāśinī || 63 ||
Translation
"parameśvaryai dhīmahi, tanno kālī pracodayāt": this is your Gāyatrī, which destroys great sins.
Word by word
- paramēśvaryai
- "parameśvaryai"
- dhīmahi
- "dhīmahi"
- tannaḥ
- "tanno"
- kālī
- "kālī"
- pracōdayāt
- "pracodayāt"
- ēṣā
- this
- tu
- indeed
- tava
- your
- gāyatrī
- Gāyatrī
- mahāpāpapraṇāśinī
- destroying great sins
Meaning
The commentary gives its sense: "We know the Primordial One and meditate on the Supreme Goddess; may that Kālī impel us."