उपनयनम्Upanayana, investiture with the sacred thread
Verse 214
आदौ तत्सवितुः पश्चाद्वरेण्यं पदमुच्चरेत् । भर्गः पदान्ते देवस्य धीमहीति पदं वदेत् ॥ २१४ ॥
ādau tatsavituḥ paścādvarēṇyaṁ padamuccarēt | bhargaḥ padāntē dēvasya dhīmahīti padaṁ vadēt || 214 ||
Translation
First he should say "tat savituḥ", then the word "vareṇyam"; after the word "bhargaḥ", "devasya"; then the word "dhīmahi";
Word by word
- ādau
- first
- tat
- (tat) that
- savituḥ
- (savituḥ) of Savitṛ
- paścāt
- (paścāt) then
- varēṇyaṁ
- vareṇyam
- padam
- (padam) the word
- uccarēt
- should say
- bhargaḥ
- bhargaḥ
- pada
- the word
- antē
- after
- dēvasya
- devasya
- dhīmahi
- dhīmahi
- iti
- thus
- padaṁ
- the word
- vadēt
- should say
Meaning
The Gāyatrī is spelled word by word, as is the custom with mantras in the Tantras.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
He gives the Sāvitrī itself with "ādau" and the rest, in a verse and a half. First he should say "tat savituḥ"; then he should utter "vareṇyam"; then say the word "bhargaḥ"; after that word, the word "devasya"; after it the word "dhīmahi"; then "dhiyo yo naḥ pracodayāt". Putting all the words together, the Sāvitrī takes the form: tat savitur vareṇyaṁ bhargo devasya dhīmahi dhiyo yo naḥ pracodayāt. At the end of the Sāvitrī, uttering the praṇava, oṁkāra, again, the guru should tell the meaning of the Sāvitrī. "The meaning of the Sāvitrī" stands also for the meaning of the praṇava and of the vyāhṛtis.