गायत्रीव्याख्याThe Gāyatrī explained
Verse 220
यो भर्गः सर्वसाक्षीशो मनोबुद्धीन्द्रियाणि नः । धर्मार्थकाममोक्षेषु प्रेरयेद्विनियोजयेत् ॥ २२० ॥
yō bhargaḥ sarvasākṣīśō manōbuddhīndriyāṇi naḥ | dharmārthakāmamōkṣēṣu prērayēdviniyōjayēt || 220 ||
Translation
the radiance, the lord who witnesses all, who may impel our minds, intellects and senses toward dharma, wealth, desire and liberation, and set them to their work.
Word by word
- yaḥ
- (yaḥ) who
- bhargaḥ
- (bhargaḥ) the radiance
- sarva
- all
- sākṣī
- who witnesses
- īśaḥ
- (īśaḥ) the lord
- manaḥ
- (manaḥ) minds
- buddhi
- intellects
- indriyāṇi
- and senses
- naḥ
- (naḥ) our
- dharma
- dharma
- artha
- wealth
- kāma
- desire
- mōkṣēṣu
- and liberation
- prērayēt
- (prerayet) may impel
- viniyōjayēt
- may set to work
Meaning
"Yaḥ" is "the lord who witnesses all", the seer and ruler of every good and bad act; "dhiyaḥ" are "our minds, intellects and senses"; "pracodayāt" is "may he impel and direct them" toward the four aims of life. The ṭīkā adds that though "the radiance of Savitṛ" makes them sound like two, Savitṛ and his radiance are, in the highest truth, one.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 218.