Gayatri Mantra in Kannada
ಗಾಯತ್ರೀ ಮಂತ್ರ
The Gayatri Mantra is a Vedic prayer from the Rig Veda (3.62.10), and its seer is Rishi Vishvamitra. Below is the Gayatri Mantra in Kannada script, also in English letters, with its meaning and a word-by-word gloss.
- Kannada script
- 1 verse
- 1 min
- Rishi Vishvamitra (Rig Veda 3.62.10)
- Best on Sunday
Recite line by line, listen, count with a mala. The reader opens in Kannada.
ಓಂ ಭೂರ್ಭುವಃ ಸ್ವಃ Om Bhur Bhuvah Svah
ತತ್ಸವಿತುರ್ವರೇಣ್ಯಂ Tat Savitur Varenyam
ಭರ್ಗೋ ದೇವಸ್ಯ ಧೀಮಹಿ Bhargo Devasya Dhimahi
ಧಿಯೋ ಯೋ ನಃ ಪ್ರಚೋದಯಾತ್॥ Dhiyo Yo Nah Prachodayat
Meaning
Om. Earth, atmosphere and heaven. We meditate on that most excellent radiance of the divine Savitr. May he inspire and illumine our minds.
- ಓಂ Om
- the primordial sound
- ಭೂಃ Bhur
- the earth
- ಭುವಃ Bhuvah
- the atmosphere
- ಸ್ವಃ Svah
- the heavens
- ತತ್ Tat
- that
- ಸವಿತುಃ Savitur
- of Savitr, the divine sun who inspires
- ವರೇಣ್ಯಂ Varenyam
- most excellent, worthy of choosing
- ಭರ್ಗಃ Bhargo
- radiance that removes darkness
- ದೇವಸ್ಯ Devasya
- of the divine
- ಧೀಮಹಿ Dhimahi
- we meditate upon
- ಧಿಯಃ Dhiyo
- intellects, minds
- ಯಃ Yo
- who
- ನಃ Nah
- our
- ಪ್ರಚೋದಯಾತ್ Prachodayat
- may inspire, may illumine
Questions
Is this the same Gayatri Mantra that is sung in Hindi?
Yes. These are the same Sanskrit words, written in Kannada letters so you can read them aloud. It is a transliteration, not a translation into Kannada. The meaning of each verse is given in English.
How was the Kannada text prepared?
We keep one checked Devanagari edition (Rig Veda Samhita, Mandala 3, Sukta 62, Mantra 10) and write it in Kannada letters with fixed spelling rules, so every verse matches the original letter for letter. The English-letter line is the common singing spelling.