Gayatri Mantra in Malayalam
ഗായത്രീ മന്ത്ര
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 Malayalam script, also in English letters, with its meaning and a word-by-word gloss.
- Malayalam 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 Malayalam.
ഓം ഭൂർഭുവഃ സ്വഃ Om Bhur Bhuvah Svah
തത്സവിതുർവരേണ്യം Tat Savitur Varenyam
ഭർഗോ ദേവസ്യ ധീമഹി Bhargo Devasya Dhimahi
ധിയോ യോ നഃ പ്രചോദയാത്॥ 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.
- ഓം Om
- the primordial sound
- ഭൂഃ Bhur
- the earth
- ഭുവഃ Bhuvah
- the atmosphere
- സ്വഃ Svah
- the heavens
- തത് Tat
- that
- സവിതുഃ Savitur
- of Savitr, the divine sun who inspires
- വരേണ്യം Varenyam
- most excellent, worthy of choosing
- ഭർഗഃ Bhargo
- radiance that removes darkness
- ദേവസ്യ Devasya
- of the divine
- ധീമഹി Dhimahi
- we meditate upon
- ധിയഃ Dhiyo
- intellects, minds
- യഃ Yo
- who
- നഃ Nah
- our
- പ്രചോദയാത് 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 Malayalam letters so you can read them aloud. It is a transliteration, not a translation into Malayalam. The meaning of each verse is given in English.
How was the Malayalam text prepared?
We keep one checked Devanagari edition (Rig Veda Samhita, Mandala 3, Sukta 62, Mantra 10) and write it in Malayalam letters with fixed spelling rules, so every verse matches the original letter for letter. The English-letter line is the common singing spelling.