Gayatri Mantra in Punjabi
ਗਾਯਤ੍ਰੀ ਮੰਤ੍ਰ
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 Punjabi script, also in English letters, with its meaning and a word-by-word gloss.
- Punjabi (Gurmukhi) 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 does not show Punjabi yet; it opens in English letters.
ਓਂ ਭੂਰ੍ਭੁਵਃ ਸ੍ਵਃ Om Bhur Bhuvah Svah
ਤਤ੍ਸਵਿਤੁਰ੍ਵਰੇਣ੍ਯੰ Tat Savitur Varenyam
ਭਰ੍ਗੋ ਦੇਵਸ੍ਯ ਧੀਮਹਿ Bhargo Devasya Dhimahi
ਧਿਯੋ ਯੋ ਨਃ ਪ੍ਰਚੋਦਯਾਤ੍॥ 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.
- ਓਂ Om
- the primordial sound
- ਭੂਃ Bhur
- the earth
- ਭੁਵਃ Bhuvah
- the atmosphere
- ਸ੍ਵਃ Svah
- the heavens
- ਤਤ੍ Tat
- that
- ਸਵਿਤੁਃ Savitur
- of Savitr, the divine sun who inspires
- ਵਰੇਣ੍ਯੰ Varenyam
- most excellent, worthy of choosing
- ਭਰ੍ਗਃ Bhargo
- radiance that removes darkness
- ਦੇਵਸ੍ਯ Devasya
- of the divine
- ਧੀਮਹਿ Dhimahi
- we meditate upon
- ਧਿਯਃ Dhiyo
- intellects, minds
- ਯਃ Yo
- who
- ਨਃ Nah
- our
- ਪ੍ਰਚੋਦਯਾਤ੍ 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 Punjabi letters so you can read them aloud. It is a transliteration, not a translation into Punjabi. The meaning of each verse is given in English.
How was the Punjabi text prepared?
We keep one checked Devanagari edition (Rig Veda Samhita, Mandala 3, Sukta 62, Mantra 10) and write it in Punjabi letters with fixed spelling rules, so every verse matches the original letter for letter. The English-letter line is the common singing spelling.