Mandala 5

Sukta 82: Savitar, drive away all that is evil

Rishi: श्यावाश्व आत्रेयः · Devata: सविता · Metre: गायत्री, १ अनुष्टुप्

9 verses · 82 of 87

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Savitar, drive away all that is evil

Shyavashva Atreya's Gayatri hymn to Savitar opens with a line close to the Gayatri mantra: we choose that food of Deva Savitar, the best, all-sustaining; may we meditate on the swiftness of Bhaga. No one breaks his self-made rule. Savitar, who is Bhaga, sends treasures to the giver. Send us today good fortune with offspring, and drive away bad dreams. The fifth verse is chanted daily in homes and temples: O Deva Savitar, drive away all that is evil and bring us what is good. Sinless before Aditi, may we gain all good things by his impulse.

82.1

तत्स॑वि॒तुर्वृ॑णीमहे व॒यं दे॒वस्य॒ भोज॑नम् ।
श्रेष्ठं॑ सर्व॒धात॑मं॒ तुरं॒ भग॑स्य धीमहि

tatsaviturvṛṇīmahe vayaṃ devasya bhojanam |
śreṣṭhaṃ sarvadhātamaṃ turaṃ bhagasya dhīmahi

82.2

अस्य॒ हि स्वय॑शस्तरं सवि॒तुः कच्च॒न प्रि॒यम् ।
न मि॒नन्ति॑ स्व॒राज्य॑म्

asya hi svayaśastaraṃ savituḥ kaccana priyam |
na minanti svarājyam

82.3

स हि रत्ना॑नि दा॒शुषे॑ सु॒वाति॑ सवि॒ता भग॑ः ।
तं भा॒गं चि॒त्रमी॑महे

sa hi ratnāni dāśuṣe suvāti savitā bhagaḥ |
taṃ bhāgaṃ citramīmahe

82.4

अ॒द्या नो॑ देव सवितः प्र॒जाव॑त्सावी॒ः सौभ॑गम् ।
परा॑ दु॒ष्ष्वप्न्यं॑ सुव

adyā no deva savitaḥ prajāvatsāvīḥ saubhagam |
parā duṣṣvapnyaṃ suva

82.5

विश्वा॑नि देव सवितर्दुरि॒तानि॒ परा॑ सुव ।
यद्भ॒द्रं तन्न॒ आ सु॑व

viśvāni deva savitarduritāni parā suva |
yadbhadraṃ tanna ā suva

82.6

अना॑गसो॒ अदि॑तये दे॒वस्य॑ सवि॒तुः स॒वे ।
विश्वा॑ वा॒मानि॑ धीमहि

anāgaso aditaye devasya savituḥ save |
viśvā vāmāni dhīmahi

82.7

आ वि॒श्वदे॑वं॒ सत्प॑तिं सू॒क्तैर॒द्या वृ॑णीमहे ।
स॒त्यस॑वं सवि॒तार॑म्

ā viśvadevaṃ satpatiṃ sūktairadyā vṛṇīmahe |
satyasavaṃ savitāram

82.8

य इ॒मे उ॒भे अह॑नी पु॒र एत्यप्र॑युच्छन् ।
स्वा॒धीर्दे॒वः स॑वि॒ता

ya ime ubhe ahanī pura etyaprayucchan |
svādhīrdevaḥ savitā

82.9

य इ॒मा विश्वा॑ जा॒तान्या॑श्रा॒वय॑ति॒ श्लोके॑न ।
प्र च॑ सु॒वाति॑ सवि॒ता

ya imā viśvā jātānyāśrāvayati ślokena |
pra ca suvāti savitā

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