Gayatri Mantra dhyAnam

An invocation prayer submitted before the gAyatri japa, to invite the dEvi gAyatri to inspire the brahmajnAna within us. 

ಉತ್ತಿಷ್ಠ ದೇವಿ ಗಂತವ್ಯಂ ಪುನರಾಗಮನಾಯಚ || ಪ್ರಸೀದ ದೇವಿ ತುಷ್ಟಯರ್ಥಂ ಪ್ರವಿಶ್ಯ ಹೃದಯಂ ಮಮ || ಆಸಾವಾದಿತ್ಯೋ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮ || ಆಸಾವಾದಿತ್ಯೋ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮೇತಿ ಬ್ರಹೈವ ಸನ್ ಬ್ರಹಮಾಪ್ಯೇತಿ ಯ ಏವಂ ವೇದ ||

arise (come forth) oh dEvi (sAvitri) to re-enter (my heart) || be pleased oh dEvi and enter my heart in order to create contentment (pleasure, happiness, satisfaction) || (to affirm that) this Sun Himself is the (pratyaksha) brahma || upon stating that this Sun is the Lord Brahma Himself, the one who understands this attains Brahma (jnAna) ||

ಧ್ಯಾನಮ್

ಮುಕ್ತಾವಿದ್ರುಮ-ಹೇಮನೀಲ ಧವಳಚ್ಚಾಯೈರ್-ಮುಖೈಸ್ತ್ರೀಕ್ಷಣೈಃ |

ಯುಕ್ತಾಮಿಂದುನಿಬದ್ಧರತ್ನ ಮಕುಟಾಂ ತತ್ವಾರ್ಥ ವರ್ಣಾತ್ಮಿಕಾಂ |

ಗಾಯತ್ರೀಂ ವರದಾಭಯಾಂಕುಶಕಶಾಶ್ಶುಭ್ರಂಕಪಾಲಂಗದಾಂ |

ಶಂಖಂಚಕ್ರಮಧಾರವಿಂದ ಯುಗಳಂ ಹಸ್ತೈರ್ವಹಂತೀಂ ಭಜೇ ||

ध्यानम्

मुक्ताविद्रुम हेमनील धवलच्चायैर्-मुखैस्त्रीक्षणैः |

युक्तामिन्दुनिबद्ध रत्न मकुटां तत्वार्थ वर्णात्मिकां |

गायत्रीं वरदाभयाङ्कुशकशाश्शुभ्रङ्कपालङ्गदां |

शङ्खञ्चक्रमधारविन्दयुगलं हस्तैर्वहन्तीं भजे ||

-- muktA - free, discharged, emitted

- vidruma - young spout (druma is a tree) 

- hEma - golden 

- neela - dark blue 

- dhavala-cchayaiH-mukaiH - through the faces that in heaps of the dazzling whiteness  

 - triakshaNaiH - through the three eyes/eyed

-  indu-nibadda - veiled by, fastened by moon / moonlight / spark 

- ratna mukutAm - the crown of jewels

- tatvArtha varNatimika - the one is the personification of the descriptions of the eternal truth 

- gAyatrIm - to dEvi gAyatri 

- varada abhaya ankusha kasha - the bestower of fearlessness, beholder of ankusha (hook), kasha (rope, whip, noose)

- shubhram-kapAlam-gadAm - beholder of pure skull and mace 

- shamka-chakram-adhAravinda-yugala hastaiH vahantIM - one who carries shankha, chakra, and two lotus flowers in her hands, 

- bhaje - that dEvi I worship 

I worship that dEvi (gAyatri) who is like the freshly sprout, of golden hue in the dark blue shade, with face dazzling in brightness from your three eyes, (you are) veiled by moonlight, wearing a crown of jewels, the personification of all true knowledge, (I meditate upon that) gAyatri dEvi who is the bestower of security (symbolized) through hook, rope and skull, and weilding a gadA (buddhirapyāste gadārūpeṇa mādhave - the intellect), a shaMkaa (OmkAra swarUpa; nAdabrahma), a chakra (kAla swarUpa; manas - the Universal mind), two lotus flowers (shrishti and stithi swarUpa; source of creation manifested from the Lord's mind) in her hands, I bow down to thee.