8 medhātithiḥ kāṇvaḥ| ṛbhavaḥ|gāyatrī|
a̱yaṃ de̱vāya̱ janma̍ne̱ stomo̱ vipre̍bhirāsa̱yā | akā̍ri ratna̱dhāta̍maḥ
||1||ya indrā̍ya vaco̱yujā̍ tata̱kṣurmana̍sā̱ harī̍ | śamī̍bhirya̱jñamā̍śata
||2||takṣa̱n nāsa̍tyābhyā̱ṃ pari̍jmānaṃ su̱khaṃ ratha̍m | takṣa̍n dhe̱nuṃ sa̍ba̱rdughā̍m
||3||yuvā̍nā pi̱tarā̱ puna̍: sa̱tyama̍ntrā ṛjū̱yava̍: | ṛ̱bhavo̍ vi̱ṣṭya̍krata
||4||saṃ vo̱ madā̍so agma̱tendre̍ṇa ca ma̱rutva̍tā | ā̱di̱tyebhi̍śca̱ rāja̍bhiḥ
||5||u̱ta tyaṃ ca̍ma̱saṃ nava̱ṃ tvaṣṭu̍rde̱vasya̱ niṣkṛ̍tam | aka̍rta ca̱tura̱: puna̍:
||6||te no̱ ratnā̍ni dhattana̱ trirā sāptā̍ni sunva̱te | eka̍mekaṃ suśa̱stibhi̍:
||7||adhā̍rayanta̱ vahna̱yo 'bha̍janta sukṛ̱tyayā̍ | bhā̱gaṃ de̱veṣu̍ ya̱jñiya̍m
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