Two Hymns to savitr

sūrya-savitṛ represents the godhead of the supreme Truth and is the father, fosterer and enlightener of our souls. When we receive some part of this illumination, we strive to yoke our whole mentality and thought to the conscious existence of the divine sūrya-savitṛ within ourselves. Our obscure mental states and our erring thoughts are applied to this Light manifested within ourselves so that it may turn the obscurity of the mind into clear perceving and convert the errors of thought into truth.

Set out below are two hymns on this process of turning to this Divinity.

युञ्जनः प्रथमं मनस्तत्त्वाय सवित धियः ।
अग्निं ज्योतिर्निचाय्य पृथिव्या अध्य्ऽभरत् ॥
युक्तवाय मनसा देवान्त्सुवर्यतो धिया दिवम् ।
बृहज्ज्योतिः करिष्यतः सविता प्र सुवाति तान् ॥
युक्तेन मनसा वयं देवस्य सवितुः सवे ।
सुवर्गेयाय शक्त्यै ॥

yuñjanaḥ prathamaṁ manastattvāya savita dhiyaḥ
agniṁ jyotirnicāyya pṛthivyā adhy’bharat
yuktavāya manasā devāntsuvaryato dhiyā divam
bṛhajjyotiḥ kariṣyataḥ savitā pra suvāti tān
yuktena manasā vayaṁ devasya savituḥ save
suvargeyāya śaktyai

Yoking first the mind, extending his thoughts
Discerning the Light, savitr has brought agni from the earth
Yoking the gods with the mind, going to heaven and the worlds of light with thought
savitr impels those that make the great Light
With minds well yoked at the impelling of savitr
May we have the strength to go to the world of Light

युञ्जते मन उत युञ्जते धियो विप्राः
विप्रस्य बृहतो विपश्चितः
वि होत्रा दधे वयुनाविदेक इत्
महि देवस्य सवितुः परिष्टुतिः

yuñjate mana uta yuñjate dhiyo viprāḥ
viprasya bṛhato vipaścitaḥ
vi hotrā dadhe vayunāvideka it
mahi devasya savituḥ pariṣṭutiḥ

Illumined men yoke their mind and yoke their thoughts
To him who is illumination and largeness and clear-perceiving
Knowing all phenomena, he solely orders the energies of the sacrifice
Vast is the affirmation in all things of savitr, the Divine Creator

Peace
S