How the Universe is mapped in the Hawan
tatsavitur vareṇyam
bhargo devasya
dhīmahi
dhiyo yo naḥ
pracodayāt
Om bhūr bhuvaḥ swaḥ
tatsavitur vareṇyam
bhargo devasya dhīmahi
dhiyo yo naḥ d āt
yajur-veda
bhūr bhuvah
Bhūh/Prthvi (earth)
Bhuvah/Antariksa (atmosphere)
Svah/Dyauh (heaven)
world
element
air
bhuh
bhuvah
svah
agni
vayu
surya
prana
apana
vyana
world
element
air
bhūh
bhuvah
svah
agnih
vāyu
aditya
prāna
apāna
vyāna
3 world
3 element
3 air
bhūr-bhuvah swar-agni
vāyv-ādityebhyah prāņāpāna-
vyānebhyah
bhūr-bhuvah swar-agni
vāyv-āditye bhyah prāņāpāna-
vyānebhyah
bhūr-bhuvah swar-agni
vāyv-ādityebhyah prāņāpāna-
vyāne bhyah
This knowledge (āpah) is the Light (jyoti) which is
the nectar (rasa) of immortality (amŗtam) which
as that Supreme Being (brahma) permeates the
earth (bhūh), atmosphere (bhuvah), and the
regions beyond (swah) as OM.