Gayatri Mantra - Meaning

Om Bhoor bhuwah swah, tat savitur varenyam Bhargo devasya dheemahi, Dhiyo yo nah pra-chodayaat

Meaning:

God is dear to me like my own breath, He is the Dispeller of my pains, and Giver of happiness. I meditate on the supremely adorable Light of the Divine Creator, that it may inspire my thought and understanding.

Arjuna, on the other hand,
The one who controls his senses,
And is able to do action without attachment,
Excels and is deemed as great.

Because action at any time is better than inaction,
You continue to perform the action entrusted to you,
For in the state of inaction you may not,
Be able to even move your body.

Except a sacrificial worship of the ultimate,
All other actions carried out,
Are those which lead to a bondage,
And so Arjuna, do the duties in a proper manner,
Sacrificing it to god and without attachment.

During times of yore, Lord Brahma,
Created man along with sacrificial worship and told him,
"You would grow with sacrifices and multiply,
For this would give you all that you want."

Worship gods with sacrifice and let gods entertain you with this,
And you would gain great good by this mutual support.

Gods who are worshipped by sacrifices,
Would grant you all that you want,
And enjoying, what they have given to you,
Without giving them something, back to them is indeed a theft.

The saints who do sacrificial worship and live,
With whatever is left after the worship with them,
Do get rid of all the sins committed by them,
While those sinners who only cook for their eating only,
Do live eating always their sins.
Gita

Oh sinless one, in the times ancient, I had taught
Two distinct ways of paths to follow,
The path of wisdom for the discriminatory and
The path of action to those performers of action.

The being does not become, one bereft of action,
Just because he does not begin an action,
And by renunciation of everything,
He does not reach the divine perfect state.

None can remain for even for a fraction of time,
Without doing any action whatsoever,
For by fundamental laws of nature,
One is forced to indulge in some action or other.

He who claims control of the senses of action,
But mentally is a slave to the objects of these senses,
Is living in delusion and is a pretender
Gita