Original Soundtrack Main Title (UK Version) Lyrics

The Main t__le is the Gayatri Mantra, sung in Sanscrit:
Aum bhoor bhuwah swaha,
Tat savitur varenyam
Bhargo devasaya dheemahi
Dhiyo yo naha prachodayat
It has many translations, but the most common is:
Oh God! Thou art the Giver of Life,
Remover of pain and sorrow,
The Bestower of happiness,
Oh! Creator of the Universe,
May we receive thy supreme sin-destroying light,
May Thou guide our intellect in the right direction.

FROM IMDB'S "TRIVIA - BATTLESTAR GALACTICA" PAGE:
The opening theme song for seasons one, two, and three is a famous Hindu mantra,
the Gayatri Mantra, taken from the Rig Veda. The words are:
"OM bhûr bhuvah svah
tat savitur varçnyam
bhargô dçvasya dhîmahi
dhiyô yô nah pracôdayât"
which may be translated in various ways but means approximately:
"may we attain that excellent glory of Savitar the God / so May he stimulate our prayers".

Wikipedia:
"We meditate on the worshipable power and glory of Him who has created the earth, the nether world and the heavens (i.e. the universe), and who directs our understanding."
"Let us adore the supremacy of that Divine Sun, the Godhead, who illuminates all, who recreates all, from whom all proceed, to whom all must return, whom we invoke to direct our understanding aright in our progress towards his holy seat."
[edit - Laird Page 02/10/09]