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    The Gayatri Mantra is an ancient mantra from the Rig Veda dedicated to Savitr, a Vedic solar deity. It is considered one of the most important mantras in Hinduism. The mantra has three lines which reference the three realms of earth, sky, and heaven. It asks the deity to illuminate and guide the intellect of the person reciting it. Chanting the Gayatri Mantra is believed to awaken one's wisdom and lead them on the righteous path. It is seen as encapsulating the essential components of a mantra - description of glory, meditation, and prayer.

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    The Gayatri Mantra is an ancient mantra from the Rig Veda dedicated to Savitr, a Vedic solar deity. It is considered one of the most important mantras in Hinduism. The mantra has three lines which reference the three realms of earth, sky, and heaven. It asks the deity to illuminate and guide the intellect of the person reciting it. Chanting the Gayatri Mantra is believed to awaken one's wisdom and lead them on the righteous path. It is seen as encapsulating the essential components of a mantra - description of glory, meditation, and prayer.

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    GAYATRI MANTRA

    GAYATRI MANTRA


    This oldest Gayatri Mantra is given in Rig Veda 3/62/10, also given in Yajur Veda 22/9,30/2,36/3, Saam Veda 1462 and in some other form in Atharva Veda. This Mantra has been praised in Manu Smriti 2/81 as the mouth of God. Sage Vishwamitra wrote this.

    Primordial sound representing the creation of cosmos, sound of movement of galaxies, sound of mother nature, sound of God.
    BHUR Prana (Breath) Earth Sat Existence of God

    BHUVAH - Apana Sky (Free from sorrow) (planets)


    SWAH Vyana (omnipresent) Heaven(galaxies)

    Chit

    - Consciousness of God
    Bliss of God

    Ananda -

    TAT SAVITUR

    That

    Third Person ( God Savita)

    Plural of Savita - (Energy God of many Suns) Worthy to be worshipped

    VARENYAM -

    BHARGO
    DEVASYA

    Gods divine & glorious light & purifying power


    of that God

    DHIMAHI
    DHIYO YO NAH

    Meditate and focus the mind on such God


    Intellect, wisdom That God, to Whom we offer these prayers. Ours i.e. Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam

    PRACHODAYAT - (Requesting God) to guide us to right path

    Meaning of GAYATRI MANTRA



    The earth (bhur), the planets (bhuvah), and the galaxies (swah) are moving at a very great velocity, creating the sound of Aum (the name of formless God.) That God (tat), who

    manifests Himself in the form of light of suns (savitur), is


    worthy of bowing / respect (varenyam). We all, therefore, should meditate (dheemahi) upon the light (bhargo) of that

    deity (devasya) and also do chanting of Om. May He (yo)


    guide in right direction (prachodayat), our (nah) intellect (dhiyo).

    Religious meaning of GAYATRI MANTRA


    We meditate on the glory of the Creator; Who has created the Universe; Who is worthy of Worship; Who is the embodiment of Knowledge and Light; Who is the remover of all Sin and Ignorance; May He enlighten our Intellect. We meditate upon the universal divine light of that adorable supreme Power, which enlighten our intellect and towards Divinity.

    Why Gayatri Mantra is so complete.


    Any Mantra is complete, if it consists of following three parts :1. Stotra (description of the glory)

    2. Dhyana (meditation)
    3. Prarthana (prayer) All these are contained in the Gayatri Mantra, as following :-

    1. The first nine words of the mantra --Om-Bhur-Bhuvas-SwahTat-Savitur-Varenyam-Bhargo-Devasya-- represent the attributes or glory of the Divine, hence stotra.

    2. Dheemahi - pertains to dhyana (meditation).


    3. Dheeyo yo nah Prachodayat - is the prarthana or prayer to the God.

    IMPORTANCE OF CHANTING OF GAYATRI MANTRA


    The mantra is thus a prayer to God to confer all powers and talents to the devotee. When does a prayer become meaningful? It is only when you stabilize your mind and turn it toward God. The basis for this is to meditate, pray, and experience. It is essential to achieve harmony in thought, word, and deed. Gayatri is teaching this great lesson, as serious chanting of Gaytri Mantra allows us to meditate, pray and experience. Gaayantham thraayathe ithi Gayatree "Because it protects the one who recites it, it is called Gayatree.

    Gayatri Mata or Ved Mata

    The writers of Shastra have given it, five 'Mukh' and five names, which are: Amrut, Paras, Kalpvruksh, Kamdhenu and Bramha. The Gayatri Mahamantra has the strength to attain the required gain from all these five. The strongest acceptence of five cells inside the human being are Food Cells, thinking cells, life cells, scientific cells and happiness cells. These five cells have innumerable strength and to revive these, worship of Gayatri is

    Anatomical Importance

    Of Gayatri Mantra
    24 letters = 24 glands

    24 Qualities injected in human by Gayatri


    Letter 1 2 3 4 5 tat sa vi tur va Gland (Granthi) Tapini Saphalta Vishwa Tushti varda revati Sookshma gyana bharga gomati devika varahi Involved energy

    success bravery (Parakram) maintenance (Palan) wellbeing (Kalyan) Yog love (prem) money brilliance(tej) defence (raksha) intellect (buddhi) suppression (daman) devotion (nistha)

    6 re 7 ni 8 yam 9 bhar 10 go 11 de 12 va

    13 sya 14 dhee 15 ma 16 hi 17 dhi 18 yo 19 yo 20 naha 21 pra 22 cho 23 da 24 yat

    sinhani dhyan maryada sfuta medha yogmaya yogini dharini prabhava ooshma drashya niranjan

    dharna (retention-power) Pran (life-breath) self-restraint (sanyam) tap far-sightedness jagriti (awakening) production sarasta (sweetness) ideal courage wisdom (vivek) sewa (service)

    Gayatri Mantra activates the above-mentioned twenty-four divine qualities in the devotee through respective & important 24 glands.

    THE SIGNIFICANCE OF GAYATRI MANTRA


    Gayatri is a mantra which inspires righteous wisdom. It requests the Almighty God to illuminate our intellect, which in turn shall lead us on the righteous path. This is the only such prayer in the

    world, which is requesting for improvement in our intellect, so as


    to perform right things. All the problems of a person are solved if he is endowed with righteous wisdom. A wise man intuitively finds solutions to the problems. Those who lack this clear-sightedness find themselves always facing problems and ever living from crisis to crises. The

    worship of Gayatri mantra bestows the boon of righteous wisdom.


    The teachings of and the powers incorporated in Gayatri mantra fulfil this purpose. Righteous wisdom starts emerging as soon as

    Jap of this mantra is taken up as a Sadhana.

    OM

    Symbol of the Par Brahman

    Bhur Bhuvah Swah


    Tat Savitur Varenyam Bhargo Devasya Dheemahi Dhiyo Yo Nah Prachodayat

    Bhu-Loka (Physical plane) Antariksha-Loka (Astral plane) Swarga-Loka (Celestial plane)


    That; Transcendent Paramatman Ishawara or Creator Fit to be worshipped or adored Remover of sins and ignorance; Glory Effulgence Resplendent; Shining We meditate Buddhis; Intellects; Understandings Which; who Our Enlighten; Guide; Impel

    THANKS

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