"Gayatram pratha savanam - athoo pratha savanameva thenaapnoti"

[Guest guest]

Dear sir

> Contrary to popular opinion Vishwamitra is not the

> seer of this mantra -

 

Why do we all say the name of savitraya rishihi

viswamitraha / niruchit gayatri chandaha / savitha

devatha before starting the maha mantra gayatri?

 

If a man cannot become immortal as a realized soul

"aham bramah asmi" than is the maha vakya wrong ?..

 

surely as per puranas viswamitra said to have created

his own universe during the trisanku episode. As per

sakti mahimna sloka saint durvasa has become the great

shiva.

 

Comments please..

 

With warm regards

shankar

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Dear sir!

 

There are two schools of thought in this regard- some

hold that Vishwamitra is the sage, others say that

Vishwamitra is another name for Brahma(Friend of the

universe). The second interpretation appears to be

more reasonable to me as the importance of Gayatri in

the Vedas is unquestionable; if indeed Gayatri is the

mother of the Vedas then the mantra should have

existed right from the start, therefore it could not

have been the creation (or perhaps revelation to) to

however an eminent personage at some later point of

time.

 

This is not to belittle Vishwamitra; indeed he created

universes but even when he did that he was only a

rajarishi, so there were others of greater spiritual

stature. And creation of universes does not accord him

the status of Brahma the creator. In the trisanku

episode, galaxies would be a better name for

Vishwamitra's creation rather universes. But this

again is not denying man's identity with Brahman- that

were the case then every mantra should have Brahma as

the sage, as everyone is identical with Brahman?

 

There are other slokas that have some of the trinity

as the rishi(eg-durga saptasloki has narayana as the

rishi).

 

hm... durvasa became Siva; i have a tough time

believing; no doubt according to certain legends,

Durvasa has an amsa of siva when he was born of

anusuya... but the part is also the whole(om

poornamidam poorna...), so that makes sense.

 

humbly

yogaman

 

Message: 14 Mon, 9 Dec 2002 22:38:53 -0800

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krishnamoorthy shankar <junk74_in

"Gayatram pratha savanam - athoo pratha

savanameva thenaapnoti"

Dear sir> Contrary to popular opinion Vishwamitra is

not the

> seer of this mantra - Why do we all say the name of

savitraya rishihi

viswamitraha / niruchit gayatri chandaha / savitha

devatha before starting the maha mantra gayatri?

If a man cannot become immortal as a realized soul

"aham bramah asmi" than is the maha vakya wrong ?..

surely as per puranas viswamitra said to have created

his own universe during the trisanku episode. As per

sakti mahimna sloka saint durvasa has become the

greatshiva.Comments please..

With warm regardsshankar

 

 

 

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