On GAyathri Mantra [Part 1] LalithA SahasranAma [420]

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Is the GAyatrI mantra itself posted here on Shakti Sadhana? Forgive

me if I missed it in these many LS posts. And/or is there a

recording of the GM available? I love the meaning "She who protects

the singer."

 

, "Devi Bhakta"

<devi_bhakta> wrote:

> GAyatrI means 'She who protects the singer.' The Mother of the

VedAs

> means TripAda GAyatrI. SrI GAyatrI being a mantra well known to

most

> Hindus, it will be dealt with in a detailed manner. It is know as

> Dvijatya SAdhanIvidya; i.e., it enables a disciple to be reborn to

> spiriusl life.

>

> It contains 24 letters, each letter representing Agni, VAyu,

Varuna,

> etc. These letters also represent the 24 TattvAs or entities, such

> as the five bhUtas from BhUmi to AkAsa; the five senses, such as

> sight, hearing, smell, touch, etc.; the five motor actions, such

as

> speech, etc.; the five objects of the sensory organs; and the

final

> four categories of mind, ego, mahat and the Ultimate. These are as

> common to the macrocosm as to the microcosm, the jIva.

>

> It is said in ViswAnitra Kalpa that to know the Ultimate, there

are

> 14 branches of knowledge -- vidyAs or disciplines; and of these,

the

> most essential is the Veda. Even in the VedAs, SrI GAyatri is the

> quintessence.

>

> She has two forms: The first one is proclaimed by the first three

> VedAs, and is known to all DvijAs. The other one is very secret

and

> is to be found in four vedas. This one is defined by SrI

BhAskaraIya

> as SrIvidyA.

>

> Thus is will be seen that GAyatrI Mantra has two forms. One is

> Tripada GAyatrI of 24 letters. Every diciple is initiated into

this

> mantra at the time of the Upanayana ceremony. Its objectives are

the

> four PurusAthAs, viz. Dharma, Artha, KAma and Moksa.

>

> The second form -- which is the more esoteric and subtle of the

two -

> - is to be initiated and practiced as the disciple becomes more

> advanced and competent in his discipline. This second form is the

> Mantra Tripada GAyatrI with the addition at the end of "paro

rajasi

> sAvadam." This is called the CaturthapAda or TuryapAda of SrI

> GAyatrI Mantra.

>

> (From Dr. C. Suryanarayana Murthy, Commentary, 1962. To be

> continued ...)

>

>

> , "NMadasamy"

<nmadasamy@s...>

> wrote:

> > GAyatri : The metre consisting of twenty-four syllables is

called

> > GAyatri. The KUrma Pr : "I am GAyatri among the metres" [vide

Bha.-

> > gitA, X. 35].