RE: Gayatri Kavacham & Gayatri Hridayam

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I think have the same book (on sandhya vandanam). And I am confused about

the translation of shhashhTi shata as six hundred. shhaT which is "six"

when used for counting becomes (as sixth) shhashhTaH (M) shhashhTii (F) and

shhashhTamam (N) -- for example shhashhtii tithi is sixth tithi, or

shhashhTama shatakam (sixth hundred) and so on. Here in the verse, it is

just being stated like a number. And shhashhTiH is sixty.

 

Hence, my question is: shhashhTi shata sahasra is 6*100*1000 (6 lakhs) or

60*100*1000 (60 lakhs)? Somadeva sharma translates it as 6 lakhs and Swami

VijnAnanda translates it as sixty thousand. I am clear that the latter is

incorrect. I would like to know the correct way to translate it (and with

explanation).

 

And thanks in advance.

 

 

Ravi

 

 

 

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> rkrangan [rkrangan]

> Tuesday, March 16, 2004 10:57 PM

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> Re: Gayatri Kavacham & Gayatri Hridayam-To MSR

>

>

> Dear Sri Ravi

>

> Namaste. Many thanks for your kind response. I have both the Gayatri

> Kavacham and Gayatri Hridayam from a book by the famous Sri Srivatsa

> Somadeva Sarma.

>

> Thanks for the reference to the Devi Bhagavatham.

>

> Subsequent to my post, I understood that the fruits of Gayatri

> Hridayam is the benefit of accrual of phala of chanting the gayatri

> mantra 6 lakh times.

>

> I had posted wanting to learn more about these two powerful stotras.

>

> Many thanks once again.

>

> Sincerely

> R. Kasthuri Rangan

>

>

> , "MSR" <miinalochanii> wrote:

> > It is a very short stotra. It should be some where on the net.

> There

> > was a question about the phala. At least according to the stotra

> > itself it is very powerful. Just to give a line from the end of the

> > stotra:

> >

> > "shhashhTi shata sahasra gaayatryaa japyaani phalaani bhavanti"

> >

> > That is saying this stotra is equivalent to saying 60*100*1000 = 60

> > lakh gaayatrii-s. There are two ways to look at it: a) as artha

> vaada

> > b) it is indeed equivalent to saying 60 lakhs if one realizes and

> > understands the inner meaning of the stotra and says it.

> >

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