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>"SUN & COMPANY Pvt. Ltd. Kathmandu, Nepal" <sun (AT) mail (DOT) com.np> >To:

"Madhav Mainali" <m_mainali (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> >Re: >Sun, 7 Nov 2004

10:01:42 -1200 > > > Dear Madhavji, > > Thank you very much for the

wonderful Dasai greetings. It canem to quite aurprise that you are already

settled in America. Thank you for the address. > > Wish you all happy Dashain

and bright Tihar > > Pranam > How do you feel !!!!!!!!!!!! > Hindu Prayers

> Om Bhur bhuvah svahah > Tat savitur varenyam > Bhargo Devasya dheemahi >

Dheeyo yonah prachodayaat > Just like the Sun annihilates darkness, so does

the Gayatri Mantra destroy ignorance. The Gayatri Mantra invokes the power and

radiance of the Sun to energize all earthly life, to destroy our sins and to

reveal the Supreme Self to us. Krishna in the Bhagvad Geeta says: " Amongst the

Mantras, I am the Gayatri" > In a loose translation that cannot possibly do

justice to the original it implores: OM, O Lord! You are the all pervading

Source of Light, Sustainer, Protector and Bestower of Happiness, Kindle,

Enlighten and inspire our Intelligence to possess Eternal Qualities. > The

Gayatri Mantra is the essence of the three Vedas. It is the Vedas simplified.

The more one contemplates and meditates upon the Gayatri, the more complexities

are revealed to one. > AUM Supreme Lord > BHUR Protector of the earth, the

material sheath, The Life breath of the Universe. From the feet to the navel

center. > BHUVAH One of the meanings is the sky. The Lord who pervades and

eliminates all miseries. From the navel to the throat center. > SVAHAH One of

the meanings is the heavens. He is all Bliss and blesses His devotees with

happiness. From above the throat center to the thousand petaled lotus. > TAT

That (That Thou Art) > SAVITUR The SUN, Creator, Preserver and Self Luminous,

the central mantra of the Solar Science. > VARENYAM Most fit to be worshipped.

Most choice worthy. > BHARGO The burning splendor of the Sun that dispels

ignorance, and therefore sorrows and miseries. > DEVASYA The 'Deva', The God,

He who is All Bliss, The Joyful One, The Shining One, The Revealer of All Glory

> DHEEMAHI We meditate upon Him > DHEEYO YO NA Who our intelligence and

Wisdom > PRACHODAYAAT Inspires > The story goes that once the Devas, the

Shining Ones wanted to learn the secrets of the Universe. Since learning about

the Scientific aspect 'atoms' etc. did not quite work out, they went to the

Lord. The Lord gave them the Rig Veda, The Yajur Veda and the Sama Veda to

study. After a couple of eons of study, the Devas lost their patience and

wanted to quit. The Lord urged them not to give up and decided to teach the

essence of the 3 Vedas in 3 fragments: > Essence of Rig Veda Tat Savitur

Varenyam > Essence of Yajur Veda Bhargo Devasya Dheemahi > Essence of Sama

Veda Dheeyo Yonah Prachodayaat > The more the Devas practiced and

contemplated upon the Gayatri, the more complexities were revealed to them. So

they lost patience again and went to the Lord to make it simpler still. So the

Lord gave them the essence of the 3 segments, in the 3 words: > Bhur,

Bhuvaha, Svaha > The Devas spent a a few cycles of Creation, probably a

quadrillion human years pondering upon the 'maha vyahritis' ie 'Utterances of

the Lord' but became impatient again and urged the Lord to make it simpler yet.

So He Said "All right I'll make it simpler" > And He taught them AUM > The

great western thinker, Arthur Koestler, had once said that the Gayatri Mantra

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