What is “Gayatri Mantra”?

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Question: What is “Gayatri Mantra”?

 

Answer: Om Bhurbhuvah Swah, Tatsaviturvarenyams; Bhargo Devasya Dheemahi,

Dhiyo Yo Nah Prachodayat. (Yajurved 36-3)

 

Every holy hymn of the Veda is called “the mantra”, and every mantra of the Veda

is filled with the deep meaning for that one has to think. Mantra means

“thinkable subject”.

 

“O GOD! You are the life and support of the whole world, self-existent and

dearer than life itself, you are free from all suffering and your contact frees

others from all suffering. You pervade this multiform universe and all power

proceeds from you. Creator of all that exists in this phenomenal world, you are

most luminous, pure and adorable. We meditate on you. May you inspire and guide

our intellect on the right path.

 

The repetition of the Gayatri mantra, with its proper meaning, improves the

intellect and with refined intellect one can understand and acquire the

subjects of knowledge and science i.e. wisdom easily.

 

Above-written mantra of the Veda is called “the Gayatri Mantra”, in which the

devotee prays to GOD for thesharp discriminative intellect (Sad-Buddhi). It is

a prayer for wisdom, by which one can acquire true knowledge, from which

everything is achieved in the life.

 

Each and every mantra of the Vedas is holy and the best. As every limb and organ

of the body is precious, but Prana (nervauric force) is the most precious of

all, because the body is useless without the nervauric force. In the same way

the Gayatri mantra is the Prana (Vital force) of the Vedas. The Veda is

understood only with pure intellect and without intellect there is no use of

the Vedas. The Gayatri mantra is complete mantra of

glorification-prayer-communion of GOD.

 

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