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Gayatri Mantra -- A Scientific Explanation

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Gayatri Mantra : A scientific view

Gayatri mantra has been bestowed the greatest importance in Vedic dharma.This

mantra has also been termed as Savitri &Ved-Mata,the mother of the Vedas.The

literal meaning of the mantra is: O God! You are Omnipresent,Omnipotent and

Almighty.You are all Light.You are all Knowledge and Bliss.You are Destroyer

of fear,You are Creator of this Universe, You are the Greatest of all. We bow

and meditate upon Your light.You guide our intellect in the right direction.

The mantra, however, has a great scientific importance too, which somehow got

lost in the literary tradition. The modern astrophysics and astronomy tell us

that our Galaxy called Milky Way or Akash-Ganga contains approximately 100,000

million of stars. Each star is like our sun having its own planet system. We

know that the moon moves round the earth and the earth moves round the sun

along with the moon. All planets round the sun. Each of the above bodies

revolves round at its own axis as well. Our sun along with its family takes

one round of the galactic centre in 22.5 crore years. All galaxies including

ours are moving away at a terrific velocity of 20,000 miles per second. The

alternative scientific meaning of the mantra step by step: (A) Om bhur bhuvah

suvaha: Bhur the earth, bhuvah the planets (solar family), suvaha the Galaxy.

We observe that when an ordinary fan with a speed of 900-RPM (rotations per

minute) moves, it makes noise. Then, one can imagine, what great noise would be

created when the galaxies move with a speed of 20,000 miles per second? This is

what this portion of the mantra explains that the sound produced due to the

fast-moving earth, planets and Galaxies is Om. The sound was heard during

meditation by Rishi Vishvamitra, who mentioned it to other colleagues. All of

them, then unanimously decided to call this sound Om the name of God, because

this sound is available in all the three periods of time, hence it is sat

(permanent). Therefore, it was the first ever revolutionary idea to identify

formless God with a specific title (form) called upadhi. Until that time,

everybody recognized God as formless and nobody was prepared to accept this

new idea. In the Gita also, it is said, "Omiti ekaksharam Brahma", meaning that

the name of the Supreme is Om, which contains only one syllable (8/12). This

sound Om heard during samadhi was called by all the seers nada-brahma (a very

great noise), but not a noise that is normally beyond specific amplitude and

limits of decibels suited to human hearing. Hence the rishis called this sound

Udgith musical sound of the above, i.e., heaven. They also noticed that the

infinite mass of galaxies moving with a velocity of 20,000 miles/second was

generating a kinetic energy = ? MV2 and this was balancing the total energy

consumption of the cosmos. Hence they named it Pranavah, which means the body

(vapu) or storehouse of energy (prana). (B) Tat savitur varenyam: Tat that

(God), savitur the sun (star), varenyam worthy of bowing or respect. Once the

form of a person along with the name is known to us, we may locate the specific

person. Hence the two titles (upadhi) provide the solid ground to identify the

formless God, Vishvamitra suggested. He told us that we could know (realize)

the unknowable formless God through the known factors, viz., sound Om and light

of suns(stars). A mathematician can solve an equation x2+y2=4; if x=2; then you

can be known and so on. An engineer can measure the width of a river even by

standing at the riverbank just by drawing a triangle. So was the scientific

method suggested by Vishvamitra in the mantra in the next portion as under:-

© Bhargo devasya dheemahi: Bhargo the light, devasya of the deity, dheemahi

we should meditate. The rishi instructs us to meditate upon the available form

(light of suns) to discover the formless Creator (God). Also he wants us to do

japa of the word Om (this is understood in the Mantra). This is how the sage

wants us to proceed, but there is a great problem to realize it, as the human

mind is so shaky and restless that without the grace of the supreme (Brahma) it

cannot be controlled. Hence Vishvamitra suggests the way to pray Him as under:

(D) Dhiyo yo nah prachodayat: Dhiyo intellect, yo who, nah we all, prachodayat

guide to right direction. O God! Deploy our intellect on the right path. Full

scientific interpretation of the Mantra: The earth (bhur), the planets

(bhuvah), and the galaxies (suvaha) are moving at a very great velocity, the

sound produced is Om, (the name of formless God.) That God (tat), who

manifests Himself in the form of light of suns (savitur), is worthy of

bowing/respect (varenyam). We all, therefore, should meditate (dheemahi) upon

the light (bhargo) of that deity (devasya) and also do chanting of Om. May He

(yo) guide in right direction (prachodayat) our (nah) intellect (dhiyo). So we

notice that the important points hinted in the mantra are:- (a).. The total

kinetic energy generated by the movement of galaxies acts as umbrella and

balances the total energy consumption of the cosmos. Hence it was named as the

Pranavah (body of energy). This is equal to ? mv2 (Mass of galaxies x

velocity2). (b).. (2) Realizing the great importance of the syllable Om, the

other later date religions adopted this word with a slight change in accent,

viz., amen and ameen. ©.. (3) The God could be realized through the

saguna (gross) upasana (method), i.e., (a) By chanting the name of the supreme

as Om and (b) By meditating upon the light emitted by stars (suns).