Swara Practice Tip (Gayatri Mantra: Text...)

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dear narasimham ,

the site and reference which u have given r according to south indian

style . the north indian r based on shukla yajurveda , yagyavalkaya .

 

 

 

 

 

 

vedic astrology, sridhar k <kopparsa

wrote:

>

> The gayatri Mantra is a title song of one of the Marathi Soaps in

India. So one can have the tune/words by listening to this TV

programme in Marathi

> This is just for information.

>

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> Neeraj Gupta <gupta_neeraj_2000

wrote: ~ Om Namo Narayanaya ~

>

> Dear Narasimha,

>

> Kindly let me know the exact text of the gayatri

> mantra thay you hummed. Asking this, as I generally

> start the mantra with OM and end with OM. Also, some

> people chant gayatri mantra with Rigveda i.e. without

> om bhur bhuva svah.

>

> This will help me in understanding the intonation to

> some extent.

>

> Regards,

>

> Neeraj

>

> --- "Narasimha P.V.R. Rao" <pvr wrote:

>

> > Dear Neeraj,

> >

> > I am giving my feedback if you are interested. If

> > you were not looking for my feedback, kindly skip

> > this mail now.

> >

> > Apart from intonation, your pronunciation is not

> > crisp. As for intonation, you are 40% of the way

> > there.

> >

> > In general, there is a problem in pronouncing

> > anudaatta swaras (letters with underline in the

> > Rigvedic notation). When pronouncing "dheemahi", you

> > added swara that was not there. The "yaat" at the

> > end is also not right.

> >

> > I taught the Gayatri mantra to several people who

> > formally received it earlier and forgot. I used

> > written text and humming of the intonation to get

> > them started. Several of them did worse than you

> > when they started, but they can read it almost

> > perfectly now. Practice makes one perfect.

> >

> > * * *

> >

> > Those who feel the accents (swara) of Vedic mantras

> > are not important and can be ignored may kindly

> > ignore what I am going to say. Skip this mail NOW.

> >

> > Vedic mantras are unlike other mantras and shlokas.

> > When read perfectly, they are really potent.

> >

> > If you want to practice swaras of Vedic mantras, it

> > is a good idea to do the following:

> >

> > (1) Download audio of Narayana Sooktam or Purusha

> > Sooktam or Sree Sooktam or Mantrapushpam read by

> > Vedic scholars. There are mp3 files with correct

> > swara/intonation/accents by Vedic scholars on the

> > internet.

> >

> > For example, you can hear "Sree Sooktam" with swara

> > at

> >

> > http://www.vedamantram.com/audio/shrImusic.mp3

> >

> > This is not perfect, but good enough. I remember

> > hearing a perfect rendering on the internet sometime

> > back, but can't locate the site now.

> >

> > (2) Download the text with intonation markings from

> > the internet.

> >

> > For example, you can view "Sri Sooktam" text with

> > swara marked at

> >

> >

> http://www.srivaishnavam.com/stotras/pancha_suktam_sans2.pdf

> >

> > (3) Listen carefully and notice how the gentleman is

> > accentuating syllables marked with different accent

> > marks.

> >

> > If you practice, you can get it right. The meaning

> > of various accent marks is the same in Sri Sooktam

> > and in Gayatri mantram. If you understand one, you

> > understand the other!

> >

> > Sarvam SreeKrishnaarpanamastu,

> > Narasimha

> >

> -------------------------

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> >

> -------------------------

> >

> > > ~ Om Namo Narayanaya ~

> > >

> > > Dear Narasimha and other learned members,

> > >

> > > I have uploaded two voice recordings of Gayatri

> > Mantra

> > > at the following web site:

> > >

> > > http://www.neerajgupta.com/gayatri.wav

> > > http://www.neerajgupta.com/gayatri-neeraj.wav

> > >

> > > I request you to kindly let me know my flaws in

> > > intonation and proununciation, so that I can

> > improve

> > > on that and can produce correct gayatri mantra for

> > all

> > > the group members.

> > >

> > > Regards,

> > >

> > > Neeraj

> > >

> > > --- "Narasimha P.V.R. Rao" <pvr@> wrote:

> > >

> > > > Dear Srivastava ji,

> > > >

> > > > > 3. I wonder how about millions of devotee

> > of

> > > > Gyatri parivar

> > > > > and followers of Arya samaj whose whole life

> > > > spent in faith

> > > > > prayers and in reciting of Gyatri in form of

> > > > Divine Mother and

> > > > > as sun god in later case of Arya samaj.Did

> > they

> > > > all lost their

> > > > > labours and mantra did not work for they did

> > not

> > > > chant it as

> > > > > per pronunciation advocated now as per secret

> > > > parampara.

> > > >

> > > > The intonation in the humming mp3 I uploaded is

> > not

> > > > from a "secret parampara" as written above. The

> > > > mantra is from the Rigveda and the intonation is

> > > > clearly marked in Rigveda.

> > > >

> > > > If you get any copy of Rigveda that has the

> > > > intonation markings or get "Mantrapushpam" book

> > by

> > > > Ramakrishna Mutt (which has a lot of useful

> > Vedic

> > > > chants with the intonation marked), you should

> > find

> > > > the intonation marked (the horizontal lines

> > under

> > > > letters, the single/double vertical lines above

> > the

> > > > letters).

> > > >

> > > > There are different schools that interpret the

> > > > intonation marks slightly differently. However,

> > > > there are also people who do not follow any

> > school

> > > > at all and read Vedic mantras by totally

> > ignoring

> > > > the intonation markings. They just sing. In

> > fact,

> > > > this is the popular style these days (i.e.

> > ignoring

> > > > the intonation marks). However, priests learned

> > in

> > > > Vedas, especially in south India, never ignore

> > the

> > > > intonation marks.

> > > >

> > > > Whether those who ignore the intonation markings

> > get

> > > > any results or not, I do not know. More

> > important

> > > > question is whether they get the *fullest*

> > results

> > > > or not.

> > > >

> > > > Those who were taught a different style of

> > reading

> > > > Gayatri and are happy/confident with it may

> > kindly

> > > > ignore my writings in this matter!

> > > >

> > > > I gave the text and humming MP3 to clarify the

> > > > intonation, for the benefit of those who are not

> > > > sure and are looking for direction in restarting

> > > > Gayatri mantra sadhana.

> > > >

> > > > Bottomline: I am not here on a crusade to divert

> > > > those who already found a path. I am only trying

> > to

> > > > show the path that I found useful to those who

> > are

> > > > looking for a path.

> > > >

> > > > > 1.How come that "Gyatri mantra picture

> > > > uploaded of TEXT" is without first pada of

> > Eight.

> > > > That is " OM Bhur Bhuavah Swah " is missing.

> > > >

> > > > That is not the "first pada of Eight". Gayatri

> > > > mantra given in Rigveda starts with

> > "tatsavitur.."

> > > > and ends with "prachodayaat". What you wrote is

> > > > added to the actual mantra. I referred to the

> > > > prefixes and suffixes in the explanation. But,

> > let

> > > > us be clear the the Vedic Gayatri mantra itself

> > > > starts with "tatsavitur" and ends with

> > > > "prachodayaat".

> > > >

> > > > Sarvam SreeKrishnaarpanamastu,

> > > > Narasimha

> >

> >

> >

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