Scientific Meaning of Gayatri Mantra

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

This mantra has also been termed as Savitri and Veda-Mata, the mother of the

Vedas. The literal meaning of the mantra is:

 

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 import 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. And now the alternative scientific meaning of the

mantra step-by-step:

 

*Om bhur bhuvah swah:*

Bhur the earth, bhuvah the planets (solar family), swah 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 too their

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 set (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 a 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= 1/2MV2 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).

 

*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 y 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 Japam 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.

 

*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 (swah) 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:-

 

1) The total kinetic energy generated by the movement galaxies acts as an

umbrella and balances the total energy consumption of the cosmos. Hence it

was named as the Pranavah (body of energy). This is equal to 1/2 mv2 (Mass

of galaxies x velocity)

 

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)

 

source: http://www.adwaitjoshi.com/gayatrimantra.php

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namaste,

gopinath panduranga

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Dear Chiranjeevi Panduranga

Your explanation is good. God bless you dear with further vision to notice his magnificient creation and HIM too. You are aware that a simple naked eye can not see even the a negligible percentage of a sea, hence only the hidden eye can take us to newer heights. You have that capacity - try and your attempt will be successful at this velocity. Yours affly HARA HARA MAHADEVA DR P V SESHA SAI ASWAMEDHAYAAJI

 

Gopinath Panduranga <rpgopinath > wrote:

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

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advaitin, "Gopinath Panduranga"

<rpgopinath wrote:

>

> Gayatri mantra has been bestowed the greatest importance in Vedic

dharma.>>>>>>>>>>>>>

 

on the above topic i fully agree with what that is said i just want to

add a few more ponts.I in the begning had a lot of intrest on

astrophysics as it also deals with finding the god but it is just

another way. when i came to know about advaitha i was suprised to see

concepts of science go hand in hand with advaitha. I STILL FIND IT

SURPRISING TO SEE THE NAME GIVEN TO THE END OF THE UNIVERSE. IT

IS "SINGULARITY" NOT ZERO NOT TWO BUT THE "ONE" DOES THIS STRIKES

ADVAITHA ON UR MIND.

 

regards,

 

anand