Chanting Gayatri mantra in water (Mantras, Kavachas and Stotras)

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Namaste,

 

I am afraid there is something amiss with the interpretation of Devi

Bhagavatham.

 

Gayatri mantra is indeed very fiery. However, water cools it. Rishis did

Gayatri mantra while standing in river water. That is a great way to do

Gayatri. Some people like Vimalananda actually recommend sitting in a tub of

water when doing an intensive Gayatri japam.

 

I can personally attest that intensive and focused chanting of Gayatri

mantra generates tremendous heat inside. There was a day when I sat the

whole day and did Gayatri mantra from 5 am till 9:30 pm. I felt extremely

light and tremendously hot at the end of it. It is not because of sitting

for too long and Gayatri mantra IS a factor. For example, when I chanted

Devi Sooktam from 5 am till 11 pm on another occasion, that heat was

missing. Even when I spent 5 am-9 pm doing Chandi homam continuously for 2

consecutive days (i.e. sitting in front of fire continuously), I did not

feel that kind of heat. Intensive chanting of Gayatri mantra definitely

produces heat inside.

 

However, I do not think that that means contact with water is bad. On the

contrary, contact with cool things in the gross and subtle planes balances

that heat. My recommendation is: Feel free to chant Gayatri mantra while

immersed in water.

 

Best regards,

Narasimha

 

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" Harihara Krishnan " <harih2002

 

Tuesday, June 09, 2009 3:54 AM

Re: Mantras, Kavachas and Stotras

 

 

> Dear Narasimhaji,

>

> Namaskaram. Thank you for your quick reply to my query. I am encouraged to

> ask more of the questions troubling me from time to time. Please bear with

> me.

>

> While reading Devi Bhagavatham I came across a passage which states that

> since Gayatri is AgniMukhi, one should not recite the holy Gayatri mantram

> while immersed in water. However I have come across the sayings of

> Bhagavan Sathya Sai Baba wherein he mentions the time of bathing as most

> suited for chanting the holy Gayatri mantram. Can both suggestions be true

> at the same time?

>

> Regards

> Hari