Equivalent of the Gayatri Mantra.

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all,

The earlier message on this topic was drafted

a few days ago, but was not completed, and kept in the drafts folder.

Today I saw the mail from respected Sarojamji and then I realised that

my msg had not gone. As the earlier msg was incomplete, kindly discard

that. This may be treated as a rejoinder to respected Sarojamji's msg.

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Dear all,

Radhe krishna!

Yes, what Syamalaji has written is the equivalent of the Gayatri

mantra, which is a Vedic manthra and which should be chanted with

proper intonations (swaras) and initiated properly by a right Guru.

This sloka occurs in Skandha Five, Chapter 7, sloka 14.

The meaning is:

 

[The light, (constituting the very essence) of the Sun-god,

which lies beyond the material plane (is made of Sattva, unmixed with

Rajas and Tamas), dispenses the fruit of our actions, it is the same

Light that evolved this (phenomenaluniverse) by its mere thought and

again, entering it (as its Inner Controller), protects the Jiva,

seeking its protection, with its power of consciousness. We resort to

that Light, which propels that intellect.]

 

It is disparaging to hear the Gayatri Mantra being sung like a

street-song by all and sundry as though it is a film song. There are

also cassettes catering to their taste. It should be remembered that

all Vedic mantras ahould be chanted properly with the right

intonations, and initiated by a competent Guru. If uninitiated

streetboys sing it like a film song, and which I hear in restaurants

and on the roadside, it may bring contrary results.

Remember the story of Vritrasura who was wantonly manufactured by

Twashta, the father of Viswaroopa deliberately to kill Indra, and he

was offering oblations into the sacred fire uttering the Manthra

"INDRA-SATRO VARDHASWA" meaning ' May the enemy of Indra grow in

prowess. But he made a mistake by uttering "INDRA, SATRO,VARDHASWA."

WHICH MEANS, "Indra, my enemy, may you grow in prowess" . The result

was that Vritrasura came out from the sacred fire, and was finally

killed by Indra.

 

I am quoting this from the Bhagavatam, only to highlight the

importance of chanting Manthras in the right way

 

 

Syamala Nair wrote:

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> Jai Sreekrishna

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> Attached herewith please receive a slokam from Srimad

Bhagavtham which can be chanted by everyone instead of Gayatri mantram

which in the normal course is not supposed to be chanted by one and

all. This is the slokam which was chanted by Bharathan . This I came to

know while attending a Saptaham conducted by Shri Malliyur Thirumeni

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> Hope this will be of use to our group members. Here I would

like to specifically mention that my knowledge in this very very

limited and am just passing on an information I gathered from the

Saptaham

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> Humbly

> Syamala

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