So Let's Chant the exalted Gayatri Mantra!

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So Let's Chant the exalted Gayatri Mantra!

 

 

Gayatri mantra is often respectfully and adoringly called Veda Janani,

the mother of Vedas. Vedas are supersensuous knowledge, beyond mortal

senses, revealed to Rishis who saw them as Truths through

Jnana-chakshus, ie divine eyes powered by knowledge. The aim of the

chanter of the Gayatri is to reveal the divine knowledge to him and to

the group he belongs to, which might as well refer to the entire human

race. This knowledge is hidden to his senses, hence he needs divine aid

to perceive the knowledge.

 

 

 

The fact that this knowledge exists and is hidden to normal humans, is

attested to by several Vedic references. The Purusha Sooktam which

proclaims the grandeur of the Supreme Purusha in it's very first verse

states... " that Purusha, after encompassing the entire universe (here I

translate the word 'bhumi'

 

as Universe)...extends still beyond " . The Rishi of the Purusha Sooktram

states " I have seen this Supreme Purusha, radiant like the Sun, and

entirely beyond all darkness " . So the Purusha exists and could be seen,

provided one has the means to see Him. Those who are able to see

transcendental truth, become

 

Rishis. They express the truths they perceive, through divine poetry

which has come to us in the form of Vedas, Upanishads and epics like

Ramayana and Mahabharata, even such stalwarts like Kalidasa.

 

 

 

Sri Krishna in the 11th Chapter of the Bhagavad Gita reveals his Supreme

form to Arjuna. He enables Arjuna with Divyam Jnana Chakshusham, to help

him see the divine God. The God's splendour is incomparable, it's even

mightier than a thousand Suns blazing together.

 

 

 

So we humans could not perceive this ever-existent Lord through the

senses available with us. Still, we do perceive the Sun radiating his

light regularly and unceasingly, for the benefit of the universe. And

The Sun as pervaded by the Supreme Lord, is the best guiding light we

have for us, the best indicator of the glories of the Lord. So, even as

we meditate on the Sun's divine rays, we seek to address the light that

makes the Sun shine, to reveal to us the divine truth that is beyond the

material Sun.

 

 

 

In the Ishavasya Upanishad, the Rishi says - the face of Truth is hidden

by a Golden Covering, the material Sun. He beseeches to the Lord to

reveal the Truth to him, by removing the outer covering. This is for

" satyadharmaya dhrishtaye " - to understand Truth and Dharma.

 

 

 

The way out is to surrender to Him. To pray to That Supreme Lord with

full heart. To meditate on His Sin-dispelling divine rays, as the

Gayatri mantra advises us. The Gita says, even if one is the worst of

sinners, this path would slowly but certainly help reveal the Truth to

him too.

 

 

 

So why should we know the Truth? The Vedas and Upanishads are replete

with sayings on the benefits one accrues when he perceives the Truth.

The most significant Truth is the crossing over of Death. One becomes

immortal. And one becomes fearless. " Na bibhethi kadachaneti " . Even the

heaviest danger or sorrow becomes like child's play to he who has, with

god's grace, perceived the Divine Truth.

 

The Bhagavad Gita states " yam labdhva caparam labham manyate nadhikam

tatah yasmin sthito na duhkhena gurunapi vicalyate " . Once he has

achieved that, he does not see any other thing as as better gain than

that, and established in that truth, he remains unchanged, even when

faced by the heaviest of sorrows.

 

Regards,

 

Hari

 

 

 

 

 

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gurumukhaadadavagantavyam

 

" Krishnan, Harihara " <harihara.krishnan wrote: So Let's Chant

the exalted Gayatri Mantra!

 

 

Gayatri mantra is often respectfully and adoringly called Veda Janani,

the mother of Vedas. Vedas are supersensuous knowledge, beyond mortal

senses, revealed to Rishis who saw them as Truths through

Jnana-chakshus, ie divine eyes powered by knowledge. The aim of the

chanter of the Gayatri is to reveal the divine knowledge to him and to

the group he belongs to, which might as well refer to the entire human

race. This knowledge is hidden to his senses, hence he needs divine aid

to perceive the knowledge.