Guest guest Posted May 31, 1999 Report Share Posted May 31, 1999 Dear List Members One of my friend forwarded me this mail. Even though it has got nothing to do with the list. I just thought I would share this mail with you people. prashanth >Gayatri MantraA scientific view >>-Dr Tanmaya >> >>Gayatri mantra has been bestowed the greatest importance in Vedic dharma. >>This >>mantra has also been termed as Savitri and Ved-Mata, the mother of the >>Vedas. >>The literal meaning of the mantra is: O 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. Our 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: >> >>(A) 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 to other 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 sat >>(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 = 1/2 MV2 and this was balancing the total >>energy >>consumption of the cosmos. Hence they named it Pranavah, which means the >>body >>(vapu) or store house of energy (prana). >> >>(B) 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 >>river bank 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 japa 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 realise 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: >> >>(D) 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 of galaxies acts as >>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 velocity2). >> >>(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). >> > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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