Nature Of Gayatri Mantra

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A human being’s most important and sacred duty is to remember God by singing His

glory for all the bounties he has bestowed on humankind. For the Hindus, Vedic

prayers are very sacred. Hymns of the Vedas are known as mantras. Some of the

mantras are prayer-mantras.

 

One such hymn in the Yajur Veda is the Gayatri mantra. It is a Beej mantra or

seed syllable, derived from ancient primeval sounds. The origin of the text of

the Gayatri mantra has been elaborated in the Manu Smriti: ‘‘Brahma milked out,

as it were, from the three Vedas — Rig Veda, Yajur Veda and Sama Veda, the

letter ‘A’, the letter ‘U’ and the letter ‘M’ and formed by their coalition

three monosyllables, together with three mysterious words — Bhur, Bhuvah and

Svah or earth, sky and heaven’’.

 

Thus the text of the Gayatri mantra was composed as Om bhur bhuvah, suvah, tat

savitur varenyam bhargo devasya dhee mahi dhiyo yo nah prachodyat. The mantra is

conceived as the worship of Lord Hari, of Aditya or the Sun and also as pure

Nirguna worship of Brahma.

 

Japa or chanting of this mantra with concentration and understanding, ushers in

inexplicable mental peace, calm and solace. According to Agni Purana, the

syllable ‘ja’ destroys the birth and death cycle and the syllable ‘pa’ destroys

all the sins. Thus japa of this mantra has the potential to unite the soul with

the supreme being.

 

It has miraculous powers which can infuse us with courage and confidence. In the

battle-field of Kurukshetra, in the Mahabharata, Bhishma advises Yudhishthir to

recite the ‘spiritually powerful’ Gayatri mantra.Sri Bhagavan siva sankar Baba

in his divine discourse sights that,Lord Krishna says in the Bhagavad Gita,

‘‘Amongst the mantras, I am Gayatri’’. The Goddess Gayatri Devi is the

incarnation and manifestation of Brahma, who resides in all living beings.

 

The Gayatri mantra is also known as Savitri or Sun mantra. It is addressed to

the divine power in the Sun. The Svetasvatara Upanishad says, ‘‘The one affluent

divinity is hidden in all beings. He is all-pervading and is the inner-self of

all creatures. He presides over all actions and all beings reside in Him. He is

the inner-witness. He endows all with consciousness and He is Nirguna or free

from the three gunas’’.

 

Almost similar exposition of this mantra has been given in Isa Upanishad.

However, the Rig Veda has defined this mantra from a different angle. ‘‘The

illumined sages like Surayah constantly see that infinite all-pervading supreme

reality Vishnu without any obstruction as though their vast intuitive eye or

vision was spread over the spiritual sky’’.

 

All Vedic prayers have emerged from Om, which is synonymous with Brahma, and

have ‘Om’ as prefix. ‘‘Om is a primeval sound. Exhaustive exposition of this

mystic word has been given in the Mandukya Upanishad. The gist of which is,

‘‘The word Om is this, that was in the past and all that would be in future.

That which is beyond all this is also AUM’’.

 

Om represents all physical and astral bodies, both manifested and unmanifested,

from the external - most physical to the internal - most spiritual on four

cosmic planes’’.

 

Before recitation of the Gayatri mantra, pranayama is immensely beneficial both

for the mind and body. This helps in concentration. There is a very simple

mechanism for this breathing exercise. Plug the right nostril by right hand

thumb and then breathe deeply by left nostril as long as possible. Then exhale

slowly through the right nostril. This exercise may be repeated as many times as

possible.

 

Recitation of the Gayatri mantra, can be Vachik or chanting loudly, so that it

is audible to listeners; Upansu or reciting in a very low voice and Manasik or

mental chanting. The last one is most effective.

 

Gayatri is a spiritual weapon which protects the one who chants it, and blesses

him with brilliant light of the highest spiritual illumination. Japa of the

Gayatri mantra is a specially designed, efficient spiritual ritual for the

realisation of the divinity of the self. It is nitya karma.

A sloka a day from Aditya Hridayam

 

ADITYA HRIDAYAM

 

" Aditya Savita Soorah Khaga Poosha Gabastiman

Suvarna Sudurso bhunah Hiranyetra divakarah "

 

 

He constitutes( all) created being.he is the breath (of the universe),the source

of the season,the store house of light,an off spring of Aditi,the progenitor(of

all) the sun god,the courser ion of the heavens,the nourisher the possessor of

rays,the golden the brillant,the one whose energy constitutes the seed of this

universe and maker of the day.

[Guest guest]

SSS.

 

Mr.Suresh has given a very beautiful explanation

of the Gayathri Mantraa.I would like to just add a

few more words to it.

When chanting the Gayathri Mantra,U should

breathe 5 times.That is, Before 'Om' U should

breathe

once and once u say the 'Om',U should exhale and

then

again before 'Bhur,Bhuvah,suvah' u should inhale and

 

once u have told the words,U should exhale.Again at

tat savithur varenyam.........Bhargo Devasya Dee

mahi

and Diyo yo nah prachodayaath,respectively ;u should

breathe in and out.totaling 5 times.

It is told,that when u do this mantra in the

so called way,U get the maximum benifits.

 

HARI NIKESH.

--- suresh krishna <sknaa wrote:

>

> A human being’s most important and sacred duty is to

> remember God by singing His glory for all the

> bounties he has bestowed on humankind. For the

> Hindus, Vedic prayers are very sacred. Hymns of the

> Vedas are known as mantras. Some of the mantras are

> prayer-mantras.

>

> One such hymn in the Yajur Veda is the Gayatri

> mantra. It is a Beej mantra or seed syllable,

> derived from ancient primeval sounds. The origin of

> the text of the Gayatri mantra has been elaborated

> in the Manu Smriti: ‘‘Brahma milked out, as it were,

> from the three Vedas — Rig Veda, Yajur Veda and Sama

> Veda, the letter ‘A’, the letter ‘U’ and the letter

> ‘M’ and formed by their coalition three

> monosyllables, together with three mysterious words

> — Bhur, Bhuvah and Svah or earth, sky and heaven’’.

>

> Thus the text of the Gayatri mantra was composed as

> Om bhur bhuvah, suvah, tat savitur varenyam bhargo

> devasya dhee mahi dhiyo yo nah prachodyat. The

> mantra is conceived as the worship of Lord Hari, of

> Aditya or the Sun and also as pure Nirguna worship

> of Brahma.

>

> Japa or chanting of this mantra with concentration

> and understanding, ushers in inexplicable mental

> peace, calm and solace. According to Agni Purana,

> the syllable ‘ja’ destroys the birth and death cycle

> and the syllable ‘pa’ destroys all the sins. Thus

> japa of this mantra has the potential to unite the

> soul with the supreme being.

>

> It has miraculous powers which can infuse us with

> courage and confidence. In the battle-field of

> Kurukshetra, in the Mahabharata, Bhishma advises

> Yudhishthir to recite the ‘spiritually powerful’

> Gayatri mantra.Sri Bhagavan siva sankar Baba in his

> divine discourse sights that,Lord Krishna says in

> the Bhagavad Gita, ‘‘Amongst the mantras, I am

> Gayatri’’. The Goddess Gayatri Devi is the

> incarnation and manifestation of Brahma, who resides

> in all living beings.

>

> The Gayatri mantra is also known as Savitri or Sun

> mantra. It is addressed to the divine power in the

> Sun. The Svetasvatara Upanishad says, ‘‘The one

> affluent divinity is hidden in all beings. He is

> all-pervading and is the inner-self of all

> creatures. He presides over all actions and all

> beings reside in Him. He is the inner-witness. He

> endows all with consciousness and He is Nirguna or

> free from the three gunas’’.

>

> Almost similar exposition of this mantra has been

> given in Isa Upanishad. However, the Rig Veda has

> defined this mantra from a different angle. ‘‘The

> illumined sages like Surayah constantly see that

> infinite all-pervading supreme reality Vishnu

> without any obstruction as though their vast

> intuitive eye or vision was spread over the

> spiritual sky’’.

>

> All Vedic prayers have emerged from Om, which is

> synonymous with Brahma, and have ‘Om’ as prefix.

> ‘‘Om is a primeval sound. Exhaustive exposition of

> this mystic word has been given in the Mandukya

> Upanishad. The gist of which is, ‘‘The word Om is

> this, that was in the past and all that would be in

> future. That which is beyond all this is also AUM’’.

>

> Om represents all physical and astral bodies, both

> manifested and unmanifested, from the external -

> most physical to the internal - most spiritual on

> four cosmic planes’’.

>

> Before recitation of the Gayatri mantra, pranayama

> is immensely beneficial both for the mind and body.

> This helps in concentration. There is a very simple

> mechanism for this breathing exercise. Plug the

> right nostril by right hand thumb and then breathe

> deeply by left nostril as long as possible. Then

> exhale slowly through the right nostril. This

> exercise may be repeated as many times as possible.

>

> Recitation of the Gayatri mantra, can be Vachik or

> chanting loudly, so that it is audible to listeners;

> Upansu or reciting in a very low voice and Manasik

> or mental chanting. The last one is most effective.

>

> Gayatri is a spiritual weapon which protects the one

> who chants it, and blesses him with brilliant light

> of the highest spiritual illumination. Japa of the

> Gayatri mantra is a specially designed, efficient

> spiritual ritual for the realisation of the divinity

> of the self. It is nitya karma.

> A sloka a day from Aditya Hridayam

>

> ADITYA HRIDAYAM

>

> " Aditya Savita Soorah Khaga Poosha Gabastiman

> Suvarna Sudurso bhunah Hiranyetra divakarah "

>

>

> He constitutes( all) created being.he is the breath

> (of the universe),the source of the season,the store

> house of light,an off spring of Aditi,the

> progenitor(of all) the sun god,the courser ion of

> the heavens,the nourisher the possessor of rays,the

> golden the brillant,the one whose energy constitutes

> the seed of this universe and maker of the day.

>

>

>

>

>

 

 

 

 

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