A little story about the Gayatri Mantra on the web

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I found this story about the Gayatri mantra on the web.

Jai Maa

Nanda

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The story goes that once the Devas, the Shining Ones wanted to learn

the secrets of the Universe. Since learning about the scientific

aspect - 'atoms' etc. did not quite work out, they went to the Lord.

The Lord gave them the Rig Veda, The Yajur Veda and the Sama Veda to

study. After a couple of eons of study, the Devas lost their patience

and wanted to quit. The Lord urged them not to give up and decided to

teach the essence of the 3 Vedas in 3 fragments:

Essence of Rig Veda Tat Savitur VarenyamEssence of Yajur Veda

Bhargo Devasya DheemahiEssence of Sama Veda Dheeyo Yonah

Prachodayaat

The more the Devas practiced and contemplated upon the Gayatri, the

more complexities were revealed to them. So they lost patience again

and went to the Lord to make it simpler still. So the Lord gave

them the essence of the 3 segments, in the 3 words:

Bhur, Bhuvaha, Svaha

The Devas spent a a few cycles of Creation, probably a quadrillion

human years pondering upon the 'maha vyahritis' ie 'Utterances of the

Lord' but became impatient again and urged the Lord to make it simpler

yet. So He Said "All right I'll make it simpler"

And He taught them AUM

The great western thinker, Arthur Koestler, had once said that the

Gayatri Mantra has the power of a thousand atomic bombs! and the

famous scientist J.B.S. Haldane wrote: "The Gayatri Mantra should be

carved on the doors of every laboratory of the world".

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