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What is GayatrimantraWhat is Gayatrimantra Gayatrimantra Gayatrimantra is is

being one of the oldest being one of the oldest existing mantrasexisting mantras

Millions of Hindus and Millions of Hindus and others are inspired by others are inspired by compelling charm.compelling charm.

The vibrations of the The vibrations of the Mantra observed with Mantra observed with passion and right passion and right understanding turns understanding turns man a Positive to life man a Positive to life and livingand living

Gayatri is Symbol of LifeGayatri is Symbol of Life

AumAum BhurBhur Bhuvah Bhuvah Swah, Swah, Tat Tat Savitur Savitur VarenyamVarenyam

Bhargo Devasya Dhimahi, Dhiyo Bhargo Devasya Dhimahi, Dhiyo Yo Nah PrachodayatYo Nah Prachodayat

ॐ भू� ॐ भू�: : स्वस्व: : तत्स । भूर्गो� दे वस्य धी�मह तत्स । भूर्गो� दे वस्य धी�मह, , धी� य� न धी� य� न: : प्रचो�देय�तप्रचो�देय�त ।। ।।

Gayatri Mantra component Gayatri Mantra component of Rig Vedaof Rig Veda

The The Rig Veda is the book of Rig Veda is the book of MantraMantra. It contains the oldest form of . It contains the oldest form of all the Sanskrit mantras. It is built all the Sanskrit mantras. It is built around a science of sound which around a science of sound which comprehends the meaning and power comprehends the meaning and power of each letter. Most aspects of Vedic of each letter. Most aspects of Vedic science like the practice of yoga, science like the practice of yoga, meditation, mantra and Ayurveda can meditation, mantra and Ayurveda can be found in the Rig Veda.be found in the Rig Veda.

Gayatri is component of Rig-VedaGayatri is component of Rig-Veda

Gayatri is SaraswatiGayatri is Saraswati Gayatri Devi is an Gayatri Devi is an

incarnation of Saraswati incarnation of Saraswati Devi, consort of Lord Devi, consort of Lord Brahma, symbolising the Brahma, symbolising the "shakti" (strength) and "shakti" (strength) and "dev" (quality) of "dev" (quality) of Knowledge, Purity and Knowledge, Purity and Virtue. Saraswati Devi is Virtue. Saraswati Devi is held to be the patroness held to be the patroness of the Arts, being a poet of the Arts, being a poet and musician, as well as and musician, as well as skilful composer. skilful composer.

Gayatri brings WisdomGayatri brings Wisdom

Praying Gayatri is Praying Gayatri is prayers to self that prayers to self that is Atman and bring is Atman and bring in pure wisdom in in pure wisdom in our livesour lives

Gayatri cannot give Gayatri cannot give materialism and materialism and makes a man wise.makes a man wise.

Prayer is carried out for Prayer is carried out for four main reasonsfour main reasons

To praise and To praise and glorify God; glorify God;

to thank God; to thank God; to ask forgiveness to ask forgiveness

from God; from God; or to make a or to make a

request from God.request from God.

Gayatri Mantra = Savitri Gayatri Mantra = Savitri MantraMantra

In the past In the past also known as also known as Savitrimantra Savitrimantra as it is as it is dedicated to dedicated to Sun Sun

(( Savitr Savitr ))

Representation of Representation of GayatrimantraGayatrimantra

Composition of MantraComposition of Mantra

The Gayatri metre is The Gayatri metre is generally constructed generally constructed in three lines eight in three lines eight syllables eachsyllables each

Om tat savtur Om tat savtur varenyamvarenyam

bhargo devasya bhargo devasya dhimahidhimahi

Dhiyo yo nah Dhiyo yo nah prachodoyatprachodoyat

Slokas of Gayatri MantraSlokas of Gayatri Mantra

OM BHUBHORVAH SWAH OM BHUBHORVAH SWAH TATTAT SAVITUR VARANIYAM SAVITUR VARANIYAM

BHARGO DEVASYABHARGO DEVASYA DHEEMAHE DHEYO DHEEMAHE DHEYO

YONAH PRACHO DAYAT YONAH PRACHO DAYAT OMOM

Gayatri MeansGayatri Means OMOM : that who save : that who save

every one every one BHU BHU : that who is the : that who is the base of life, lovable base of life, lovable more than life more than life and omni potent and omni potent

BHUVAHBHUVAH : that who : that who above all sorrows, his above all sorrows, his company makes company makes every every living being free living being free from all problems from all problems

Creator of UniverseCreator of Universe

SVASVA : that who : that who accepts every one of accepts every one of universe through universe through different ways different ways TAT TAT : We all pray to : We all pray to him him SAVITUR SAVITUR : that who : that who is creator of the is creator of the entire universe and entire universe and donor donor of all the comforts. of all the comforts.

Creator of HappinessCreator of Happiness VARANIYAM VARANIYAM : that : that

who is worth to adopt. who is worth to adopt. BHARGO :BHARGO : that who is that who is pious and his touch pious and his touch makes every one alive makes every one alive and pious. and pious. DEVASYADEVASYA : that who is : that who is provider of all comforts provider of all comforts which everyone which everyone desire. desire.

Creator of GoodnessCreator of Goodness

DHEEMAHEDHEEMAHE : adopt : adopt him for him for DHEYODHEYO : good : good fortune and wisdom fortune and wisdom YO :YO : that who angel that who angel grace full like sun grace full like sun NAHNAH : our : our PRAPRA********AYATAYAT : let : let us inspire to do good us inspire to do good and leave bad. and leave bad.

Attain Lord by many Attain Lord by many approachesapproaches

In In Hinduism,Hinduism, apart apart from Mantras, prayers from Mantras, prayers can be done via can be done via verbal verbal communication, communication, songs, music, japa, songs, music, japa, meditation and even meditation and even via dance via dance (Bharathanatyam), (Bharathanatyam), Yoga etc. There are Yoga etc. There are many paths to One many paths to One Lord. Lord.

Gayatri mantra MeansGayatri mantra Means

Oh Mother, who subsists in  all the three Oh Mother, who subsists in  all the three Kaalas (Time: Past, Present and Future), in Kaalas (Time: Past, Present and Future), in all the three lokas (Lokas: Heaven, Earth all the three lokas (Lokas: Heaven, Earth and Lower Regions) and in all the three and Lower Regions) and in all the three gunas (Gunas - Attributes: Sathwa, Rajas gunas (Gunas - Attributes: Sathwa, Rajas and Thamas), I pray to Thee, to illumine my and Thamas), I pray to Thee, to illumine my intellect and dispel my ignorance just as the intellect and dispel my ignorance just as the splendorous sunlight dispels all darkness. I splendorous sunlight dispels all darkness. I pray to Thee to make my intellect serene pray to Thee to make my intellect serene and bright and enlightened.  and bright and enlightened. 

God give usGod give us

Oh God! Thou art the Oh God! Thou art the Giver of Life, Remover Giver of Life, Remover of pain and sorrow, of pain and sorrow, The Bestower of The Bestower of happiness, Oh! Creator happiness, Oh! Creator of the Universe, May of the Universe, May we receive thy we receive thy supreme sin-supreme sin-destroying light, May destroying light, May Thou guide our Thou guide our intellect in the right intellect in the right direction.  direction. 

Purpose of Gayatri Purpose of Gayatri MantraMantra

The Gayatri Mantra is never chanted The Gayatri Mantra is never chanted for the purposes of material gains, for the purposes of material gains, physical or otherwise. Its very physical or otherwise. Its very invocation concludes with an appeal invocation concludes with an appeal to the pure Consciousness to illumine to the pure Consciousness to illumine more our heart-mind.more our heart-mind.It is a prayer unto the Self to unveil It is a prayer unto the Self to unveil itself and come to manifest as pure itself and come to manifest as pure wisdom in our life. wisdom in our life.

Gayatri Mantra make life Gayatri Mantra make life PositivePositive

It has actually been It has actually been observed that by the observed that by the repetition of this repetition of this Gayatri Mantra with Gayatri Mantra with the right the right understanding of its understanding of its sacred meaning, the sacred meaning, the ordinary negative ordinary negative tendencies in the tendencies in the human mind can be human mind can be erased out to a large erased out to a large extent. extent.

Gayatri Illuminates SoulGayatri Illuminates Soul

In our inner life, the sun represents In our inner life, the sun represents the light-giver, the illuminator of all the light-giver, the illuminator of all experiences, the ATMAN (Soul). This experiences, the ATMAN (Soul). This pure consciousness in us, the inner pure consciousness in us, the inner centre of our personality around centre of our personality around which the matter envelopments which the matter envelopments function with mathematical precision- function with mathematical precision- just as around the sun the entire solar just as around the sun the entire solar system revolves- is being invoked to system revolves- is being invoked to shine more and more in our intellect. shine more and more in our intellect.

Gayatri is EternalGayatri is Eternal

The Gayatri is eternal The Gayatri is eternal knowledge divine. knowledge divine. When this knowledge When this knowledge dawns in the seeker's dawns in the seeker's aspiring heart, he aspiring heart, he need no longer seek need no longer seek for anything, either on for anything, either on earth or in heaven. He earth or in heaven. He reveals what he reveals what he achieves. He manifests achieves. He manifests what he reveals.what he reveals.

Why Praying GayatriWhy Praying Gayatri

To praise and To praise and glorify God; glorify God;

To thank God; To thank God; To ask To ask

forgiveness from forgiveness from God; God;

or to make a or to make a request from request from God. God.

Adi Sankara Adi Sankara BaghavadpadhaBaghavadpadha

It is beyond human It is beyond human competence to describe competence to describe the glory of Gayatri. the glory of Gayatri. Nothing is so important Nothing is so important in the world as to have in the world as to have wisdom. This wisdom by wisdom. This wisdom by which self –realisation is which self –realisation is attained through divine attained through divine insight is inspired by insight is inspired by Gayatri. Gayatri is the Gayatri. Gayatri is the initial mantra. It is an initial mantra. It is an incarnation to destroy incarnation to destroy sins and promote sins and promote virtues” virtues”

Swami Daya Nand Swami Daya Nand SaraswatiSaraswati

This word AUM is the This word AUM is the most glorious name most glorious name for God as the on word for God as the on word AUM, composed of the AUM, composed of the letters of letters of A U MA U M constitutes many constitutes many names of God. At the names of God. At the same time it connotes same time it connotes all the names of God. all the names of God. The Brahman loves The Brahman loves this name even as a this name even as a father loves his child. father loves his child.

Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi

Of the many methods Of the many methods of yoga one of the of yoga one of the most potent is the most potent is the yoga of yoga of Gayatri Gayatri mantramantra. Mantras . Mantras have powers to endow have powers to endow one with remarkable one with remarkable abilities. abilities. The Gayatri The Gayatri mantramantra gives the gives the devotees spiritual as devotees spiritual as well as material well as material benefits.” benefits.”

Ramakrishna Ramakrishna ParamahamsaParamahamsa

I tell people that due I tell people that due to the sadhana of to the sadhana of Gayatri hard austeries Gayatri hard austeries have been rendered have been rendered unnecessary. The unnecessary. The treatest of siddhis can treatest of siddhis can be obtained by the be obtained by the japa of Gayatri. japa of Gayatri. The The Gayatri mantra is Gayatri mantra is small but its powers small but its powers immeasurable. immeasurable.

Swami VivekanandaSwami Vivekananda

Gayatri is a Gayatri is a mantra of mantra of righteous righteous wisdom and wisdom and therefore, it has therefore, it has been called a be-been called a be-jewelled crown jewelled crown of all the of all the mantras”. mantras”.

Rishi BharadwajaRishi Bharadwaja

Even divinities like Even divinities like Brahma pray to Brahma pray to Gayatri because Gayatri because Gayatri makes Gayatri makes possible the possible the realization of realization of Brahman. Gayatri Brahman. Gayatri removes from you removes from you the propensity to the propensity to evil actions evil actions

Sage VashishthaSage Vashishtha

Even fools, criminals Even fools, criminals and men with unstable and men with unstable minds are able to minds are able to attain enlightenment attain enlightenment by the power of by the power of Gayatri. When that is Gayatri. When that is so, then the worship of so, then the worship of Gayatri by the firm and Gayatri by the firm and pure minded persons pure minded persons will surely lead them will surely lead them to self knowledge and to self knowledge and self-realisation. self-realisation.

Pandit Madanmohan Pandit Madanmohan MalaviyaMalaviya

Of the many invaluable Of the many invaluable treasures given to us treasures given to us by our rishis, Gayatri is by our rishis, Gayatri is the incomparable one. the incomparable one. Gayatri makes mind Gayatri makes mind pure and gives the light pure and gives the light of god to the soul and of god to the soul and that releases light that releases light innumerable souls from innumerable souls from the world’s bondage. the world’s bondage. Gayatri makes man Gayatri makes man god-loving while freeing god-loving while freeing him from worldly him from worldly wants.” wants.”

Swami VidyanadaSwami Vidyanada

Gayatri purifies Gayatri purifies the mind. the mind. Without the Without the purity of mind purity of mind our life is of no our life is of no use. Gayatri is use. Gayatri is the producer of the producer of this purity of this purity of mind.” mind.”

Mahatma GandhiMahatma Gandhi This blind faith has This blind faith has

confounded the world confounded the world and made people crazy. and made people crazy. The only advice I can The only advice I can offer is that you should offer is that you should immediately commence immediately commence the Gayatri Jap. Do it as the Gayatri Jap. Do it as much as you can and much as you can and whenever you can. The whenever you can. The greater the obstacles greater the obstacles you come across, the you come across, the more devoutly you more devoutly you should do it. Your should do it. Your worries will end worries will end

Sir William JonesSir William Jones

Let us adore the Let us adore the supremacy of that supremacy of that Divine Sun, the Divine Sun, the Godhead, who Godhead, who illuminates all, who illuminates all, who recreates all, from recreates all, from whom all proceed, to whom all proceed, to whom all must return, whom all must return, whom we invoke to whom we invoke to direct our direct our understanding aright in understanding aright in our progress towards our progress towards his holy sea his holy sea

Gayatri guides your GoalGayatri guides your Goal The Gayatri Mantra is the The Gayatri Mantra is the

divine magnetic needle. divine magnetic needle. The magnetic needle The magnetic needle points to the north, points to the north, hence the ship does not hence the ship does not lose its direction. The lose its direction. The Gayatri Mantra always Gayatri Mantra always points to the points to the transcendental Height of transcendental Height of the Supreme, hence the the Supreme, hence the seeker does not miss his seeker does not miss his Goal: Existence, Goal: Existence, Consciousness, Bliss. Consciousness, Bliss.

The Recitation of Gayatri The Recitation of Gayatri Mantra Raises the Human Mantra Raises the Human

ConsciousnessConsciousness

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