AUM- GAYATRI- AND THE THREE VEDAS

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Arial">From A came out tat savitur varenyam which expanded itself into the

Rg-Veda and the cosmic plane Bhuh. From U came out bhargo devasya dhimahi,

which expanded itself into Yajur Veda and the plane of bhuvah. From M came

out dhiyo yo nah prachodayat- which expanded itself into Sam Veda, and the

plane of suvah.

The first Veda RG is stuti-para - devoted to devotion. The second Veda Yajur

is kriya-para - devoted to work (action). The third Veda Sam is jnana-para

-devoted to knowledge. Om, we meditate(dhimahi) on the spiritual

effulgence(bhargas) of that adorable Supreme Divine Reality (varenyam devasya),

the source or projector (savitr) of the three phenomenal world planes the gross

or physical (bhuh) the subtle or psychical (bhuvah) and the potential or causal

(suvah),

both macro cosmically or externally and micro cosmically or internally. May

the Supreme Divine Being(Tat) stimulate(prachodayat) our(nah)

intellect(dhiyah), so that we may realise the Supreme Truth. The Gayatri

Mantra: Om bhur bhuvah svah tat savitur varenyam bhargo devasya dhimahi dhiyo

yo nah prachodayat The presiding deity of the Gayatri Mantra is Lord Sun.

Gayatri is personified as a goddess, the consort of Brahma (Sarasvati), and

mother of the Vedas. The Gayatri Mantra is never chanted for the purposes of

material gains, physical or otherwise. Its very invocation concludes with an

appeal to the pure Consciousness to illumine more our heart-mind. It is a

prayer unto the Self to unveil itself and come to manifest as pure wisdom in

our life. The Gayatri Mantra is one of the oldest available Divine hymns. In

the ancient Vedic literature, this mantra is dedicated to the deity Sun. This

mantra is sung in the Vedic-meter called Gayatri. This is considered to be the

most important mantra written out in Gayatri meter, and therefore, by

tradition, this mantra has come to be known as

Gayatri. It has actually been observed that by the repetition of this Gayatri

Mantra with the right understanding of its sacred meaning, the ordinary

negative tendencies in the human mind can be erased out to a large extent. It

is believed that for any one frightened in the dark, immediate chanting of the

Gayatri Mantra is advised to get over the nervousness of the fright.

Arial"> It is also believed that on starting any important and great work if a

person detects some bad omen, that person must immediately sit down and chant

eleven times the Gayatri. If on starting again, he meets with a new set of bad

omens then he is to sit down again and chant the Gayatri for sixteen times, to

remove the effects of the bad omen encountered. The deeper philosophic

meaning of Gayatri: In our inner life, the sun represents the light-giver,

the illuminator of all experiences, the ATMAN(Soul). This pure consciousness in

us, the inner centre of our personality around which the matter envelopments

function with mathematical precision- just as around the sun the entire solar

system revolves- is being invoked to shine more and more in our intellect.

Without the Atman ( the light that is our consciousness), the bodily matters

become inert and dead, just as without the sun life would have been impossible.

Thank you Aravind

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