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srividya[sri Rajarajeswari Peetam, RUSH, N.Y.] Gayatri Mantra: A

scientific view - Dr Tanmaya

Gayatri Mantra: A scientific view - Dr TanmayaGayatri 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.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 set (permanent). Therefore, it was the first never

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 galaxies acts as an

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) Realising 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 realised 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).

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