Gayatri Mantra: Text with Very Bad (to RC Srivastava)

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Dear Srivastava ji,

 

> 3. I wonder how about millions of devotee of Gyatri parivar

> and followers of Arya samaj whose whole life spent in faith

> prayers and in reciting of Gyatri in form of Divine Mother and

> as sun god in later case of Arya samaj.Did they all lost their

> labours and mantra did not work for they did not chant it as

> per pronunciation advocated now as per secret parampara.

 

The intonation in the humming mp3 I uploaded is not from a "secret parampara" as written above. The mantra is from the Rigveda and the intonation is clearly marked in Rigveda.

 

If you get any copy of Rigveda that has the intonation markings or get "Mantrapushpam" book by Ramakrishna Mutt (which has a lot of useful Vedic chants with the intonation marked), you should find the intonation marked (the horizontal lines under letters, the single/double vertical lines above the letters).

 

There are different schools that interpret the intonation marks slightly differently. However, there are also people who do not follow any school at all and read Vedic mantras by totally ignoring the intonation markings. They just sing. In fact, this is the popular style these days (i.e. ignoring the intonation marks). However, priests learned in Vedas, especially in south India, never ignore the intonation marks.

 

Whether those who ignore the intonation markings get any results or not, I do not know. More important question is whether they get the *fullest* results or not.

 

Those who were taught a different style of reading Gayatri and are happy/confident with it may kindly ignore my writings in this matter!

 

I gave the text and humming MP3 to clarify the intonation, for the benefit of those who are not sure and are looking for direction in restarting Gayatri mantra sadhana.

 

Bottomline: I am not here on a crusade to divert those who already found a path. I am only trying to show the path that I found useful to those who are looking for a path.

 

> 1.How come that "Gyatri mantra picture uploaded of TEXT" is without first pada of Eight. That is " OM Bhur Bhuavah Swah " is missing.

 

That is not the "first pada of Eight". Gayatri mantra given in Rigveda starts with "tatsavitur.." and ends with "prachodayaat". What you wrote is added to the actual mantra. I referred to the prefixes and suffixes in the explanation. But, let us be clear the the Vedic Gayatri mantra itself starts with "tatsavitur" and ends with "prachodayaat".

 

Sarvam SreeKrishnaarpanamastu,

Narasimha

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> "R.C.Srivastava" <swami_rcs wrote:

> *|| OM MAHAGANAPATAYE NAMAH ||*

> Dear Sirs,

> I am seriously trying to grasp the essence of discussion

> On the topic.

> Without any interruption to running thread i would humbly

> want to submit some of the real sadhak of Gyatri like Sanjay or Narsimha or any other to tell

> 1.How come that "Gyatri mantra picture uploaded of TEXT" is without first pada of Eight. That is " OM Bhur Bhuavah Swah " is missing.

> 2.How to non-initiate Listening and chanting Of Gyatri Mantra with different pronunciation going to really affect or say which one to prefer.This may be a confusion to many now, for i have chanting by Bhagwan Satya sai baba, Swami sukhabodhanand of Bangalore,Sai baba of Serdi temple website and by Pundit Jasraj From Times Music apart from Ad of Videocon.Believe me all are different in chanting and adding OM here and there.There are many other variations too.

> 3. I wonder how about millions of devotee of Gyatri parivar and followers of Arya samaj whose whole life spent in faith prayers and in reciting of Gyatri in form of Divine Mother and as sun god in later case of Arya samaj.Did they all lost their labours and mantra did not work for they did not chant it as per pronunciation advocated now as per secret parampara.Is Gyatri not a prassidh mantra? in this age.

> Hope someone says something about my doubts.

>

> || May all people be happy ||

> OM TAT SAT

> R.C.Srivastava .

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Dear Narasimha/Shrivastavaji,

 

What Narasimha says is right. Even the Shukla Yajurvediya Maadhyandini

brihat mantra Samhita gives the same mantra. The confusion may be on

account of the fact that when the mantra is given by father to son at

the time of Upanayana Samskara, "Om Bhur bhuva sva" is added as a

prefix. This is perhaps because in Brahmayagyaa mantra the mantra is

with Om Bur... suffix forming a part of the mantra. This is logical also

as after Upanayana the brahmachaari is to seek knowledge.

 

Chandrashekhar.

 

Narasimha P.V.R. Rao wrote:

>

> Dear Srivastava ji,

>

> > 3. I wonder how about millions of devotee of Gyatri parivar

> > and followers of Arya samaj whose whole life spent in faith

> > prayers and in reciting of Gyatri in form of Divine Mother and

> > as sun god in later case of Arya samaj.Did they all lost their

> > labours and mantra did not work for they did not chant it as

> > per pronunciation advocated now as per secret parampara.

>

> The intonation in the humming mp3 I uploaded is not from a "secret

> parampara" as written above. The mantra is from the Rigveda and the

> intonation is clearly marked in Rigveda.

>

> If you get any copy of Rigveda that has the intonation markings or get

> "Mantrapushpam" book by Ramakrishna Mutt (which has a lot of useful

> Vedic chants with the intonation marked), you should find the

> intonation marked (the horizontal lines under letters, the

> single/double vertical lines above the letters).

>

> There are different schools that interpret the intonation marks

> slightly differently. However, there are also people who do not follow

> any school at all and read Vedic mantras by totally ignoring the

> intonation markings. They just sing. In fact, this is the popular

> style these days (i.e. ignoring the intonation marks). However,

> priests learned in Vedas, especially in south India, never ignore the

> intonation marks.

>

> Whether those who ignore the intonation markings get any results or

> not, I do not know. More important question is whether they get the

> *fullest* results or not.

>

> Those who were taught a different style of reading Gayatri and are

> happy/confident with it may kindly ignore my writings in this matter!

>

> I gave the text and humming MP3 to clarify the intonation, for the

> benefit of those who are not sure and are looking for direction in

> restarting Gayatri mantra sadhana.

>

> Bottomline: I am not here on a crusade to divert those who already

> found a path. I am only trying to show the path that I found useful to

> those who are looking for a path.

>

> > 1.How come that "Gyatri mantra picture uploaded of TEXT" is without

> first pada of Eight. That is " OM Bhur Bhuavah Swah " is missing.

>

> That is not the "first pada of Eight". Gayatri mantra given in Rigveda

> starts with "tatsavitur.." and ends with "prachodayaat". What you

> wrote is added to the actual mantra. I referred to the prefixes and

> suffixes in the explanation. But, let us be clear the the Vedic

> Gayatri mantra itself starts with "tatsavitur" and ends with

> "prachodayaat".

>

> Sarvam SreeKrishnaarpanamastu,

> Narasimha

> -------------------------

> Free Jyotish lessons (MP3): http://vedicastro.home.comcast.net

> <http://vedicastro.home.comcast.net>

> Free Jyotish software (Windows): http://www.VedicAstrologer.org

> <http://www.VedicAstrologer.org>

> Sri Jagannath Centre (SJC) website: http://www.SriJagannath.org

> <http://www.SriJagannath.org>

> -------------------------

>

> > "R.C.Srivastava" <swami_rcs wrote:

> > *|| OM MAHAGANAPATAYE NAMAH ||*

> > Dear Sirs,

> > I am seriously trying to grasp the essence of discussion

> > On the topic.

> > Without any interruption to running thread i would humbly

> > want to submit some of the real sadhak of Gyatri like Sanjay or

> Narsimha or any other to tell

> > 1.How come that "Gyatri mantra picture uploaded of TEXT" is without

> first pada of Eight. That is " OM Bhur Bhuavah Swah " is missing.

> > 2.How to non-initiate Listening and chanting Of Gyatri Mantra with

> different pronunciation going to really affect or say which one to

> prefer.This may be a confusion to many now, for i have chanting by

> Bhagwan Satya sai baba, Swami sukhabodhanand of Bangalore,Sai baba of

> Serdi temple website and by Pundit Jasraj From Times Music apart from

> Ad of Videocon.Believe me all are different in chanting and adding OM

> here and there.There are many other variations too.

> > 3. I wonder how about millions of devotee of Gyatri parivar and

> followers of Arya samaj whose whole life spent in faith prayers and in

> reciting of Gyatri in form of Divine Mother and as sun god in later

> case of Arya samaj.Did they all lost their labours and mantra did not

> work for they did not chant it as per pronunciation advocated now as

> per secret parampara.Is Gyatri not a prassidh mantra? in this age.

> > Hope someone says something about my doubts.

> >

> > || May all people be happy ||

> > OM TAT SAT

> > R.C.Srivastava .

>

>