Gayatri Mantra

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Dear brothers & sisters

 

Whilst I was away today, I was chanting the Gayatri Mantra & was

thinking - Why are there different versions of the Gayatri Mantra?

Which one is the most authentic?

 

I know it's only a slight difference, but why do some start -

'Aum bhur bhuva svaha, that savitur varaynyam....'

 

But others miss out '...bhur bhuva svaha' & just chant 'Aum, that

savitur varaynyam...'

 

Is it quite usual to find different versions of some chants & why is

this?

 

With much love

 

Farah

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, " janfarah_strongspirit "

<janfarah_strongspirit wrote:

>

> I know it's only a slight difference, but why do some start -

> 'Aum bhur bhuva svaha, that savitur varaynyam....'

 

Dear Farah .. i have never heard a Gayatri mantra without bhur buva

swaha... as it would make gayatri mantra incomplete.

 

There are some gayatri mantras for other forms of gods too like for

Ganesha... so it is possible that in those mantras they dont use bhur

bhuva etc.

 

The main gayatri mantra is said to be known to enlightened souls

only.. the one we chant is actually a compressed form of main mantra

 

perhaps shantnu or sudhakar would like to add

 

Aum

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, " Aum " <beirut_ka_baba wrote:

 

Hello Farahaji and Aumji,

 

Greetings!

 

Re both your queries on Gayathri mantra. It is true as aumji said

there are gayathri ganesha as well as gayathri lakshmiji and other

gods and goddess. True gayathri aumji you are right is not available

to us. Let me explain further.

 

The rishi who gave gayathri to the world found gayathri so

powerful that many started using it for nefarious activity

even at that time, so he cursed the gayathri mantra and deleted

some of the wordings from the main mantra but even then the

gayathri is still a powerful mantra.

 

One brahmin told me, brahmins have given all health, wealth,

progeny etc., mantra to the world but have kept gayathri mantra

the mother of all mantras with themselves.

 

There are many multiple uses of the gayathri mantra existing now.

When i was anchor person for the laughter club i was told by one

person attending the same that his ancestors from kerala to teach

then existing king a lesson for the tyranny he was reigning on the

people in hush hush manner at midnight in particular group and

sequence chanted reverse gayathri mantra leading to the death of

the king. Agreed the murder was justified but you cannot wipe out

the karma and it seems they knew about it and they say even now,

the descendant of those group of brahmins are cursed never to have

male child in their line of progeny.

 

The maximum exploitation of the mantra is by the brahmins ofcourse.

I read a small booklet many years ago written in marathi language.

The author from Pune city said gayathri with 3 aums should be

chanted by brahmins only, with two aums by ruling class i.e.

shatriyas only, single aum by vaishas - business class and plain

bhur bhuv svaha by shudras and women folk only.

 

Hey Farah don't look at me like that i am not a m.c.p. (male

chauvinistic pig). I am just quoting the author and even Aradhanaji

will vouch for me being pro woman.

 

The mantra is Aum Bhoor bhoosv....

Aum Tatsavitur......

prachodayat Aum...

Again start from Aum Bhoor bhoosva etc., etc.,

 

To achieve the ultimate success one has to do nyaas etc.,

and complete 24 lakhs of chanting and only then one can have

siddhi of the mantra.

 

For the commoners like us one mala of 108 would be ideal, anything

less i am not in favour at all. Anything more fine but minimum

chanting should be 108 only. Some do 9 18 27 54 etc., which is

okay for an 8 year old kid but rest should try to cover 108 beads

chanting.

 

By the way in olden times gayathri mantra was chanted by both

males and females without any restriction. In fact the thread

ceremony was performed of both males and females unlike now wherein

it is only done for the males only.

 

Few years back i read in times of india an article wherein it was

stated that Lord Hanumanji while searching for Sita hit upon the

idea of scanning the sea coast of Lanka because he felt the sun

was setting and his Sitamayaa would be performing Sandhyavandana

at sea shore.

 

So in the end Aumji what you have said is right the mantra which is

in existence now is the pirated version of the original but still

very very powerful. I wonder what may be the power in the original

version of gayathri.

 

With best wishes,

 

Sudhakar

HARI OM TAT SAT! Cheers! )

 

 

> Dear Farah .. i have never heard a Gayatri mantra without bhur

buva

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> Whilst I was away today, I was chanting the Gayatri Mantra & was

 

RAM RAM

 

1. Om Bhur Bhua Swa ,Tatsaviturvarenyam ,Bhargo Devashya Dhimahi

Dhiyo yo na Prachodayat

 

 

2. Om Bhu , Om Bhua ,Om Swa ,Om Maha ,Om Jana ,Om Tapa ,Om

Satyam ,Om Bhurbhua Swa , Tatsviturvarenyam Bhargo Devasya Dhimahi

Dhiyo yo na Prachodayat

 

3. Om Bhur Bhua Swa ,Om Tatsaviturvarenyam ,Bhargo Devashya Dhimahi

Dhiyo yo na Prachodayat , Om

 

4. Om Bhurbhuaswa , Om Tatsviturvarenyam , Om Bhargo Devasya

dhimahi , Om Dhiyo yo na Prachodayat , Om

 

 

i heard these and i think your Guru could tell you that what kind is

suitable for you , like Guru mantra is based on some factors

everyone gets different what i know . it is my own thinking .

every kind of the above has particular significance

 

HARE KRISHNA ,HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA ,HARE HARE,HARE

RAMA ,HARE RAMA ,RAMA RAMA ,HARE HARE

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........and also it is said that there is a specific way of chanting holy gaytri

mantra in order to produce waves of specific wavelength...please comment

 

 

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