GAYATRI MANTRA: Invoking the Sun
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 center in 22.5 crore
years.
All
galaxies including ours are moving away at a terrific velocity of 20,000 miles
per second.
" Aum
bhur bhuva swaha
Tat
savitur varenyamm
Bhargo
devasya dhee mahee
Dee yo
yo nah prachodayath "
bhuur -
embodiment of vital spiritual energy ,
bhuvah -
destroyer of sufferings,
svaH -
embodiment of happiness,
tat -
that, savitur - bright like sun,
varNyam
- best choicest
bhargo -
destroyer of sins
devasya
- divine, dhiimahi - may imbibe
dhiyo -
intellect, yo - who, naH - our
prachodayat - may inspire
Gayatri
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
Gayatri Mantra which is called mahamantra is running above ,if you really want
or like peace then repeat it again and again, the result you will get
yourself.
It is
absolutely necessary that you chant this Gayatri Manthra either in the early
hours of the morning or in the evening hours. During the mid-day also it can be
taken up for chanting, but for certain purposes. When you look upon it as a
Sadhana, it is the morning and evening hours which are sacred for
chanting.
You
should chant this Manthra at least three times in the morning hours and three
times in the evening time. When you do this, you can certainly free yourselves
from the fruits of your Karma. It is said that a day's chanting takes care of
all the ill effects of the day's Karma.
Before
the sun rises, everything is enveloped in darkness. Even as the rays of the Sun
dispel this darkness, so also the chanting of this Gayatri dispels all darkness
and ignorance. The rays of this Sun dispels the area of darkness. Darkness has
no place where the rays of the sun reach out. So also once your intellect
blossoms forth by virtue of your having been given this Manthra, your
intellectual rays will dispel the ignorance which has been persisting in you,
will drive away all darkness and endow you with
intelligence.
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 center 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 ever 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 heard 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
riverbank just by drawing a triangle. So was the scientific method suggested by
Vishvamitra in the mantra in the next portion as under:-
C.
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 realize 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 to1/2 mv2 (Mass of galaxies x
velocity2).
2)
Realizing 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 realized 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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