The

Gayatri
Mantra
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Meaning and
Significance

Compilation by

Kapil Kohli

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The Gayatri Mantra has

been chronicled in the
Rig Veda, which was
written in Sanskrit about
2500 to 3500 years ago,
and the mantra may
actually have been
chanted for many
centuries before that.

Translated in English,
The Gayatri Mantra
reads as :
Om bhur bhuvah svah . . .
tat-savitur varenyam . . .
bhargo devasya dhimahi . .
dhiyo yo nah pracodayat !!

The Gayatri Mantra is a prayer to

the ALMIGHTY Supreme God, the
Creator of entire cosmos, the
essence of all life in existence,
WHO removes all pains and
sufferings and grants happiness
beseeching HIS divine grace to
imbibe within all human beings;
HIS Divinity and Brilliance which
may purify them and guide them
towards righteous wisdom; on
the right path.

The Meaning of

GAYATRI MANTRA . . . .

Word for Word

OM
BHUH
BHUVAH
SWAH
TAT
SAVITUH
VARENYAM
BHARGO
DEVASYA
DHIMAHI
DHIYO
YO
NAH
PRACHODAYAT

Brahma or the Almighty God

embodiment of vital spiritual
energy (Pran)
destroyer of sufferings
embodiment of happiness
that
bright, luminous like the Sun
best, most exalted
destroyer of sins
divine
may imbibe
intellect
who
our
may inspire

The
GAYATRI MANTRA
embodies . . . .


The Almighty God, who is

also known as pranav;
pervades all the three Lokas,
viz, Bhooha-lok, Bhuvahalok and Swaha-lok.

He is Omnipresent.

The cosmos is physical
manifestation of God which
pervades through each and
every particle.


He can be seen everywhere.

One should always refrain
from evil thoughts and evil
deeds and perform true
worship of God by doing
everything for promotion of
happiness, peace and beauty
in this universe; which is HIS
creation.


(tat) God is extremely bright

(savitur), most exalted
(varenyam), devoid of sin
(bhargo) and divine (devasya).

One may visualise this Divinity
within oneself, in ones soul.

By each contemplation, one
becomes illumined, virtues
grow through all the layers of
ones existence.


One is saturated with these

virtues and these
characteristics of the
Almighty God.

God may inspire
(prachodayat) ones (naha)
intellect, wisdom (dhiyo) and
lead one on to the righteous
path.


Ones intellect and, the

intellects of ones family
members and that of all, be
purified.

May the Almighty; lead one
to and through the
righteous path.


By attaining the righteous

wisdom, which is possibly
the greatest achievement
and is the source of all the
happiness in this world,
one may be able to enjoy
celestial bliss in ones life
and make ones human
existence significant and
purposeful.

The recitation of the GAYATRI

MANTRA with the right
pronunciation and pure
thoughts and mind; will result
in ones mind getting diverted
from evil thoughts and evil
deeds and move towards
righteous thinking and good
actions.

With repeated recitation of

the GAYATRI, ones inner self
gradually becomes more and
more awakened; as a result of
which the ultimate aim of
ones life draws closer and
closer.