Gayatri Mantra

Gayatri mantra: Translation and study of the lyrics

Aum
Bhur Bhuvah Svah
Tat Savitur Varenyam
Bhargo Devasya Dheemahi
Dhiyo Yo nah Prachodayat

• The first word "OM" - ॐ
  It is also called Pranav because the sound of "Om" or "AUM" comes from Prana (vital vibration), which feels the Universe The scriptures say "Aum Iti Ek Akshara Brahman" (Aum one syllable is Brahman). It is the sum and the substance of all the words that can emanate from the human throat. It is the primordial fundamental sound which symbolizes the Universal Absolute.
• The Vyahrities - Bhur, Bhuvah, Svah
  The above three words of the Gayatri, which literally means "past", "present" and "future", are called Vyahrities. Vyahriti is the one who gives knowledge of the entire cosmos or "ahriti". The scripture says: "Visheshenh Aahritih sarva viraat, praahlaanam prakashokaranh vyahritih". Thus, in pronouncing these three words, the person who sings it contemplates the Glory of God which illumines the three worlds or regions of experience.

Individual meanings of other words in the mantra:

• Tat - In simpler terms it means "it", as it is a description by speech or language, the "Ultimate Reality".
• Savitur - "Divine Sun" (The Ultimate Light of Wisdom)
• Varenium - "Adore"
• Bhargo - "Enlightenment
• Devasya - "Divine Grace"
• Dheemahi - "We Contemplate"
• Dhi - "The Intellect
• Yo - "Who"
• No - "Ours".
• Prachodayat - "Ask/Organise/Pray"

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The last five words constitute the prayer for final liberation through the awakening of our true intelligence.

You can click on the crossed out sound icon at the bottom of the video to listen to the mantra while you read 🤗

Benefits of the Gayatri mantra

Gayatri Mantra - Universal Prayer
There are many benefits to chanting the Gayatri mantra. So here are some of the positive effects of chanting the Gayatri Mantra.

Vibration and influence of the Gayatri Mantra on the physical body

Thinking about the Gayatri Mantra silently, saying it out loud or chanting it influences the physical body, clarifies the emotional body and guides us to the inner heart¹ The Gayatri stimulates and facilitates sagacity and the awakening to the Truth inherent in everything.

Our energy centers, levels and rhythms are activated by the measure of inhaled breath through the nostrils, exhaled during the recitation of the Gayatri Mantra (even during silent repetition). Thus balance, in the body, the electromagnetic rhythm and the currents of energy with the prana. Prana is an undetectable life force energy, similar to orgone. During the recitation, all the elements of the mantra are used, even the breath is a precision instrument. Everything works in harmony, like an orchestra and its conductor.

Breath, voice, meditation and intention work effectively and effortlessly, just as the sun shines effectively, without special effort.

The multiple benefits of the Gayatri mantra

• Increases learning power.
• Increases concentration.
• Evolution, spiritual prosperity, evolving understanding of who we naturally are.
• Infinite joy in the power of love.
• Work for peace.
• Leads naturally on the path of the spiritual path.
• Universal song.
• Strengthens the spirit and improves health.
• Improves breathing rate.
• Keeps our heart healthy (both literally and figuratively).
• He protects the devotee from all dangers and guides him towards the Divine through intuition.
• By his action, improves our relationships and brings joy to our communication with others.

How to sing the Gayatri Mantra?

Singing Gayatri Mantra has many benefits. However, there is a certain process to sing them. It is therefore highly recommended to follow certain rules while chanting the Gayatri Mantra. While chanting the Gayatri Mantra, you should always close your eyes and try to concentrate on each word and understand its meaning. Every word or even sound must be pronounced correctly, as it should be. Although it can be chanted at any time of the day, it is advisable to chant the mantra both early in the morning and at night before sleeping.

Finally, the mantra is an expression of gratitude, both to the Life-giving Sun and to the Divine. This has prompted devotees to adopt a heart-centered approach to the mantra. The sensitivity it awakens is more significant than the literal meaning. It is an offering, a way to open up to grace, to be inspired.

Gayatri mantra chant: the Gayatri reveals its secret to the singer

By chanting the Gayatri Mantra, the mantra itself reveals the teachings within. The Gayatri is complete and flawless. The Gayatri Mantra regenerates an unobstructed perception, just like plants renewing themselves when the wind, for example, carries the seeds over the earth. In time and under the right conditions, the fields will inherit wildflowers and wheat.

In a continuous, unobstructed stream, from season to season, the seeds spread over the earth and when their time comes, they sprout, bloom and bring forth a new generation The mantra works likewise way, it is sown by our song and this is how it expresses itself and spreads. The meaning of Gayatri is like the good season which makes the earth prosper. Time and time again, the fruit appears. As a seed that surrenders is carried by the wind, we surrender our intention to the heart of the universal intention and the Gayatri blooms, whether we are aware of it or not, in the right place and at the right time.

Gayatri is like the power of the sun. How can we really talk about it? Is this natural phenomenon even understandable?

Any definition that can be heard is like a single grain of sand on endless shores. No definition can capture the exact vastness of meaning and intensity of this wondrous mantra.

To be initiated into this sacred mantra is a great privilege. The sound of the Gayatri, or even a mere thought of the Gayatri verse, puts grace into action as we gratefully acknowledge how fortunate we are to live our highest ideals.

Even the uninitiated can feel the inner joy that comes from chanting the Gayatri mantra just by listening to it with your eyes closed. (Go up to the youtube video of Déva Premal of this article and put the sound... you will know...)

What is a Yantra?

Yantras are great cosmic conductors of energy, an antenna of nature, a powerful tool for harmony, prosperity, success, good health, yoga and meditation. Yantras are usually made of copper and consist of a series of geometric patterns. Eyes and mind focus in the center of the yantra to reach higher levels of consciousness.

Why a Gayatri Yantra?

The goddess Gayatri has five heads: four representing the four Vedas and one representing the Almighty of the Universe. Her Yantra is a sign of auspiciousness, prosperity and peace.
The golden grace of the Sun comes from this Goddess. Brighten your inner life with a happier, sunnier gaze on the path to enlightenment.

Goddess Gayatri has the power to fulfill your spiritual aspirations and bless you with a carefree life. She can also enlighten you with wholesome new thoughts. The positive power of the Yantra Gayatri can free you from negative spirits and bad dreams. It can help you find a balance between your spiritual and material desires to live a harmonious life full of happiness, peace and prosperity!

Singing or listening to the Gayatri mantra while concentrating on your Yantra allows you to more quickly access this meditative state of joys and Light.

The mantra is the matrix of existence

The morning dew appears by the mantra, sparkles in the glow of the rising sun and shines in the fields. Then it disappears again by the mantra, in the warmth of the sun of midday. Everything appears and disappears, in the entire existence, by the power of vibration, degree, length and quality of sound: by a mantra.

The Gayatri Mantra is a vibration that creates a condition of subtle receptivity; it opens the way for us that leads to unconditional Truth. Just as the buzzing of the bee helps weave the entire web of experience.

Mantra chanting contributes to the entire matrix of existence.

Gayatri mantra: an initiation to inner joy

There was a time when the Gayatri Mantra was not spoken aloud, only repeated silently or whispered on the tip of the tongue. This method of chanting is a particularly subtle and powerful way to repeat the mantra. There was a time when women did not chant the mantra. A time when, apart from Brahmin priests, no one chanted the mantra. Today, everyone has the privilege of chanting the Gayatri Mantra: what an honor! It seems that this shift came just as world events began to herald a darker time. Now millions of men, women and children of all walks of life are repeating and chanting this powerful and wondrous invocation.

Because of its universal appeal and tenor, this mantra cannot rightly be associated with any particular religion. The Hindus were its guardians; they are the ones who taught it and propagated it throughout the world. One could say that the Gayatri Mantra represents their offering to the spirit of humanity and to the Awakening of all beings. Nevertheless, the scope of the invocation of the Gayatri is universal, it goes far beyond all the boundaries of secular religion.