The

Gayatri

MantraMantra_______________________

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, 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 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 Brahma or the Almighty God

BHUH embodiment of vital spiritual

energy (Pran)

BHUVAH destroyer of sufferings

SWAH embodiment of happiness

TAT that

SAVITUH bright, luminous like the Sun

VARENYAM best, most exaltedVARENYAM best, most exalted

BHARGO destroyer of sins

DEVASYA divine

DHIMAHI may imbibe

DHIYO intellect

YO who

NAH our

PRACHODAYAT may inspire

The

GAYATRI MANTRA

embodies . . . .

The Almighty God, who is

also known as pranav;

pervades all the three Lokas,

viz, Bhooha-lok, Bhuvaha-

lok and Swaha-lok.

He is Omnipresent. 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 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. 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 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 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 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 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 which the ultimate aim of

ones life draws closer and

closer.