8/8/2019 Gayatri Mantra by -Satya Sai Baba

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Meaning of the individual words by -Sri Satya Sai Baba

Om: The primeval sound  Bhur : the physical world 

 Bhuvah: the mental world 

 Suvah: the celestial, spiritual world Thath: That; God; transcendental Paramatma

 Savithur : the Sun, Creator, Preserver Varenyam: most adorable, enchanting 

 Bhargo: luster, effulgence

 Devasya: resplendent,supreme Lord  Dheemahi : we meditate upon

 Dhiyo: the intellect,understanding Yo: May this light 

 Nah: our 

 Prachodayath: enlighten,guide,inspire The meaning of the Gayatri mantra is as follows

We contemplate the glory of Light illuminating the three worlds: gross, subtle, and causal. I am that vivifying power, love, radiant illumination, and divine grace of universal intelligence.We pray for the divine light to illumine our minds.

Recitation of the Gayatri Mantra is preceded by oṃ(ॐ) and the formula bhūr bhuva svaḥ ḥ (  भ ूर् भुवः सवः), known as the mahāvyāh tiṛ  ("great utterance"). This prefixing of the mantra proper is described

in the Taittiriya Aranyaka (2.11.1-8), which states that scriptural recitation was always to begin with

the chanting of the syllable oṃ, followed by the three Vyahrtis and the Gayatri verse.

Following the mahāvyāh tiṛ  is then the mantra proper, the verse RV 3.62.10:

In Devanagari:

तत् िवतुवर  ेणय ं । भगो द  वेसय धीिमह । ि धय य नः पचदयात् ॥

 

In IAST:

tát savitúr váre yaṇ ṃ 

bhárgo devásya dhīmahi 

dhíyo yó na pracodáyāt ḥ  

Whereas in principle the gāyatrī metre specifies three pādas of eight syllables each, the text of the

verse as preserved in the Rigveda Samhita is one syllable short, the first pāda counting seven

instead of eight. Metrical restoration would emend the attested vare yaṇ ṃ with a tetra-syllabic

vare iyaṇ ṃ.