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Namaskarams to all our readers!

This is my last write-up in this Title. Thanks for all of you for having been

patient with me all these times. I started my write-up on this subject on06/18/2008. I know it has been a long time to complete it; I was unable to

complete due to work. Also, I took a very long break for about 3 months,

somewhere in between.

But, finally it is just about complete.

I have only started to write. Please do not mind my TYPOGRAPHICAL errors,

poor LANGUAGE QUALITY etc.

I think it is gods grace that the write-up has lasted exactly 18 Parts. All ofour members will know the importance of the number 18.

There are 18 Puranas, 18 chapters in Bhagavad-Geetha, Kurukshethra war

lasted 18 years, Shabarimala has 18 steps and so on. I am not here to give

details about the holiness of the number 18.

It may be gods grace but may also be a co-incidence as well. But, the

difference between fact and co-incidence rests on the belief of the individual

and I believe in the former.

Having said that I want to thank everyone who gave me positive feedbacks

and asked for more clarifications. There are some who gave not so positive

feedbacks due to factual errors; I heartily beg your pardon. I shall

incorporate all your suggestions in my future writings.

Any more suggestions (for future writings-off course!) and critics are

welcome.

Now I move to the concluding part of the write-up.

GAYATHRI MAHIMA AND AIHIKA PHALAM(as told by Maharshis and

some texts):

MANU:"TribhyaevathuVedebyhahpadampadamaduduham". It means that

each pada of Gayathri is taken from one of the three Vedas. Bhagavan

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(Rigveda, Yajurveda and Sama Veda. Atharvana Veda has its own Gayathri.

It is the ThureeyaGayathri that I had mentioned earlier in the write-up. To

receive instruction in it, you must have a second upanayana).

Anybody who chants the Gayathri will get the benefit of having chanted theVedas. The sin of having skipped any type of Nithya Karma will be washed

away if one chants 1000 Gayathris (now we know why we SHOULD do 1000

Gayathris on the next day of AvaniAvittam. If you skip GayathriJapam on

the GayathriJapam day i.e., next day of AvaniAvittam, god save

you).Gayathri is greater than SAMADHI which paves way for Moksham.

Since, there is OM karam; this itself is Dhyanam, Samadhi etc. There is

nothing greater than this.

YAMA:Once, Brahma placed Samhithai, Shaakhai, Padam, Kramam, Jatam

and Ghanam (the various units/phases in studying the Vedas) along with

the four Vedas on one side of the weighing instrument and Gayathri on the

other side and found that both match exactly equal. So, chanting Gayathri

is equal to chanting the Vedas.

SHRI SHANKARA: Among SnaanaManthrams, Aghamarshanam is the

greatest; among HomaManthrams, Vyaahruthi is the greatest and among

Mantra JapamGayathri is the greatest.

BRAHMA: There is no JapamManthram better than Gayathri. There is no

better penance than Gayathri. There is no HomaManthram better than

Gayathri. There is no object more suitable for Dhyanam than Gayathri.

VYAASA:Chanting Gayathri 10 times will relieve sins made for 3 days. 100

times Gayathrijapam will relieve all the sins ever made. 1000 times

GayathriJapam will relieve all Upa-Paathakas. 1 crore times GayathriJapam

will result in achieving anything one ever wanted. One can become a king.

One can even become GOD.


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SAMVARTHA: The most suitable Manthram that is capable of washing away

all sins is Gayathri. It will give benefit only if discipline is consumption of

food and Acharam is followed strictly. Doing 1 lakh GayathriJapam will

relieve one from all sins. One who has had inacceptable food (eating foodmade by anybody other than a Brahmin, meat etc,) will become pure only if

he chants 100 times Gayathri.

VISHWAMITHRA:There shall be no fear in the mind of the one who chants

Gayathri. There is no Manthram than can match the Gayathri in all four

Vedas put together. Vedam, Yaagam, Daanam, Thapas etc., will not match

to even one in a hundredth of Gayathris greatness. Leave what you may;but do not leave the Gayathri.

YOGA YAAGNAVALKYA: Observing fasting the previous day and chanting

1000 Gayathris the next day will relieve all sins except Brahma-Hathya. If

one chants Gayathri regularly one will not have to bear the sin of having

taken PaapaDaanam (in shardham, kaaryam, chaayadaanametc). Taking

bath after chanting 100 Gayathri, Chanting 100 Gayathri submersed in

water, drinking water after chanting 100 Gayathris will all relieve one from

all sins. Doing GayathriThilaHomam (homam with Gingely seeds) along with

ghee will relieve one from all sins.

MAARKANDEYA:Even if one happens to do all types of sins known to exist,

chanting 10,000 Gayathri will dissolve all those sins. It will also give long

life.

CHATHURVIMSHATHI MATHAM: 1 croreGayathriJapam will relieve

Brahma Hathya; 80 lakhs GayathriJapam will relieve sin of having drunk

alcohol; 70 lakhs GayathriJapam will relieve the sin of having stolen gold;

60 lakhs GayathriJapam will relieve the sin of having slept with Gurus w ife;

80,000 GayathriJapam done in the morning will relieve all sins.


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Conclusion:

The following has been extracted from

www.kamakoti.org/hindudharma/part17.(Said by Paramacharyal, H.H. Sri

ChandrashekharendraSaraswathiSwamigal):

If the Gayathri mantra is learned in childhood itself it would be retained

like a nail driven into a tender tree. Gayathri imparts in great measure

mental strength, luster and health. It will increase the child's power of

concentration, sharpen his intelligence, and make him physically strong.

Later in life, when he feels the urge of Kama, Gayathri will prevent him from

being dragged downward and be a protective shield for his body andintelligence. When one learns to meditate on the Gayathri in childhood itself,

it would be a great help, as one grows up, in not wasting one's seed, in

acquiring Brahmic luster and qualities like studiousness, humility, devotion

to God and interest in matters of the Self.

While speaking about this mantra the Vedas use these words:

"GayathrimChandasam Mata". Here, "Chandas" means the Vedas. So

Gayathri is the mother of all Vedic mantras (i.e., the Vedas proclaim them

so).

If the Gayathri has not been chanted for three generations in the family of a

Brahmin, its members lose caste (they cease to be Brahmins). The quarter

where such Brahmins live cannot be called an "Agrahara". It is perhaps not

yet three generations since Brahmins gave up the Gayathri. So they still

may be called Brahmins.

This mantra is to be repeated only by men. Women benefit from the men

performing the japa. Similarly when the three varnas practice GayathriJapa,

all other castes enjoy the benefit flowing from it. We may cease to perform a

rite if the fruits yielded by them are enjoyed exclusively by us. But we

cannot do so if others also share in them. Those entitled to Gayathri mantra

are to regard themselves as trustees who have to mutter it on behalf of
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others like women and the fourth Varna who are not entitled to it. If they fail

in their duty of trustees, it means they are committing an irremediable

offence.

At least on Sundays, all those who wear the sacred thread must do

Gayathrijapa a thousand times. They must not eat unclean food, go to

unclean places and must atone for lapses in ritual observances and in

maintaining ritual purity. Henceforth, they must take every care to see that

their body is kept chaste and fit for it to absorb mantric power.

Today, the fire of mantric power has been put out (or it is perhaps like dying

embers). The body of Brahmin has been subjected to undesirable changes

and impure substances have found a place in it. But may be a spark of the

old fire still gives off a dim light. It must be made to burn brighter. One day

it may become a blaze. This spark is Gayathri. It has been handed down to

us through the ages.

Let us all pray to God that he will have mercy upon us so that the fire of

mantras is never extinguished in us and that it will keep burning brighter

and brighter.

JAI SITA RAM!

RADHE KRISHNA!

PARA BRAHMA LINGAM BHAJE PADURANGAM!

Shri GURU CHARANAARAVINDAARPANAM!

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