गायत्रीमन्त्रम्
ॐ
तत् सवितुर्वरेण्यं भर्गो
देवस्य धीमहि
धियो यो नः प्रचोदयात्
ॐ भूर्भुवः स्व:
तत्सवितुर्वरेण्यं
भर्गो देवस्य धीमहि
धियो यो नः प्रचोदयात्
ॐ भू: ॐ भुव: ॐ स्व: ॐ मह:
ॐ जन: ॐ तप: ॐ सत्यं
ॐ तत्सवितुर्वरेण्यं
भर्गो देवस्य धीमहि
धियो यो न: प्रचोदयात्
आपो ज्योति रसोमृतं ब्रह्म
भूर्भुवः
स्वरोम्
COMPLETE GAAYATRI MANTRA
TAT SAVITUR VARENYAM BHARGO DEVASYA DHEEMAHI
DHIYO YO NAH PRACHODAYAAT●
TAT-SAVITUR-VARENYAM
BHARGO DEVASYA DHEEMAHI
DHIYO YO NAH PRACHODAYAAT●
OM BHOOHU ● OM BHUVAHA ● OM SVAHA ● OM
MAHAHA●
OM JANAHA● OM TAPAHA● OM
SATYAM●
BHARGO DEVASYA DHEEMAHI
DHIYO YO NAHA
PRACHODAYAAT●
AAPO JYOTI RASOMRTAM BRAHMA BHOOR BHUVAH
SVAROM●
GAAYATREE PRAANAAYAAMAM
गायत्री- प्राणायामं
Holding
the breath one should repeat the above mentioned गायत्री मन्त्रं (GAYATRI CHANT) completely thrice at ब्रह्म मुहूर्त (BRAHMA MUHURTA).
1 मुहूर्त
(MUHURTA) = 48 minutes.
ब्रह्म मुहूर्त (BRAHMA MUHURTA)- is the 2nd last मुहूर्त (MUHURTA)
(1 hr
36 min) before sunrise
This
is called गायत्री प्राणायामं । (GAAYATRI PRAANAAYAAMAM)
The
above mentioned गायत्री महा मन्त्रं (GAAYATRI MAHAA MANTRA) is the essence of all the Vedas.
गायत्री मन्त्रं (GAYATRI CHANT) reveals the existence of
the Supreme Self or परमात्मन् (PARAMAATMAN) in every existing object - living or non
living, as its very essence.
गायत्री मन्त्र उपासनं (GAYATRI MANTRA UPAASANA ) (Practice of the Gaayatri Chant) consists
of chanting the complete Mantra as given above, loudly, with perfect phonetic
intonations.
If
there is not the perfect phonetic expression of sound, the Mantra may not have
the required effect.
The
Mantra is mainly intended for personal usage. Unless one is physically
handicapped, the Mantra is to be chanted by the aspirant himself. (Listening to
the Mantra in a cassette is of no use.)
The उपासनं (UPAASANA) of गायत्री मन्त्रं (GAAYATRI MANTRAM) is to be performed with an effort by the साधक
(ASPIRANT) himself.
Regular
गायत्री प्राणायाम साधन (GAYATRI MANTRA PRACTICE) leads one to
Self-Knowledge; bestows liberation and Siddhis (Higher powers of higher
Knowledge levels).
ॐ
ॐ - OMKARA is also known as प्रणवं
(PRANAVA).
The
chanting of ॐ bestows
liberation. Those who are spiritually inclined should chant the ॐ in an elongated form,
combining it with प्राणायामं (BREATH CONTROL).
Others
who want to have worldly benefits should chant the ॐ in an ordinary way, in a short time.
But
in ‘Gaayatri Mantra Chanting’, since the whole passage is to be repeated in one
single breath - three times without a break, the Omkaara repetition can be
short.
ॐ
MEANING OF THE MANTRA
तत् सवितुर्वरेण्यं भर्गो देवस्य धीमहि
धियो यो नः प्रचोदयात् ॥
TATSAVITURVARENYAM BHARGO DEVASYA DHEEMAHI
DHIYO YO NAH PRACODAYAAT ॥
DHIYO YO NAH PRACODAYAAT ॥
तत् TAT : That
सवितुः SAVITUH : of the Sun
वरेण्यं VARENYAM : Supremely Great
भर्गः BHARGAH : Shining one or the
lustrous one
देवस्य DEVASYA : of the God or of the
shining form
धीमहि DHEEMAHI : We will meditate
धियः DHIYAH : Discriminating faculty or the Buddhi or
the Intelligence.
यः YAH : Who
नः NAH : of us
प्रचोदयात् PRACODAYAAT : Inspire or provoke
ॐ
Let us meditate upon (and stay as the identity of)
the supremely great luster
of that Sun God (witness state).
Let that
inspire our intelligence
(to realize the essence of Reality that is us and
all this.)
DETAILED EXPLANATION OF THE WORDS
SAVITR - SUN
SAVITUH - OF THE SUN
Sun in the Advaitic texts does not refer to the
star-sun which burns in the sky above us lighting up our planet. The word Sun
always suggests the witness state or the Self state.
As the Star sun by its very presence makes the
earthly dealings go on, the Self by its very presence allows the perceived
world to appear.
Self (Aatman) is not the form with a name; but the
inner essence of Reality which exists as this perceived world. Anyone who is
attached and identified with the form of the body, gains no benefit from the
Mantra.
BHARGA -
Luster or shine does not mean the light or shine
as observed to emerge out of light sources or diamonds or gold objects.
Awareness alone, as the understanding nature of any perceiver shines as the
perceived world. This is the luster of the Self (Aatman) or Brahman.
The terms Aatman and Brahman denote the same
nameless formless non thinking reality-state.
If Brahman can be compared to the expanse of
sunlight, Aatman is the sunlight channelized through the mind-window.
DEVA -
The word DEVA does not refer to a God or Ishvara.
DEVA means that which shines.
As this shine of awareness makes the entire world
appear in an instant, Brahman or Atman is a Deva, the Supreme Lord who creates
the worlds in an instant.
DHEE -
means intellect or the Discriminating faculty as
apart from the Mind or MANAS.
Mind is just a data-collector of sense
perceptions.
Intellect or DHEE is the faculty that analyzes all
the data collected by the mind and decides what to keep and what to throw away.
ॐ
CONCEALED
MEANING
परमात्मन् AND जीवात्मन्
(SUPREME
SELF AND THE INDIVIDUAL SELF)
Though
the Mantra appears to refer to the Sun shining above the earth, it is actually
intended towards the परब्रह्मन् (PARA BRAHMAN) and teaches us the identity of the आत्मन् (INDIVIDUAL SELF) and the परब्रह्मन् (SUPREME SELF).
परब्रह्मन् (SUPREME SELF) is the Sun, the
shining one.
He
shines as our own self.
He is
the साक्षी ‘Witness Consciousness’ in us.
AATMAN
or Self is not a light-streak or a ghost but the very thing you know as the ‘I’.
This ‘I’ (ego-sense) - which everyone knows as
himself or herself is - परब्रह्मन् (SUPREME
SELF).
The
SUN which is परब्रह्मन् (SUPREME SELF) is your own Self which is
felt as the ‘I’ - which is the Shining one.
‘He’
is the very awareness you have.
You
are aware of objects outside. So the objects exist.
Your
body is there because you are aware of it.
You
are the light by which you see other lights like Sun, Moon etc.
You
are the ‘Awareness’ - ‘The Light’.
This
Awareness is called चित् CHIT - (CONSCIOUSNESS).
This
Awareness is परब्रह्मन् - PARABRAHMAN (SUPREME SELF).
This
Awareness is the real ‘YOU’.
ॐ
ADI SHANKARA SAYS
गायत्री मन्त्रं (GAAYATRI CHANT) is the essence of Vedas.
Vedas
proclaim the oneness of जीवात्मन् and परमात्मन् (INDIVIDUAL SELF AND THE SUPREME SELF).
गायत्री मन्त्रं also aims at this oneness only.
EXPLANATION OF THE MANTRA BY
SHANKARA
परब्रह्मन् (SUPREME SELF) is सवितृ - SAVITR - SUN.
परब्रह्मन् (SUPREME SELF) is देवः -
DEVA - the Shining one.
He is
the light by which we see other lights.
परब्रह्मन् (SUPREME SELF) is वरेण्यं - VARENYAM - Greatest, because he is well known to
everybody as their very Self, as their ‘I’.
परब्रह्मन् (SUPREME SELF) is भर्गः - BHARGA - the lustrous one, because He
destroys the ignorance in everyone.
We
meditate on THAT परब्रह्मन् (SUPREME SELF) who is referred to
by the words - सवितृ देवः भर्गः and वरेण्यं.
Let
THAT परब्रह्मन् (SUPREME SELF) give us the power
to meditate on Him as our own self.
Let
THAT परब्रह्मन् (SUPREME SELF) inspire our
thoughts to comprehend the truth of the oneness of जीवात्मन् AND परमात्मन् (INDIVIDUAL SELF AND THE SUPREME SELF).
[Para
Brahman is not an entity or person with intelligence or mind.
Para
Brahman is not a God.
Para
Brahman is all that exists as known and understood.
Para
Brahman is the state of Reality beyond the reach of senses and mind and
intellect.
We
can not understand Para Brahman with our intellect; but can know that we are
just the flashing unreal waves rising from the Reality-state.]
ॐ तत् सत् (OM
TAT SAT)
These
three words form the essence of Vedas.
ॐ is the
common word in this statement and the गायत्री मन्त्रं (Gaayatri Chant).
तत् is also a common word in both.
In
the गायत्री मन्त्रं (Gaayatri Chant) the word तत् (TAT) is given a detailed
explanation.
तत् (TAT) in गायत्री मन्त्रं (Gaayatri Chant) refers to सवितृ देवः भर्गः and वरेण्यं.
(SAVITR, DEVA, BHARGA and VARENYAM)
सत् (SAT) means the Pure Existence or
the Awareness in you.
You
are the सत् (SAT) the Principle
of Existence the Brahman, because of which all other things like your
body, mind etc. exist.
ॐ तत् सत् (OM TAT
SAT) means the oneness of जीवात्मन् AND परमात्मन्
( INDIVIDUAL SELF AND THE SUPREME SELF).
ॐ तत् सत् (OM TAT
SAT) means ‘THAT IS EXISTENCE’.
गायत्री मन्त्रं (Gaayatri Chant) means:
“THAT
PARABRAHMAN, THAT LUSTROUS SHINING SUN - EXISTS - AS YOU!”
MEANING OF गायत्रीमन्त्रम्
भू: -
BHOOH -
EXISTENCE
भुव: -
BHUVAH - CONSCIOUSNESS
स्व: -
SVAH - BLISS
मह: - MAHAH - GREAT
जन: -
JANAH - CAUSE
तप:
- TAPAH - LUSTRE
सत्यं -
SATYAM - UNAFFECTED
All
these words mentioned in the गायत्री मन्त्रं (Gaayatri Chant) refer to the परब्रह्मन् PARA BRAHMAN (SUPREME SELF)
आपः -
AAPAH - ALL PERVADING OR EXTENDING OR SPREADING OUT
ज्योति
- JYOTI - SHINING LIGHT
रसः -
RASAH - ESSENCE
अमृतं - AMRITAM - NECTAR
ॐ
परब्रह्मन् PARA BRAHMAN (SUPREME SELF)
परब्रह्मन् PARA BRAHMAN (SUPREME SELF) is
everything that exists.
परब्रह्मन् PARA BRAHMAN (SUPREME SELF) is everywhere.
परब्रह्मन् PARA BRAHMAN (SUPREME SELF)
pervades everything that exists.
परब्रह्मन् PARA BRAHMAN (SUPREME SELF) is the
SELF.
परब्रह्मन् PARA BRAHMAN (SUPREME SELF) is the AATMAN.
परब्रह्मन् PARA BRAHMAN (SUPREME SELF) is the Essence of everything.
परब्रह्मन् PARA BRAHMAN (SUPREME SELF) is
immortal.
परब्रह्मन् PARA BRAHMAN (SUPREME SELF) is
eternal.
परब्रह्मन् PARA BRAHMAN (SUPREME SELF) is
free from Death.
MEDITATION
Let
us meditate like this, when we chant the complete गायत्री मन्त्रं (Gaayatri Chant)
“I am the
Supreme Para Brahman.
I am the
witness of the actions of my body, mind and intellect.
These are the
instruments given to me for experiencing the world.
I need no other
support for my existence.
I am ‘THAT’
(Brahman)
which is
referred to in the GAAYATRI MANTRA,
as
SAVITR, BHARGA,
DEVA and VARENYAM.
I am BHOO,
BHUVA, SVAHA,
MAHAHA, JANAHA,
TAPAHA, and SATYAM.
I am AAPA, I am
JYOTI. I am RASA. I am AMRITAM. I am BRAHMAN.
I am
EVERYTHING.
I am
SAT-CHIT-AANANDA.
I am Existence.
I am Awareness. I am Bliss. I AM THAT”
ADI SHAMKARA SAYS
ब्रह्मन् (BRAHMAN) SUPREME PRINCIPLE is All pervading
ब्रह्मन् (BRAHMAN) SUPREME PRINCIPLE is Self shining
ब्रह्मन् (BRAHMAN) SUPREME PRINCIPLE is Different from
Everything
ब्रह्मन् (BRAHMAN) SUPREME PRINCIPLE is the Self
ब्रह्मन् (BRAHMAN) SUPREME PRINCIPLE is Eternal
ब्रह्मन् (BRAHMAN) SUPREME PRINCIPLE is Existence,
Consciousness, Bliss
ब्रह्मन् (BRAHMAN) SUPREME PRINCIPLE is denoted by
the प्रणव
PRANAVA - (OMKAARA)
The
other name of ब्रह्मन् (BRAHMAN) SUPREME PRINCIPLE is ॐ (AUM)
अहं ब्रह्मास्मि अहं ब्रह्मास्मि अहं ब्रह्मास्मि ।
AHAM
BRAHMAASMI - AHAM BRAHMAASMI - AHAM BRAHMAASMI
I AM THAT BRAHMAN -I AM THAT BRAHMAN- I AM THAT
BRAHMAN
Let that Supreme Self inspire our intellects
to meditate upon the Truth.
I am the Supreme Self.
This is the meaning of
गायत्री महा मन्त्रं
(GAAYATRI MANTRA )
according to आदिशंकरभगवद्पाद (AADI SHANKARA BHAGAVATPAADA)
ॐ तत् सत्
(OM
TAT SAT)
ॐ
श्रुतिस्मृतिपुराणानामालयं करुणालयं
नमामि भगवत्पादशङ्करं लोकशङ्करं ||
I salute the compassionate abode of the Vedas,
Smritis and Puraanas
known as Shankara BhagavatPaada,
who bestows auspiciousness to one and all.
OFFERED AT THE LOTUS
FEET OF ADI SHANKARA
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