Gayatri Mantra is generally known as a universal prayer for healing, strength, creativity, and abundance. It is believed that whoever chants the Gayatri Mantra, he/she enables their higher intellectual energies. Gayatri mantra is extracted from the 10th verse of Hymn 62 in Book III of the Rig Veda. The Gayatri Mantra can be used as a healing tool. While the best time to chant it is considered to be at dawn, sunrise or early morning, some people prefer to do so in the evening.
Gayatri mantra has 24 letters including, tat, sa, vi, tur, va, re, ni, yam, bhar, go, de, va, sya, dhi, ma, hi, dhi, yo, yo, nah, pra, cho, da, and yat.
ओम भूर्भव: स्व: तत्सवितुर्वरेण्यं । भर्गो देवस्य धीमहि धियो यो न: प्रचोदयात्।।
Gayatri is known as Panchamukhi, meaning she has five faces, so while chanting the Mantra; one should pause after every part.
1. First Part: Om
2. Second Part: Bhur bhuvah svah
3. Third Part: Tat savitur varenyam
4. Fourth Part: Bhargo devasya dheemahi
5. Last Part: Dhiyo yo nah prachodayaaat.
Word for Word Meaning of the Gayatri Mantra
Aum = Brahma ;
bhoor = embodiment of vital spiritual energy(pran) ;
bhuwah = destroyer of sufferings ;
swaha = embodiment of happiness ;
tat = that ;
savitur = bright like sun ;
varenyam = best choicest ;
bhargo = destroyer of sins ;
devasya = divine ;
These first nine words describe the glory of God
dheemahi = may imbibe ; pertains to meditation
dhiyo = intellect ;
yo = who ;
naha = our ;
prachodayat = may inspire! "dhiyo yo na prachodayat" is a prayer to God
In simple form it means “O, Divine mother, our hearts are loaded up with darkness. Kindly make this darkness distant from us and advance brightening inside us.”
Gayatri Mantra is a complete concept that embodies three core spiritual growth values –Stotra (Singing praise of GOD), Prathna (Prayer) and Dhyana (Meditation). When you chant Gayatri mantra it opens your throat chakra, crown chakra and your third eye chakra. These chakras are associated with the brain and improve its functioning by removing every distraction and enhancing your focus.
The effects of Gayatri Mantra were studied recently and measured scientifically. The memory and attention significantly improved in mere 5 days of chanting the Mantra for 10 min per day. Research reported that chanting of mantras has positive impact on both physiological and psychological functions of the body. Earlier study reported that chanting Vedic hymns showed improvement in sustained attention in teenaged school students.
It has been said that chanting of this mantra leads to better health, peace of mind, and happiness. Gayatri Mantra is so powerful that it has the capability of removing negative energy from your aura and increases positivity. Gayatri Mantra calls upon the healing power of the Sun, Arkaya, to remove illness and the pain associated with daily living.
Chanting the mantra will enable you to have clarity, will guide you and you can successfully be on the path of wisdom. Those who chant Gayatri Mantra daily, are able to concentrate better, retain knowledge and be more in sync with the divine. It is believed that Gayatri Mantra can erase negative karmas, create new positive karmas, and open the channel for God's grace.
Both, the one who chants it and the listener stand to receive its benefits. Gayatri Mantra has miraculous qualities and it is believed that those who chant Gayatri Mantra 108 times daily, they eventually get rid of past life Karmas. In Hindu mythology, Gayatri Mantra is contained in the Rig Veda and is dedicated to goddess Savitri, also the wife of the creator of the universe Lord Brahma.
Gayatri Mantra is the most powerful Mantra in the universe as per religious texts and it pleases Lord Shiva. He who meditates on Gayatri, meditates on Lord Vishnu. A man can repeat Gayatri mentally in all states while lying, sitting, walking etc.
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