Gayatri puja
OM bhuurbhuvaH svaH tatsaviturvareNyam.h
bhargo devasya dhiimahi dhiyo yo naH prachodayaat.h |
OM. I adore the Divine Self who
illuminates the three worlds -physical, astral and causal; I offer my prayers to
that God who shines like the Sun. May He enlighten our intellect.
This mantra is considered to be the
greatest of all Mantras. Those who repeat this mantra with devotion develop a
brilliant intellect. This Mantra grants health of body and mind, and also
success, peace, prosperity and spiritual enlightment.
Hari Om pranaams to SAB Guruji and satsanghees 3-10
and 10+ too!
Congratulations and goodwishes for the noble and
essential project of Gyan Bharati classes. A most wonderful and meaningful
question/quest indeed. As desired we endeavour to discuss this Mahamantra at two
levels based on audiance receptivity:
Bala (young) satsanghees:
The founder of this mahamantra
(invocation to the Lord or meaningful prayer to the Lord) is sage Vishwaamitra
Rishi. He was born a king, and after loosing battles after battles with sage
Vasistha by using various arms and ammunition, he prayed to the Lord for many
many years and attained a higher degree of knowledge with the title "Rajarshi"
meaning, even being a king, he also attained a high level of knowledge of the
Lord; but he wanted to attain the same level as Vasistha, that is to become a "Brahmarshi"
" knowler of Brahma", ie, the one who sees in everybody else the same Lord;
simply put, the one who loves everybody equally and acknowledges that the Great
universal power called by different names is ONE SINGLE ENTITY. After lot more
study, practise, he finally attains that knowledge and is one among the "Saptharshis"
"7 great knowledgeable and realised teachers"
The prayer "Gayatri Mantra" is
addressed to the Lord Sooryanarayana, or "Sun God"; Sun is the everyday visible
(exception North/South poles!) power of that Universal Power/Lord and is the
LIFE SUSTAINING POWER FOR ALL, PLANT, ANIMAL AND HUMAN LIVES.
You all know that early morning
without fail everyday He rises and if we have slept well in time in the previous
night, we too automatically get up or our sleepy nature quickly departs, and we
are "up and about" "fresh"; when your parents ask you to do some ticklish maths
or science study just before bed-time, you would say " I will do it tomorrow
morning when I am fresh or my brain is clear!"
1. So we pray to Him "I pray for
clear and steady mind, without doubts about what my teachers and parents teach"
2. I pray that I do not unnecessarily get angry just because something being
told is not agreeable to me at my present state of knowledge; I will analyse it
without passion( impartially) and accept it.
3. Just as the brilliant rays of sunshine/sunrays brighten up the whole
world/universe, I pray the Lord expands my knowledge base and fills any vacuums
(dark spots) of "ignorance" with the Light of Knowledge, through my teachers and
parents/friends teachings, by observing good practice, etc. A room may be in
total darkness for 100 years, but the instant a candle or a lamp is lit in that
room, it does not take 100 years for the "darkness" to leave the room, it is
"dispelled" instantly. Similarly, Oh Lord, is the Power of Your rays of bright
knowledge -Let that shine one me..
4.I pray that You enhance my
undrstanding of how to live in this world in harmony with the nature and the
beings (animals,human beings included!)
5. I pray that by listening to such teachings and practising good conduct, I be
made aware quickly whenever I am not on the right path, so that I can correct my
course quickly and get back into the RIGHT TRACK, in my studies, in my
relationships, in my workplace, in my society and World at large.
6. I pray that the Lord gives me such clear and right judgement power over my
own anticipated action-plan or impulsive actions/decisions I take, without
having to deliberate for long on "what is right action and what is not-right
action"(Dharma-Adharma)
7. I pray that the Lord grants me the power to undrstand various simple/complex
situations in the life, and how to appropriately and correctly conduct myself in
my meeting and associations with people of different personalities/traits, and
Oh Lord, pray that by Your Grace let my actions be always Right.
SUN is our greatest benefactor. Sun is the source of
energy to plant life, He evaporates the seawater and thus enable us to get sweet
rain-water which is the source of all rivers and our only source of water (even
the desalinated water supply is also possible only because the seawater in the
ocean is constantly replenished by Him by rains in one part of the world or the
other, or through the Greenhouse effect, accumulated 'storage of sweet water"
ice/snow melts to supplement the source of water!.) He gives us light, He gives
us heat, He gives coolness (Moon is the reflection of sunlight as you know); he
is the processor of all food (plant life germinates, grows, flowers, bears
fruits/vegetables, fruits ripe and vegetables grow to the required consumuable
state, and old plants/dead animals etc dry up and merge back with the mother
earth thus cleansing the Environment); He ensures that the plant life/trees
produce oxygen for us. And above all, he is TIME, we count
yesterday,today,tomorrow everything on the basis of HIS MOVEMENT. So to that
Lord of UTMOST POWER AND GREATNESS AND KINDNESS WE BOW DOWN AND PRAY ALL THE
TIME.
SUN never fails and does His Duty EVERYDAY AT ALL
TIMES. Once Anjaneya (Maruthi,Hanumanji) approached SUN UNIVERSITY (Sun God) and
requested him to teach him ALL KNOWLEDGE. The Sun Lord said "I cannot stop and
teach, if you are prepared to follow me day and night, I will continue my daily
duties to the World and at the same time teach you too. The great and gallant
Hanumanji (He was only 10 year old at that time) not only agreed to learn whilst
travelling, but with utmost humility and respect to his Teacher the Sun Lord,
learnt ALL KNOWLEDGE in 60 days by traversing backwards (facing the Lord all the
time) at equal speed! Now don't you want to say "Three cheers to Lord Sun" (and
Shri Ramadasa Hanumanji)?
That is what we do in the above Great prayer Shri
Gayatri Mahamantra in "Sanskrit" language.
ALL SATSANGHEES:
Above discussion has extended
beyond the normal "one page rule" set by our Guruji for cyber satsangh
contributions. Fortunately, I have the plausible excuse "you have asked the
Mother of All Questions!" As you know the 4th Ch B.G. Lord Krishna starts saying
that originally he gave the "Knowledge" to Vivaswaan (Sun Lord); even the
summary/ 1st dhyana sloka of Shrimad Bhagavata "Janmaadhysya yatoo...... Satyam
Param Dheemahi" is considered by Great Acharyas as explanation of this Great
Mahamantra - in other words the Lord is this Mantra and the total connotation,
so far fathomed by Great Rishis or "unfathomable"(Achinthya) KNOWLEDGE IS THIS
SOOYAPRAKASHA, "Knowledge Light".
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