![]() ![]() Let us adore the supremacy of that divine sun, the god-head who illuminates all, who recreates all, from whom all proceed, to whom all must return, whom we invoke to direct our understandings aright in our progress toward his holy seat Translations by famous people Sir William Jones ![]() Pracodáyāt: Stimulate, Propel towards the higher reality Yo: Who, One is who being prayed, You (supreme one) Váreṇyaṃ: the foremost, fit to be worshiped, deserving oblationsīhárgo: Great spiritual effulgence, Radiant one, one who illumines allĭevásya: Godly, divine reality, of divinity, Virtuous and joyousĭhīmahi: We meditate on you Dhee=intellect Thus Dhimahi means we focus our intellect on youĭhíyo: Intellect, intelligence, reasoning and discriminating faculty which is a tool for attaining higher wisdom Savitúr : Source of all, creation, supreme reality, Divine illumination (of goddess Savitri or Shakti) Tat: That, God, (Equivalent of son, in the Christian Trinity of Father, Son and Holy Ghost) Svah: The causal plane or celestial plane (plane where the existence is as subtle as ideas or notions, from which creation happens). ![]() ![]() Om: The sacred word, word of creation, first word, word of god (Equivalent of Holy Ghost in trinity) usually used at the beginning of a hymn īhur: The physical plane of existence (which is of the nature of 5 elements)īhuvah: The astral plane of existence (which is of the nature of subtle elements) Propel our Intellect (towards liberation or freedom) (O) radiant, divine one (we) meditate (upon you) (you are) the source of all, deserving all worship (O) Supreme one (who is) the physical, astral (and) causal worlds (himself). It is usually recited by the people who consider 'knowing the ultimate truth' as the primary purpose of their life. Gayatri is recited by a spiritual aspirant to remember the higher purpose of life, it can also be a invocation or prayer to the supreme god to lift our consciousness upwards. It is called Gayatri Mantra or Savitri Mantra because it is directed towards goddess Gayatri, who is not considered a deity or demigod, but the single supreme personality. Gayatri Mantra is a Hymn from the ancient Indian scripture RigVeda (10:16:3), also often repeated in other scriptures like Upanishads, It is attributed to sage Vishwaamitra. ![]()
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