Hari Om
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Namaste ksudha-mukti (one hungry for moksha)
Thought I would suggest a conversation on (Savitor) Gayatri and ask a question...
Gayatri was cognized by Viswametra (Vishwa = Universe, all incompassing; and mitra or friend) – the Friend of the Universe .
In the Rig Ved is is thus:
TAT SAVITUR VARENYAM
BHARGO DEVASAYA DHEEMAHI
DHIYO YO NAHA PRACHODAYAT
Yet, you hear some folks add Bhuh, Bhuhvah , Suvwa, Mahah . Some also
add this Bhuh, Bhuhvah , Suvwa, Mahah, Janaha, Tapaya , Satyam
Perhaps there is a srotriya ( one knowledgable in the agmas) in the group that can explain?
I understand that Bhuh, Bhuhvah , Suvwa, Mahah can be found in the Taittitiya Upanishad, and the rishi Mahachamasyah taught a 4th sacred utterance (vyahritis) of Mahah. I can see why one could be perhaps add to the gayatri if instructed by a guru or proper pandit. Yet why would one add:
Bhuh, Bhuhvah , Suvwa, Mahah, Janaha, Tapaya , Satyam and change the meter?
Any one here have some thoughts on this??
FYI information that one may know or wish to know of this great Mantra
Gayatri components:
gâyanath = what is sung, giving of praise ;
trâyate = preserves, protects, gives deliverance, grants liberation
Another viewpoint suggests that the roots are:
gaya = vital energies +
trâyate = preserves, protects, gives deliverance, grants liberation
As we know gayatri has a specific meter (chandhas) and has 8 syllables per line ( 8 stimulates a Moksha house in one's birth chart for enlightenment ) and there are 3 lines to it – so 3 X 8 = 24 syllables. Each syllable stimulates the impulses of creation in ones being…(outlined below)
So even though there is a word associated with it, the sound, the vibration, does it’s work on the native and it is also influencing the environment around the person i.e. its good for all.
Here’s what is says: "O Lord, Thou art the giver of life, the remover of pain and sorrow, the bestower of happiness; O Creator of the Universe, may we receive Thy supreme, sin destroying light; may Thou guide our intellect in the right direction."
Here are the phonemes, or the DNA for each syllable, and what it stimulates within the sadhu:
1. 'tat' - tapini - fruitfulness
2. 'sa' - saphalata - valor
3. 'vi' - visshwa - perseverance
4. 'tur' - tushti - welfare
5. 'va' - varada - yoga
6. 're' - revati - love
7. 'ni' - sukshma - wealth
8. 'yam' - jnana - lustre
9. 'bhar'- bharga - protection
10. 'go' - gomati - wisdom
11. 'de' - devika - subjugation
12. 'va' - varahi - allegiance
13. 'sya'- simhani - determination
14. 'dhi'- dhyana - life
15. 'ma' - maryada - time
16. 'hi' - sphutaa - penance
17. 'dhi'- medha - forecast
18. 'yo' - yogamaya - alertness
19. 'yo' - yogini - production
20. 'nah'- dhanin - protection
21. 'pra'- prabhava - idealism
22. 'cho'- ushma - adventure
23. 'da' - drishya - discrimination
24. 'at' - niranjana - service
So is the greatness of Viswametra's enlightened vision on this mantra.
Pranams,
yajvan
"Let noble thoughts come to us from every side" Rig-Veda, 1-89-i
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