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Vratabandha of
Chi. Padmanabh Deepak Joshi
Chi. Abhishek Deepak Joshi
on January 16, 2005
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of eight syllables each. But the word gayatri also means she
who protects the singer (from gai, to sing, and trai, to protect).
Thus, Gayatri is a name of the Divine Mother, She who protects
her children and leads them toward self-realization. It was
first revealed to Sage Vishwamitra. Because of its importance
it has been subsequently incorporated in the other Vedas as
well as several scriptures. But a richa by itself is not a mantra.
It becomes a mantra only when it begins with Omkara.
The original richa reads:
tat savitur varenyam
bhargo devasya dhimahi
dhiyo yo nah prachodayat
The mantra has an additional line which contains the sound
Om, followed by three short seed sounds called vyahritis:bhur, bhuvah, and svah. Thus the complete mantra as it is
used in meditation is:
Om bhur, bhuvah, svah
tat savitur varenyam
bhargo devasya dhimahi
dhiyo yo nah prachodayat
The Chhandogya Upanishad gives us a sense of the
significance of the three vyahritis and the sound Om. It explains
that Prajapati (i.e. Brahma), the lord of the universe,
contemplated the nature of the three worlds or lokas: earth,
sky, and heaven. Through intense concentration Prajapati was
able to discover the essential guiding force of each: agni (fire
or energy) governed the earth; vayu (the vital force or prana)
governed the sky; and aditya (the sun) governed the vault of
heaven. Once more Prajapati applied his intense concentration
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ultimate reality.
plane of the five elements; matter.
plane of the life force or prana;
space
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svah
tat
savitur
varenyam
bhargo
devasya
dhimahi
dhiyo
Yo
Nah
prachodayat
Who
Our
may he guide, lead, direct.
Gayatri as Prayer
Gayatri is a prayer as well as a mantra. As a mantra, it is a
set of sounds used by practitioners to realize a higher state of
consciousness - a state symbolized by the sun. As a prayer, it
petitions God for guidance. Direct my mind, it asks.
Contained in the prayer is an elaborate exposition of spiritual
philosophy. The gayatri describes the bhargah (the pure solar
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How to Practice
If you would like to practice the gayatri mantra as a prayer,
dedicate yourself to regular meditation sometime in the morning
and evening. Your meditation does not need to coincide
precisely with the actual rising or setting of the sun. A short
version of sandhya is given elsewhere in the booklet in
Marathi. Here is another brief practice:
Sit for meditation in a comfortable seated posture. Establish
relaxed breathing and spend a little time feeling the breath
flowing in the nostrils. This will calm and focus your mind.
Now visualize a golden, sun-like orb, and bring that golden
light into yourself. Let it enter at the eyebrow center and then
travel slowly down to the region at the center of the chest.
From there, feel the golden rays of the sun spreading out
through your whole body and mind.
Give a moment of thanks to the seers of the Vedas (the
seer of the gayatri mantra is the sage Vishvamitra). Then, just
at the center of this golden orb, which rests at the anahata
chakra (your heart center), begin to repeat the mantra mentally.
Recite it as if the consciousness at your heart has merged
with the sun in you and the sound now flows from the core of
that sun. From there, let the sounds of the syllables resound in
your entire personality. Repeat the mantra as many times as
seems natural. Listen to the sound resonate in you. Let it fill
the entire space of your inner being. As a contemplative
practice (once in a day, week or month), pause after each
word in the mantra and ponder over it. This will help you
internalize its meaning and will provide a moment for selfreflection as well.
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