GAYATRI

tad varenyam
That (Lord)is worshipfuf'
:
(tasya)devasyasavituhdhimahi
'\Alemediate(on)that (all-knowing)
effulgence
of the sun (Lord).'
yah bhargahnahdhiyahlcrqcodayat
"Maythe effulgent(one)illumine
our intellects."
A mahdvdkya
is a sentence
A mahEv6kya
thatrevealstheidentiybetween
theIndividualand,lsvara.
an equationbetweentwovariables.ln the Gyatiimantra,thatwhichis thecause
thuspredicates
of everything
is indicatedby the syllableom,whichmeansthe Lord.The essentialnatureof the
Lordis equaited
By understanding
themeaningol the
lo theselfin theformof limitlessawareness.
GEyat?i
mantra,one can appreciate
the identyof the individual
withthe Lord.
GAYATRI
1.
vidmaheNandaputraya
Om Vasudevaya
dhimahi
TannoVisnuPrachodayat
2.
vidmaheJagannathaya
Om Vasudevaya
dhimahi
TannoVisnuprachodayat
3.
Om TatPurusayavidmaheNarayanaya
dhirnahi
Tannovisnuprachodayat
1.
vidmaheSankarsanaya
Om Vasudevaya
dhimahi
TnnoVisnuprachodayat
2.
vidmaheBalabhadraya
Om Vasudevaya
dhimahi
TannoVisnuprachodayat
1.
Om Bhagabatyai
cha vidmaheBhubaneswariyai
cha dhimahi
TannoSubhadreprachodayat
2.
dhimahiTanno
Om Bhagabatyai
cha vidmaheSubhadrayai
prachodayat
Bhubaneswari
1.
dhimahi
vidmaheSahasrakshya
Om Sudrasnaya
TannoVisnuprachodayat
2.
Sudarsnayadhimahi
Om Sahasrakshya.vidmahe
Tanno visnuprachodayat
dhimahi
vidmaheIndiraiyai
Om Mahadevaicha
TannoLakshmiprachodayat
dhimahi
vidmaheMahalakshmeyai
Om Visnupriyayai
TannoDeviprochodayat
1.