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Gayatri
mantra has been bestowed the greatest importance in Vedic dharma. This mantra
has also been termed as Savitri and Ved-Mata, the mother of the Vedas.
Om bhur bhuvah swah
Tat savitur varenyam
Bhargo devasya dheemahi
Dhiyo yo nah prachodayat
The literal meaning of the mantra is:
O God! You are Omnipresent, Omnipotent and Almighty, You are all
Light. You are all Knowledge and Bliss. You are Destroyer of fear, You are
Creator of this Universe, You are the Greatest of all. We bow and meditate upon
Your light. You guide our intellect in the right direction.
The mantra, however, has a great scientific importance too, which somehow got
lost in the literary tradition. The modern astrophysics and astronomy tell us
that our Galaxy called Milky Way or Akash-Ganga contains approximately 100,000
million of stars. Each star is like our sun having its own planet system. We
know that the moon moves round the earth and the earth moves round the sun
along with the moon. All planets round the sun. Each of the above bodies
revolves round at its own axis as well. Our sun along with its family takes one
round of the galactic center in 22.5 crore years. All galaxies including ours
are moving away at a terrific velocity of 20,000 miles per second.
The alternative scientific meaning of the mantra
Line by Line
Line 1:
OM BHUR BHUVAH SWAH:
Bhur the earth, bhuvah the planets (solar family), swah the
Galaxy. We observe that when an ordinary fan with a speed of 900 RPM (rotations
Per minute) moves, it makes noise. Then, one can imagine, what great noise
would be created when the galaxies move with a speed of 20,000 miles per
second. This is what this portion of the mantra explains that the sound
produced due to the fast-moving earth, planets and galaxies is Om. The sound
was heard during meditation by Rishi Vishvamitra, who mentioned it to other
colleagues. All of them, then unanimously decided to call this sound Om the
name of God, because this sound is available in all the three periods of time,
hence it is set (permanent). Therefore, it was the first ever revolutionary
idea to identify formless God with a specific title (form) called upadhi. Until
that time, everybody recognized God as formless and nobody was prepared to
accept this new idea. In the Gita also, it is said, "Omiti
ekaksharam brahma", meaning
that the name of the Supreme is Om , which contains only one syllable (8/12).
This sound Om heard during samadhi was
called by all the seers nada-brahma a
very great noise), but not a noise that is normally heard beyond a specific
amplitude and limits of decibels suited to human hearing. Hence the rishis called this sound Udgith musical sound of the above, i.e.,
heaven. They also noticed that the infinite mass of galaxies moving with a
velocity of 20,000 miles/second was generating a kinetic energy = 1/2 MV2 and
this was balancing the total energy consumption of the cosmos. Hence they named
it Pranavah, which means the body (vapu) or store house of energy (prana).
Line 2: TAT
SAVITUR VARENYAM:
Tat that (God), savitur the sun (star), varenyam worthy of bowing
or respect. Once the form of a person along with the name is known to us, we
may locate the specific person.Hence the two titles (upadhi) provide the solid
ground to identify the formless God, Vishvamitra suggested. He told us that we
could know (realize) the unknowable formless God through the known factors,
viz., sound Om and light of suns (stars). A mathematician can solve an equation
x2+y2=4; if x=2; then y can be known and so on. An engineer can measure the
width of a river even by standing at the riverbank just by drawing a triangle.
So was the scientific method suggested by Vishvamitra in the mantra in the next
portion as under:-
Line 3:
BHARGO DEVASYA DHEEMAHI:
Bhargo the light, devasya of the deity, dheemahi we should
meditate. The rishi instructs us to meditate upon the available form (light of
suns) to discover the formless Creator (God). Also he wants us to do japa of
the word Om (this is understood in the Mantra). This is how the sage wants us
to proceed, but there is a great problem to realize it, as the human mind is so
shaky and restless that without the grace of the Supreme (Brahma) it cannot be
controlled. Hence Vishvamitra suggests the way to pray Him as under:
Line 4:
DHIYO YO NAH PRACHODAYAT
Dhiyo (intellect), yo (who), nah (we all), prachodayat (guide to
right Direction). O God! Deploy our intellect on the right path. Full
scientific interpretation of the Mantra: The earth (bhur), the planets
(bhuvah), and the galaxies (swah) are moving at a very great velocity, the
sound produced is Om , (the name of formless God.) That God (tat), who
manifests Himself in the form of light of suns (savitur) is worthy of
bowing/respect (varenyam). We all, therefore, should meditate (dheemahi) upon
the light (bhargo) of that deity (devasya) and also do chanting of Om. May He
(yo) guide in right direction (prachodayat) our(nah) intellect dhiyo.
The important points hinted in the mantra are
1) The total kinetic energy generated by the movement of galaxies acts
as an umbrella and balances the total energy consumption of the cosmos. Hence
it was named as the Pranavah
(body of energy). This is equal to 1/2 mv2
(Mass of galaxies x square of velocity.)
2) Realizing the great importance of the
syllable OM , the other later date religions adopted this word
with a slight change in accent,
viz., Amen and Ameen.
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