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Gayatri Mantra


Gayatri Mantra as mentioned in Rig Veda 10:16:3

Oṃ bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥ.....tát savitúr váreṇyaṃ

bhárgo devásya dhīmahi....dhíyo yó naḥ pracodáyāt

The primary purpose of the life is to know the ’ultimate truth'... the  Supreme one…..

Meaning

'''Om, Bhur, Bhuvah, Svah... ''' Ultimate reality, in which physical, astral and causal worlds exist

'''<span style="font-size:16pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;color:rgb(64,64,64);border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;">Tát savitúr várenyam... <span style="font-size: 16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#666666; background:#F4FAF4"> <span style="font-size:16pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;color:rgb(64,64,64);border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;">Creation happens, from that supreme reality and it is the foremost '''

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:16pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;color:rgb(64,64,64);border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;">Bhárgo devásya dhīmahi <span style="font-size:16pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;color:rgb(64,64,64);border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;">... Oh, divine effulgence we meditate upon You !

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">'''<span style="font-size:16pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;color:rgb(64,64,64);border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;">Dhíyo yó nah pracodáyāt... '''<span style="font-size: 10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#666666; background:#F4FAF4"> <span style="font-size:16pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;color:rgb(64,64,64);border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;">propel our knowledge of the supreme reality

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"> <span style="color:rgb(64,64,64);font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;font-size:16pt;line-height:115%;">This describes that the sky filled with sun and the stars, and the world filled with so many life forms and huge waves of boundless Time, who is high and low tides, swing the Universe. Let the glory enlightens mind, inspires understanding and intelligence.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:16pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;">This Mantra was bestowed by mother Parvati to Ganesha and came to known as Ganesha <span style="font-size:16pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;color:rgb(64,64,64);border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;"> <span style="font-size:16pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;">Gayatri <span style="font-size:16pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;color:rgb(64,64,64);border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:16pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;color:rgb(64,64,64);border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;">Sivkishen, Author Kingdom of Shiva