Om Bhur Bhuvaḥ Swaḥ
Tat-savitur Vareñyaṃ
Bhargo Devasya Dheemahi
Dhiyo Yonaḥ Prachodayāt
The Gayatri is a universal prayer enshrined in the Vedas.
It is addressed to the Immanent and Transcendent Divine which has been given
the name 'Savita,' meaning 'that from which all this is born.' The Gayatri may
be considered as having three parts - (i) Adoration (ii) Meditation (iii)
Prayer. First the Divine is praised, then It is meditated upon in reverence and
finally an appeal is made to the Divine to awaken and strengthen the intellect,
the discriminating faculty of man.
The Gayatri is considered
as the essence of the Vedas. Veda means knowledge, and this prayer fosters and
sharpens the knowledge-yielding faculty. As a matter of fact the four
core-declarations enshrined in the four Vedas are implied in this Gayatri mantra.
[‘Sathya Sai Speaks’, vol
13.34: June, 20, 1977]
The Gayatri Mantra is a
sacred chant that demonstrates the unity that underlies manifoldness in
creation. It is through the recognition of this unity that we can understand
the multiplicity. Clay is one and the same thing, though pots of different
shapes and sizes can be made from it. Gold is one, though gold ornaments can be
multifarious. The Atma is one, though the embodied forms in which it resides
may be many. Whatever the colour of the cow, the milk is always white.
[‘Sathya Sai Speaks’, vol
16.6: March, 17, 1983]
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