THE GAYATRI MANTRA

Om Bhu Om Bhuvaha Om Swaha

Om Maha Om Janaha Om Tapaha Om Satyam
Om Tat Savitur Varenyam
Bhargo Devasya Dhimahi
Dhiyo Yonaha Prachodayat

O Self-Effulgent Light that has given birth to all lokas (spheres of consciousness), who is
worthy of worship and appears through orbit of the Sun, illumine our intellect.

Goal
Use this mantra to illuminate your intellect. Saying this mantra automatically supports dharma
in the world as well as your individual swadharma, a word that refers to the law of your own
being or nature. As this mantra is chanted over time, spiritual light is drawn into each chakra,
starting at the base of the spine. Correspondingly, our ability to comprehend the essence of
each of the realms grows. In meditation, travel of consciousness to the higher realms becomes
possible as new faculties of consciousness grow from our practice.

Elements of the mantra

The Gayatri mantra is a universe in miniature through the power of sound.
Om Bhur Om and Salutations to the Earth Plane (1st chakra)
Om Bhuvaha Om and Salutations to the Atmospheric Plane (2nd chakra)
Om Swaha Om and Salutations to the Solar Region (3rd chakra)
Om Maha Om and Salutations to the First Spiritual Region Beyond the Sun (4th chakra)
Om Janaha Om and Salutations to the Second Spiritual Region Beyond the Sun (5th chakra)
Om Tapaha Om and Salutations to the Third Spiritual Region Beyond the Sun,
Sphere of the progenitors (6th chakra)
Om Satyam Om and Salutations to the Abode of Supreme Truth (7th chakra)
Om Tat Savitur Varenyam Om and Salutations to that realm which is beyond human
comprehension
Bhargo Devasya Dhimahi In that place where all the celestials of all the spheres have …
Dhiyo Yonaha Prachodayat Received enlightenment, kindly enlighten our intellect.

There is more to upholding dharma than just combating evil. The I Ching states that the best
way to conquer evil is to make energetic progress toward the good. One of the most effective
ways to make progress toward the good is to actively seek enlightment.
The Gayatri Mantra appears in the Rig Veda in a form of twenty-four Sanskrit syllables.
For this reason, it is widely practiced in India in this form. However, the complete form of the
mantra that was given by the Sage Vishwamitra, who is the seer of the mantra, is a bit longer.
The Gayatri Mantra is said to contain all powers of all mantras, and is also known as the
source of all knowledge and the “Mother of the Vedas,” but its primary application is for
illumination of the intellect. An illumined intellect can contain immeasurable knowledge,
including a complete understanding of what we call “power.” Those who have attained the
fruit of this mantra are in the company of the highest beings in the universe.
The Gayatri Mantra is also a Moksha Mantra. It will bestow every attainment, including
liberation, if practiced faithfully.

Thomas Ashley-Farrand: Mantra Meditation

Alternativní překlad:

Bhur – bhúr lóka, fyzická úroveň

Bhuvah – antarikša lóka, astrální úroveň
Svah – svarga lóka, nebeská úroveň
Tat - To, Bůh, Brahman
Savitur – Išvara, Stvořitel
Varenyam – hoden, aby byl uctíván nebo vzýván
Bhargo – odsraňovatel hříchů a nevědomostí, slávy a lesku
Devasya – skvoucí, zářící
Dhimahi - meditujeme
Dhiyo – buddhi, rozum, chápání
Yo – který, kdo
Na – náš, naše
Prachodayat – osvítit, vést, povzbuzovat