GAYATRI MANTRA

GAYATRI MANTRA

Om Bhur Bhuvah Svaha

Tat Savitur Vearenyam

Bhargo Devasya Dheemahi

Dhiyo Yo Naha Prachodayaat

Translation:

Om	Almighty God or Brahma
Bhur	Embodiment of vital life force energy (pranava)
Bhuvah	Destroyer of sufferings
Svaha	Embodiment of happiness
Tat	That
Savitur	Bright, luminous like the sun
Varenyam	Best, choicest
Bhargo	Destroyer of sins
Devasya	Divine
Dheemahi	May imbibe
Dhiyo	Intellect
Yo	Who
Naha	Our
Prachodayat	May inspire

We meditate on the spiritual effulgence of that adorable supreme divine reality, the source or projector of the three phenomenal world planes-the gross or physical, the subtle or psychical and the potential or causal, both macrocosmically and microcosmically-who is fit to be worshipped, who is the embodiment of knowledge and light, and who is the destroyer of all sins and ignorance. May that supreme divine being stimulate our intelligence, so that we may realize the ultimate truth.

The word “Gayantri” means the universal energy which is constantly working in various ways (“gayam” means the cosmic and universal energy and “tri” means working in various ways)