Indian Mythology - Gayatri
2006-09-15 12:53 | Posted by Tejvan Pettinger | Permanent Link | Spiritual Links
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The Gayatri Mantra is said to be the most sacred mantras of Hinduism.
Tat savitur varenyam
Bhargo devasya dhimahi
Dhiyo yo nah pracodayat.
who is inside the heart of the earth, inside the life of the sky, and inside the soul of the heaven.
May He stimulate and illumine our minds."
Sri Chinmoy says of the Gayatri Mantra
"The Gayatri Mantra is the most hallowed mantra of the Vedas. It is the mother of all the mantras. Mantra means incantation. A mantra can be a one-syllable word or a few words, a sentence or a few sentences. The Gayatri Mantra can offer to the sincere seeker the Light of the Infinite, the Delight of the Eternal, and the Life of the Immortal."
Gayatri
Gayatri is also a Cosmic God of Hindu mythology she is usually shown as having five heads and is usually seated within a lotus. She is another consort of Brahma.
According to the myth one day Saraswati was late to arrive at the time when Brahma was to perform his sacrifices to gods. Brahma became very angry because his consort's presence was indispensable to complete the ceremonies. Brahma asked the priest to fetch him any woman and wed him to her at the spot. Just in the neighborhood was found a very lovely shepherdess. In reality she was no other person than this Vedic hymn of Gayatri incarnated in the shape of that beautiful girl. Brahma immediately married that girl and kept her as his other wife together with Saraswati.
The five heads of Gayatri represent the four Vedas of ancient Aryans and the remaining one represents the Almighty Lord himself. In her ten hands she holds all the symbols of Lord Vishnu including mace, lotus, axe, conch, sudarshan,
lotus, etc. One of the sacred texts explicitly reads, 'The Gayatri is Brahma, the Gayatri is Vishnu, the Gayatri is Shiva, the Gayatri is Vedas
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From: Indian Mythology Gayatri