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This is an article dedicated to '''Gayatri Mantra'' or sacred religious chant. |
This is an article dedicated to '''Gayatri Mantra'' or sacred religious chant common to [[Hinduism]] and [[Brahmoism]]. |
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The Gayatri, considered to be the holiest verse of the Vedas, has been thus paraphrased by Sir William Jones: |
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"Let us adore the supremacy of that Divine Sun, the Godhead, who illuminates all, who recreates all, from whom all proceed, to whom all must return, whom we invoke to direct our understanding aright in |
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our progress towards his holy seat." |
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The word savitri in the original Sanskrit may be interpreted in two ways, first as the sun, secondly as the "originator or creator." |
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Raja Ram Mohun Roy and Maharshi Devendra Nath used that word in the second |
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sense. Interpreted in their way the whole formula may be thus rendered : "We meditate on the worshippable power and glory of Him who has created the earth, the nether world and the heavens (i.e. the universe), and who directs our understanding." |
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The original Sanskrit is in the shape of a Vedic mantra and forms a formula for daily devotion of all Brahmins in the land.<ref>Appendix "C", Sivanath Sastri "History of the Brahmo Samaj" 1911/1912 1st edn. page XVI, publ. Sadharan Brahmo Samaj, 211 Cornwallis St. Calcutta</ref> |
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==References == |
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Revision as of 06:21, 27 April 2008
This is an article dedicated to 'Gayatri Mantra or sacred religious chant common to Hinduism and Brahmoism.
The Gayatri, considered to be the holiest verse of the Vedas, has been thus paraphrased by Sir William Jones:
"Let us adore the supremacy of that Divine Sun, the Godhead, who illuminates all, who recreates all, from whom all proceed, to whom all must return, whom we invoke to direct our understanding aright in our progress towards his holy seat."
The word savitri in the original Sanskrit may be interpreted in two ways, first as the sun, secondly as the "originator or creator."
Raja Ram Mohun Roy and Maharshi Devendra Nath used that word in the second sense. Interpreted in their way the whole formula may be thus rendered : "We meditate on the worshippable power and glory of Him who has created the earth, the nether world and the heavens (i.e. the universe), and who directs our understanding."
The original Sanskrit is in the shape of a Vedic mantra and forms a formula for daily devotion of all Brahmins in the land.[1]
References
- ^ Appendix "C", Sivanath Sastri "History of the Brahmo Samaj" 1911/1912 1st edn. page XVI, publ. Sadharan Brahmo Samaj, 211 Cornwallis St. Calcutta