Gayatri Mantra

Gayatri Mantram

Meaning Of Gayatri Mantra
OM BHUH BHUVAHA SVAHA
OM TAT SAVITHUR VARENYAM
BHARGO DHEVASYA DHEEMAHI
DHIYO YO NAHA PRACHODAYAT
The meaning of the Gayatri Mantra is more a prayer than revealing the essence of the Vedas. Gayatri mantra is said to be mother of Vedas meaning the mantra points to the full import of the Vedas. But the meaning does not suggest what the Vedas have to say except here and there to give the attributes of God and praying to that God to illumine us. So let us meditate on Gayatri Mantra to find out the true Vedic meaning: The accepted meaning of Gayatri Mantra is as follows:
OM :- Pranava - The word that is God
BHUH :- God who is eternal
BHUVAHA :- God who is the creator
SVAHA :- God who is Independent
OM TAT :- That eternal God
SAVITHUR :- That creative principle of light manifested through Sun
VARENYAM :- That Supreme God propiated by the highest Gods
BHARGO :- That light that bestows wisdom, bliss and everlasting life
DHEVASYA :- The light of that effulgent God
DHEEMAHI :- we mediate
DHIYO :- May our intellect
YO NAHA :- Be directed by that lord
PRACHODAYAT :- Towards Illumination Freely rendered
The meaning should suggest the following.: OM, thou my supreme lord,my innermost SELF, mayest thou open my mind and make it receptive to comprehend the deep meaning of thy word OM and enable me to purify my mind so as to unlock the door to wisdom! May my consciousness be free to experience that pure and immaculate awareness, and be able to abide in that absolute SELF. May all my propensities be erased to make me ready for the holy immersion into the supreme taintless.