Gayatri Mantra - areal Aa Gayatri (gaayatree) mantra is the most important and popular verse (shloka) of the Vedas (ved/s). Hindus love to chant this sacred religious shloka (shlok) as mantra (maNtra). It is sometimes called ‘Maha Mantra’, Maha (mahaa) means 'great’. In DevaNagari script ] Transliteration of Gayatri Mantra 3 apeha: Fa: Om bhoor-bhuvaH svaH, tat-savitur-vareNNyam, bhargo devasya dheemahi, dhiyo yo naH prachodayaat. Tranliterations and Meanings of the words 3 (311331) = Om or Aum Om = pranav mantra = a word related to the God aff: (IL-3) = bhoor-bhuvaH praNNaadhaar (basis of life) remover of sorrow ‘a: = svall = svarga, heaven = giver of happyness aeafagaroeat (aq-afegy-atoyA) = tat-savitur-varenyam ‘Gastat = that wa ‘awaA=vareNNya(m) = adopt(able), follow sail (31<-al) = bhargo = energy (sin destroying power) aE = devasya = of the deity ehtaf% = dheemahi = meditate or imbibe fat = dhiyo ‘al = yo = Who (God) ai = nal = our waleata (QeaeatA) = prachodayaat avit(ur) = savit = Sun, God ural of dhee = mind, the intellect spire, awakenInterpretations of Gayatri Mantra "0 God, You are the giver of life, the remover of pain & sorrow, the bestower of happiness; O Creator of the Universe, may we receive Your supreme sin- destroying light; may You guide our intellect in the right direction.’ The Agni Purna (10.6.3 Gayatri Mantra - 71241 #4) mentions that : “Gayatri mantra is a very powerful incantation. The human body has many veins. Out of these, ten veins are important and their names are Ida, Pingala, Sushumna, Gandhari, Hastijihva, Pritha, Yasha, Alambusha, Huha and Shankhini, These veins bear the breath of life. The breath of life is called prana vayu, Apart from prana vayu, nine other major breaths course through the human body. Their names are Apana, Samana, Udana, Vyana, Naga, Kurma, Krikara, Devadatta and Dhananjaya, Gayatri is a goddess worshipped even by Vishnu and Shiva. This goddess is there everywhere, even in every individual's heart in the form of a swan, Gayatri mantra is an incantation to the goddess. If one chants the mantra seven times, one’s sins are forgiven. Chanting it then times means that one attains svarga. To attain worlds (lokas) which are even more desirable than svarga, one has to chant gayatri mantra twenty times. If one chants the mantra a hundred and eight times, one does not have to be born again, The severest of sins, .. re forgiven if one chants the mantra a thousand times, Gayatri mantra has always (0 be preceded by the chanting of the sacred syllable Om.”