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A Problem with the Vedas
I was once asked which
is my favorite mantra
from Vedas. I said ‘Agne
Vratapate…’. A few
days later the question
came again. This time
it was ‘Trayambakam
Yajamahe…’. Next time
it was something else and
today it is something else.
This is a curious problem
with Vedas. Each mantra
is like a sweet ocean of
knowledge. More you
dwell into it, more you feel
liberated, more you get
that feeling of serendipity,
that feeling of ecstasy, joy,
being enthused and what
not! Words fail to describe
it beyond a point!
Contemplation on each
mantra makes one feel
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as if this mantra alone
contains more insights
than rest of the world put
together! There is nothing
more joyful in world than
diving into the essence
of any Vedic mantra.
And when the untrained
mind returns back to the
mundane world it finds life
much of meaningful and
purposeful. And next time
when it chances to dive
into another mantra, it
finds yet another ocean of
peerless bliss. That is why
it is impossible to stick to
one particular mantra as
a favorite mantra. Each
mantra has such depths of
meanings that it appears
as if the whole life would
be insufficient to reach the
bottom!
Benefits of Vedic Mantras
Our seers strongly
recommended
contemplation on Vedic
mantras as essential
duty of all Arya or noble
persons. The reasons are
simple:
a. There is absolutely
nothing more refreshing
and relaxing that
contemplation on Vedic
mantras.
b. There is no better brain
tonic than getting deeper
and deeper into essence of
Vedic mantras.
c. The benefits of Vedic
mantras do not lie merely
in the final conclusion of
Vedic mantras, but in the
very process of trying to
get up to that conclusion.
d. Finally, to understand
Vedic mantras require not
only logical analysis, but
also use of emotions and
practical implementation.
It thus provides a holistic
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foolproof recipe for the
panacea that all the self-
help books of the world try
to achieve.
Now each mantra of Vedas
has a wide scope and
depth of meaning. Some
mantras may not be easy
to approach for beginners
considering their current
level of mind-training and
knowledge. But there are
certain mantras which
are like desi cow’s milk.
They benefit one and all
and hence recommended
by seers as necessary
ingredient of daily life.
One of the most prominent
of such mantras is the
celebrated Gayatri
Mantra. Such is the
glory of this mantra
that seers recommend
that if someone studies
nothing else in Vedas
but contemplates only
on Gayatri, that is also
sufficient to take one to
next level of evolution. We
shall briefly discuss this
amazing Mantra in this
post and try to understand
what makes it so amazing.
Q: What is the meaning of
Gayatri Mantra?
A: We shall try to
understand Gayatri
Mantra as in Yajurveda
36.3:
tát savitúr váreṇyaṃ bhárgo
devásya dhīmahi dhíyo yó
naḥ pracodáyāt
You can find the detailed
meaning from Chapter 3
of Satyarth Prakash or
Light of Truth. We provide
the essence here:
Literal Meaning of Gayatri
Mantra
O One and Only One
Ultimate Omnipotent
Omniscient Ishwar!
You are Bhoo – the
foundation of life in entire
universe and unborn!
You are dearer than life
because life is sustained
by you!
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You are Buvah –
completely devoid of
sorrow. When we achieve
you, all our sorrows vanish
away.
You are Swah – the
sustainer and maintainer
of entire world and
provider of all the bliss.
You are Savituh – the
creator of entire world
and provide us all the
prosperities
You are Devah – who
only gives and gives and
never takes anything.
Who is desired by all.
Who is Brilliant, Who is
enlightening!
Varenyam – You alone
are worth being accepted.
There is nothing except
you that is worthwhile.
When you are achieved,
everything is achieved.
And when you are not
achieved, nothing is
achieved. Because you are
the source of everything.
Bhargah – You are Overall Meaning of
pure and without any Gayatri Mantra
imperfections. You are the
O dearest Ishwar, you are
ultimate cleanser. Nothing
the most capable, you
unclean remains when
alone are full of bliss, you
one achieves you. You
are perfect in all manner,
represent the most perfect
you are unchangeable,
state of purity!
you are unborn, you are
Tat – Such are your undying, you love us so
characteristics that much, you give us birth,
nothing else apart from you care for us 24*7*365
you is worthwhile. from eternity to eternity,
you alone are worth being
Dheemahi – We only
loved.
accept you through our
intellect. We utilize our You alone are worth
power of thinking to think being admired. You alone
of you alone. are worth being aspired.
You only give and give
Dhiyo Yo Nah Prachodayat
and there is nothing that
– Because it is you who
we can give you. Even
has and who will enlighten
this intellect through
our intellect. It is only
which we admire you and
you who will lead us from
through which we enjoy
wrong towards right, from
all the blessings you have
miseries towards bliss,
showered upon us in form
from impurity towards
of prosperity and bliss has
purity, from Adharma
been gifted by you.
towards Dharma, from
hatred towards love, from O dearest Ishwar, there is
evil deeds towards noble no way we can repay you
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love and care. sorrow, praises and insults
and remain defiant in
So we humbly promise
seeking you and you alone
only one thing – that this
through our minds, our
intellect which you have
intellect and all the action
gifted us, we shall direct
we perform through this
this intellect towards you.
intellect.
We shall contemplate
The Universal Law of
upon you alone because
Gayatri and how to apply
it is you who gave us this
it in life!
power to contemplate.
You have enlightened Gayatri teaches us a
us and we shall seek fundamental universal law.
only you through this If we direct the output
enlightenment. of a system back to the
source, the outputs are
We shall establish a
further magnified. This law
direct connection with
is applicable everywhere
you and have no agents
– machines, economics,
in between. We will use
mathematics, society,
all the resources you have
inter-personal relations.
bestowed upon us through
this magnificent creation “Bhargo Devasya
to only seek you. Dheemahi Dhiyo Yo Na
Prachodayaat” says that
We shall not be affected
if the system is such that
by what happens in our
there is
surroundings, we shall not
be affected by temporary Bhargo — the system is
instincts of pleasure and without any inefficiency or
happiness, we shall not disorder, the way Ishwar is
be affected by temporary
Devasya – the source does
loss, profit, happiness,

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 not keep share for itself towards Ishwar, more we
and only gives out back receive His bliss.And when
whatever is inputted that crosses a threshold
into it. we achieve salvation.
Similarly, more we direct
Dhiyo and Dheemahi come
our attention to study of
from same root word. Thus
source of our knowledge
if we direct our output
– the Vedas – more the
(intellect) 100% back
bliss we shall obtain for
to source of intellect, we
humanity.
make it a perfect system
causing us to achieve The recipe to get rid of all
ultimate bliss. worries, all miseries, all
doubts and all negative
Those who have studied
thoughts and challenges
thermodynamics would
in life is thus very simply
have read about perpetual
summarized in Gayatri
machines. The only
Mantra. Simply think
reason they do not work
of the Ultimate, simply
is because there are
dedicate all thoughts,
inefficiencies in process of
words and actions to
energy conversion. Lesser
Him alone. Put your best
the inefficiency, more the
efforts and leave the
time that the machine
rest to Him and He shall
works. This analogy also
manage the rest in best
explains our position
possible manner as He is
in this creation. More
doing even right now!
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Doubt: If we only keep
thinking about Ishwar
as per Gayatri, how do
we manage our day to
day tasks. For example,
if instead of fighting in a
battle, the soldier thinks
of Ishwar will he not get
killed?
A: The doubt only comes
when we misunderstand
the characteristics of
Ishwar. This problem as
indicated would come only
to those who consider
Ishwar to be limited in
time and space. Those who
think that Ishwar is in a
person, body, structure
or above skies or sitting
on a throne would fail to
achieve both Ishwar and
success in mundane life
without using cheat-codes!
Because such a God is
different from rest of the
world. You can thus be
either Godly or worldly.
The concept of Ishwar, as
opposed to such a limited
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God as described above, is
much more intuitive and
rational. The Vedic Ishwar
is everywhere. He is within
us and He is outside us.
He is in our books, our
clothes, plants, our body,
our enemies, our friends,
our food, our football,
our laptop everywhere.
Now obviously when such
is the Ishwar, thinking
about Ishwar does not
mean as explained in
the doubt. Since Vedic
Ishwar is everywhere and
without any agents, you
are not supposed to think
of anything or any person
specially or in addition to
Ishwar. Since Vedic Ishwar
is everywhere, worship
of Ishwar lies not in any
ritual of Puja or Havan
or Namaaz or Prayer
but each act as per its
purposefulness.
In Vedic parlance,
meditating upon Ishwar
means to enhance our
understanding that it is
Ishwar who is managing
the whole show and giving
us opportunity to reap
benefits as per our free
will. He is everywhere.
When a yogi progresses
with such heightened
understanding of world
around, worship of Ishwar
actually means putting
efforts to use every gift
of Ishwar in best possible
manner by use of our
intellect.
So it is worship and
meditation of Ishwar when
a vedic soldier puts full
concentration in fighting
the enemy, or a Vedic
student puts all his mental
and physical energies to
study and understand the
concepts of his subject.
Doing whatever you are
doing in best possible
manner is the true worship
of Ishwar as per Gayatri
Mantra. And better the
focus, better the outcome.
More you understand that
its not the exam that you
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are giving, or it is not the
war that you are fighting,
or it is not the workout
you are doing; it is your
worship of Ishwar for
a higher goal. It is your
exemplification of Gayatri
Mantra.
Reject all agents between
you and Ishwar,
Reject your attachment to
fruits of action,
Reject the belief that
destiny is not smiling on
you,
Reject the belief that you
need to do any particular
ritual to please Ishwar or
change destiny,
Reject all those
predictions of palmists
and astrologers and their
gems,
Reject all those tendencies
of looking at planets
before starting a noble
mission,
Reject the feeling of you
being weak compared demigod, no other prophet,
to an unjust systemand no other worldly thing, not
Simply assert your direct even wasteful thoughts of
relationship with Ishwar mind.
by dedicating all thoughts,
This practice of absolute
words and actions to Him
focus on Ishwar brings the
and to fulfill His provided
wonder that no other thing
in Vedas as well as your
or concept of ideology or
own voice of soul.
person can ever bring for
Reject even the tendencies you!
of untrained mind that
This is the meaning and
tries to silence that voice
essence of the wonderful
of soul by urging you to
Gayatri Mantra!
follow old sinful patterns
of purposeless fun and Doubt: Does it mean
greed. meditation is meaningless
And reject even the feeling if we are focusing on
of remorse or guilt that our immediate tasks as
arises after we realize described above?
that we acted against our A: It depends. For a yogi,
voice of soul (Ishwar’s since he is perfectly in a
inspiration) for petty tranquil meditative state
reasons. in all his actions, separate
Reject all these and meditation would not be
become a Vedic warrior necessary. But for rest
committed ONLY to of us, who are prone to
focusing all thoughts fluctuations of tendencies
ONLY on ONE and ONLY of mind like anger, fear,
ONE Ishwar and none else. desire, lust, hatred, ego,
boredom etc, we need
None means no other

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to prepare ourselves
to reach that stage of
constant meditation. For
them separate meditation
on properties of Ishwar,
purpose of our life, our
own nature is of utmost
importance. This is the
time when you try to
realize Ishwar, Self and
our purpose BEYOND
the push-and-pull of
daily worldly life or
Duniyadaari.
Experts recommend at
least 2 hours of such
meditation along with
disciplined life for those
desperately seeking
salvation and ultimate
bliss. But this meditation
is not a mind-blankening
exercise. It is an attempt
to develop intellectual and
emotional connect with
the Supreme Entity. We
shall discuss the science
and art of meditation
sometime later. For now,
I recommend visiting
http://darshanyog.org and
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reading their books.
Outcome of Gayatri Self-
Help
In summary, Gayatri
contains the entire
mechanism of blissful
living in it. I have been
meditating on Gayatri for
some time now, and each
time I discover a new
meaning and feel which
is beyond by ability to
express in words. But the
net output are following:
a. Eradication of fear,
frustration, tension, doubts
and miseries
b. Revival of peak
enthusiasm and vigour
c. Realignment of
priorities and goals
d. Emergence of new
improved ideas, plans and
visions
e. Sense of extreme peace
and love with self and
world
etc etc. All wonderful
things you can think of and This may appear
aspire for! mechanical for few days
but continue the same for
A practice exercise
at least 2-3 weeks. Try
on Gayatri (Note: to feel the meaning and
The changes could be develop emotional connect
unimaginable!) rather than sticking to
Step 1: Read the meaning each word of the mantra.
of Gayatri mantra as given Let your mind wander
in this post. to explore more insights
beyond the words and try
2: Read Gayatri Mantra getting lost into the bliss
meaning from Chapter you get. Do not use force
3 of Satyarth Prakash but allow mind to calm
(preferably Hindi) and down and experience the
study Chapter 7,8,9 of feel. Even if mind drifts
Satyarth Prakash. Take and thousands of thoughts
4-5 hours to complete come up, stay calm and
these two steps. Then keep do not be perturbed.
reviewing from time to Ignore them rather than
time. force them out and simply
focus on feeling the
Step 3: Listen to the
Gayatri. You can use the
brief Gayatri mantra with
music of Gayatri bhajan
meaning attached with this
to start with focus or
post.
other feelings that come
Step 4: Devote 30 minutes up within you. Enjoy the
daily to contemplate on whole process. In night
Gayatri Mantra after Step time, you can sit down on
3. You can split in 10 your bed, start submerging
minutes each in morning, into feel of Gayatri, and
evening and before sleep. then gradually slip into

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sleeping position and keep
having the fun till you get
into sleep.
Step 5: You would find
shifts in your likes and
dislikes and views of
things. Instead of forcing
your ego, flow with your
inner voice.
In two to three weeks, you
will find a tremendous
change in you in terms
of sharpened thinking
process, intuitiveness,
enhanced feeling of
confidence and self-
sufficiency, things going
right much more in life,
better inter-personal
relationships, enhanced
magnetism in personality
and a lot more.
This is not magic or
miracle in conventional
sense. What you would
have done in this process
is to align yourself with
your natural path and
derive best benefits from
Law of Karma. You have
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performed a cleansing
action on your mind to
eradicate negative thought
patterns and replaced with
the most positive vibes.
Imagine! If this be the
miracle in just 15 days
*30 minutes, what would
the level when one does
so for entire life, and with
many many more mantras
of Vedas and with much
more dedication! He
would turn into a Ram,
Krishna, Patanjali or
Dayanand!
Another important point
Gayatri Mantra is in first
person plural. This clearly
means that bliss of Ishwar
does not come in isolation.
Whatever you do, you have
to rise beyond the ‘Me’ and
do for ‘We’. Your goal is
not bliss for ‘Me’ but bliss
for ‘We’. All your acts and
thoughts and words should
be for benefit of all souls
and not only for you. This
feeling of ‘Idanna Mama’
or ‘Nothing personal’
is essence of Vedas and
Gayatri.
So if this works for you,
you have to ensure it
works for as many people
you can make it work.
And you have to work for
uplift of entire humanity.
Also note that Gayatri
and Vedas is all about
self-realization. So there
is no concept of force or
compulsion to thrust these
concepts upon others. You
simply love and care for
everyone just as mother
cow loves its calf!
So enjoy Gayatri, enjoy life people that too in very
and make world a better
place! This is the best self- of trying to understand
help course you can ever
get on this planet!
Some intellectual
questions:
Q: Why is this mantra
called Gayatri?
A: A technical question
not much relevant here.
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But the word Gayatri
refers to the Chhanda
or prosody or the way it
can be pronounced. Vedic
mantras have a variety of
Chhandas and the name
Gayatri is derived from
there.
Q: Is it related to Gayatri
Goddess?
A: Its a pity that in their
over-enthusiasm people
sometimes overdo things.
In fact Gayatri mantra is
supposed to put a stop to
such illogical acts. There
is no Gayatri Devi and it
is only an imagination of
recent times. Instead
the meaning of Gayatri,
they symbolized it as a
Goddess and in process
went against the very
spirit of Gayatri. While I
respect their sentiments,
all such people should stop
such insult to Vedas and
return to actual essence
of Gayatri – which is
worship of One Formless who oppose this, again,
Ishwar. Commoditization are greatest enemies
of Gayatri Mantra in this of humanity. Secondly,
manner is an insult to someone who understands
Ishwar. Vedas does not remain a
Shudra at all. So everyone
Q: Is Gayatri Mantra
has full rights over Gayatri
prohibited for ladies? Mantra.
A: No mantra of Vedas is
Q: Should Gayatri be
prohibited for any person
adopted from a Guru?
regardless of birth or
gender. Everyone has equal A: This Gurudom is
rights over knowledge of another great nuisance
Ishwar in same manner plaguing society.
as light of sun. Those who Somewhere we have gurus,
state that women have somewhere prophets,
no rights over Vedas are somewhere babas,
the greatest enemies of somewhere peer-fakir
humanity. On contrary, trying to be agents of
there are mantras in God. It is always good to
Vedas which state that it understand Vedas from
is more important that knowledgeable persons.
women possess Vedic But in absence of them,
wisdom because they are Ishwar is the ultimate
the first teachers of next guru and presence of
generation. any agent between soul
and Ishwar is completely
Q: What about Shudras?
unnecessary. So do not
A: Firstly, Shudra refers wait for a Guru and make
to lack of education Ishwar your ultimate
and not any birth-based Guru. And if you find a
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help clarify your concepts,
take full benefits from him
but never with blind faith.
Mortal Guru should never
supersede the Ultimate
Guru or Ishwar
Q: In which Veda does
Gayatri come?
A: We find Gayatri Mantra
in Rigveda 3.62.10,
Yajurveda 3.35, 22.9,
30.2 and 36.3. The
meanings of the mantra
are largely the same
with some differences
depending upon the
context of the Hymn or
Sukta.
Q: What if this Gayatri
recipe does not work for
me?
A: The Gayatri recipe
on this post comes with
money-back guarantee!
Just kidding! But that
is how many self-help
courses sell. What we have
provided is a scientific
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systematic process. It has
to work. If it does not, you
need to revisit Chapter
3,7,8,9 of Satyarth
Prakash. Comment here
for any doubts and we
would be glad to help.
Make sure you try to
maintain unity in thoughts,
words and actions. Avoid
meat, alcohol and vulgar/
romantic movies etc for
the period. Keep healthy
routine – thats it.
Remember that we are
trying to go towards our
original nature. Anything
unnatural may deter you.
But if laugh of an innocent
child makes you happy,
or you find it natural to
love your mother, or feel
obliged when someone
takes pain to help you
without selfish interests,
then you are human
enough to ensure that this
will quickly work for you!
Reclaim your ultimate
bliss!
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