Ōm! Bhūr Bhuvah Svah !
Tat savitur varenyam
bhargo devasya dhīmahi
dhiyo yo nah pracodayāt !
Oh God, the Protector, the basis of all life, Who is self-existent, Who is free from all pains and Whose contact frees the soul from all troubles, Who pervades the Universe and sustains all, the Creator and Energizer of the whole Universe, the Giver of happiness, Who is worthy of acceptance, the most excellent, Who is Pure and the Purifier of all, let us embrace that very God, so that He may direct our mental faculties in the right direction.
Gayatri mantra is an exemplary vedic hymn which contains a spiritual song praising and glorifying the God Almighty in his manifestation as solar spirit (savitr), who, as the source of life, light and warmth came to be regarded as the Lord of Creation of cosmos and the life force in it. It starts with an invocation to God by vocalizing his sacred name represented by the divine syllable "ŌM", followed by the chanting of three mysterious but most sacred syllables, namely, "bhūr, bhuvah, svah", known as "vyāhriti", means concealed utterance. It is believed that God Prajāpati milked these words from the vedās and endowed them with the title of vyāhriti to the combination of these mystically empowered compound words. They are believed to contain the essence of the three vedās (rig ved, atharva ved and sāma ved). They are also believed to represent the three worlds: the earth, space and the celestial world (bhūlok, pitrlok and devlok). Vyāhriti,which is known to contain a most powerful spiritual formula, is annexed as a prefix to the Gāyatri mantra. Initiated by the divine syllable Ōm and empowered by vyāhriti, the Gāyatri Mantra assumed a most prominent place among all vedic mantras. It consists of 24 syllables, as enumerated below:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Ta ts vi tu rv re ni yam
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
bha rgo de va sya dhi ma hi
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
dhi yo yo nah pra co da yāt
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