Scientific meaning of Gayatri Mantra
Gayatri mantra has been bestowed the greatest importance in Vedic dharma.This
mantra has also been termed as Savitri and Ved-Mata, the mother of the Vedas.
Ombhur bhuvah swah
Tat savitur varenyam
Bhargo devasya dheemahi
Dhiyo yo nah prachodayat
The literal meaning of the mantra is:
O God! You are Omnipresent, Omnipotent and Almighty. You are all Light. You
are all Knowledge and Bliss. You are Destroyer of fear, You are Creator of
this Universe, You are the Greatest of all. We bow and meditate upon Your
light. You guide our intellect in the right direction. The mantra, however,
has a great scientific import too, which somehow got lost in the literary
tradition. The modern astrophysics and astronomy tell us that our Galaxy
called Milky Way or Akash-Ganga contains approximately 100,000 million of
stars. Each star is like our sun having its own planet system. We know that
the moon moves round the earth and the earth moves round the sun along with
the moon. All planets round the sun. Each of the above bodies revolves round
at its own axis as well. Our sun along with its family takes one round of the
galactic
center in 22.5
crore years. All galaxies including ours are moving away at a terrific
velocity of 20,000 mile s per second.
And now the alternative scientific meaning of the mantra step by step:
(A) OM BHUR BHUVAH SWAH:
Bhur the earth, bhuvah the planets (solar family), swah the Galaxy. We observe
that when an ordinary fan with a speed of 900 RPM (rotations Per minute)
moves, it makes noise. Then, one can imagine, what great noise would be
created when the galaxies move with a speed of 20,000 miles per second. This
is what this portion of the mantra explains that the sound produced due to the
fast-moving earth, planets and galaxies is Om. The sound was heard during
meditation by Rishi Vishvamitra, who mentioned it to other colleagues. All of
them, then unanimously decided to call this sound Om the name of God, because
this sound is available in all the
three periods of time, hence it is set (permanent). Therefore, it was the
first ever revolutionary idea to identify formless God with a specific title
(form) called upadhi. Until that time, everybody recognized God as formless
and nobody was prepared to accept this new idea. In the Gita also, it is said,
"Omiti ekaksharam brahma", meaning that the name of the Supreme is Om , which
contains only one syllable (8/12). This sound Om heard during samadhi was
called by all the seers nada-brahma a very great noise), but not a noise that
is normally heard beyond a specific amplitude and limits of decibels suited to
human hearing. Hence the rishis called this sound Udgith musical sound of the
above, i.e., heaven. They also noticed that the infinite mass of galaxies
moving with a velocity of 20,000 miles/second was generating a kinetic energy
= 1/2 MV2 and this was balancing the total
energy consumption of the cosmos. Hence they named it Pranavah, which means
the body (vapu) or store house of energy (prana).
B. TAT SAVITUR VARENYAM: Tat that (God), savitur the sun (star), varenyam
worthy of bowing or respect. Once the form of a person along with the name is
known to us, we may locate the specific person.Hence the two titles (upadhi)
provide the solid ground to identify the formless God, Vishvamitra suggested.
He told us that we could know (realize) the unknowable formless God through
the known factors, viz., sound Om and light of suns (stars). A mathematician
can solve an equation x2+y2=4; if x=2; then y can be known and so on. An
engineer can measure the width of a river even by standing at the riverbank
just by drawing a triangle. So was the scientific method suggested by
Vishvamitra in the mantra in the next portion as
under:-
C) BHARGO DEVASYA DHEEMAHI:
Bhargo the light, devasya of the deity, dheemahi we should meditate. The rishi
instructs us to meditate upon the available form (light of suns) to discover
the formless Creator (God). Also he wants us to do japa of the word Om (this
is understood in the Mantra). This is how the sage wants us to proceed, but
there is a great problem to realize it, as the human mind is so shaky and
restless that without the grace of the Supreme (Brahma) it cannot be
controlled. Hence Vishvamitra suggests the way to pray Him as under:
D) DHIYO YO NAH PRACHODAYAT:
Dhiyo (intellect), yo (who), nah (we all), prachodayat (guide to right
Direction). O God! Deploy our intellect on the right path.
Full scientific interpretation of the Mantra: The earth (bhur), the planets
(bhuvah), and the galaxies (swah) are moving at a very great velocity, the
sound produced is Om , (the name of formless God.) That God (tat), who
manifests Himself in the form of light of suns (savitur) is worthy of
bowing/respect (varenyam). We all, therefore, should meditate (dheemahi) upon
the light (bhargo) of that deity (devasya) and also do chanting of Om. May He
(yo) guide in right direction (prachodayat) our(nah) intellect dhiyo.
So we notice that the important points hinted in the mantra are:-
1) The total kinetic energy generated by the movement of galaxies acts as an
umbrella and balances the total energy consumption of the cosmos. Hence it was
named as the Pranavah (body of energy). This is equal to 1/2 mv2 (Mass of
galaxies x velocity2).
2) Realizing the great importance of the syllable OM , the other later date
religions adopted this word with a slight change in accent, viz., amen and
Ameen.
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