Tuesday 8 October 2013

Navaratri fourth day Incarnation is Maa Gayatri Devi and history of Gayatri Devi

Gayatri devi is an Incarnation of Saraswati devi, wife of lord Brahma deva, symbolizing the "shakthi"(strength) and "dev"(quality) of knowledge, purity and virtue. With the blessings of lord Brahma she is believed to have given the four veda's to mankind.

Gayatri is depicted seated on a lotus. She is depicted with five faces muktha, vidruma, hema, neela, dhawala shaded colors, had 10 hands carrying shanka, chakra, gadha, kasha, ujjwala utensil, kamala, abhaya, ankusha, varadha, rudraksha mala. 



She is the god of all vedas so she named as Vedamata, Jagadhambika. Lord Brahma, Shiva, Vishnu are the weapons of her. She had Fire(Agni) in her face, Brahma in head, Vishnu in her heart, Shiva on top of the head. All Devata's and Brahmin's worship her at the early mornings and evenings.

In the real Gayatri means the prayer done in the evening times and that shakthi is called as Gayatri. People who had taken sacred upanayanam those people compulsorily chant this Gayatri mantra in the evenings(Trisandhya).

OM is the origin of all mantras, all the srusti, sthithi, laya invloves in this OM mantra. The Gayatri mantra is equal to this OM mantra, so it's most powerful and highly chanted mantra.

Normal people who doesn't take the Upanayanam including ladies chant Lalitha Sahasranama Strotram for them it's equal to Gayatri mantra. Gayatri mantra is having 3 pada's, 24 syllabus, mantra motive includes all japa, tapa and others so, the mata really gets pleased to people who chant her.

                                         "Om bhur bhuvah suvaha

                                          Tat savitur varenyam

                                          Bhargo devasya dhemahi

                                          Dheeyo yonah prachodayat"

We should chant this mantra calmly then only that shakthi improves well. Gayatri mantra is meant for realization of God and is regarded as representing the supreme Lord. It is meant for spiritually advanced people. Success in chanting enables one enter the transcendental position of the Lord. But, in order to chant Gayatri mantra, it is necessary for one to first acquire the qualities of the perfectly balanced person in terms of the qualities of the goodness according to the laws of material nature. The Gayatri mantra is very important in Vedic civilization.

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