Mantra Raag – Gayatri Mantra for lighting Jyoti or Candle

The Gayatri Mantra is the supreme Vedic Mantra, also known as the Guru Mantra in Gayatri for it would be the first Mantra a Guru would teach a young disciple entering school (Guru-Kul from Sanskrit). The main Gayatri Mantra I am supplementing with another Revelation for lighting the Jyoti, Diya or Candle. This complete Gayatri Mantra can be recited at the start of a Puja when lighting a Jyoti or generally in any ceremony, and especially if lighting a lamp, even as for lighting Diya’s or Candles at Diwali. This Gayatri Mantra is sung in Raag Bhairvi.

ॐ भूर्भुवः स्वः
तत्सवितुर्वरेण्यं ।
भर्गो देवस्य धीमहि
धियो यो नः प्रचोदयात् ॥

Om Bhoor Bhuvah Svah
Tat-Savitur-Varanhiyam |
Bhargo Daevassya Dhee-mahi
Dhiyo Yo Nah Pracho-dayaat ||

Meaning:
1: Om, The Omnipresent God which Pervades the Phyiscal Plane (Bhoor), the Astral Plane (Bhuvah or Antariksha Loke) and the Celestial Plane (Svah or Swarga Loke),
2: That Being’s Illumined Radiance (Savitr) is the Most Adorable (Varanhium)
3: The Divine Radiance (Bhargo) of God (Devassya) we Meditate upon (Dhee-mahi),
4: Who (Yo) may guide (dayaat) our (Nah) Intellect (Dhiyo) with Wisdom (Pracho)

ॐ अपो ज्योति
रसो अम्रतम् ब्रह्म्: ।
भुर् भुवह् स्वर् ॐ ॥

Om Apo Jyoti
Raso Amartam Brahm I
Bhoor Bhuvah Swar Om II

Meaning:
1: Om, The Omnipresent God through the primordial cosmic waters of life (Apo) advance Light (Jyoti)
2: Experience Eternal Bliss (Raso-Amartam) in the One Omnipresent God (Brahm)
3. In the physical body (Bhoor), the astral mind (Bhuvah), in the Heavenly Song (Swar) Om.

 

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Anil Bhanot OBE