Sri Gayatri Mantra

Om Bhoor Bhuva Svaha,
Tat Savitur Varenyam,
Bhargo Devasya dheemahi,
Diyo yo naha prachodayat


Background:

This is the prayer which my father Eswarachandra (my hero) taught when I was a small kid. As a kid, I was fortunate to grow in a good family with parents who constantly prayed to God with lot of Bhakti. I surely feel I might have done something really good in my previous Janma to be born to such Divine Parents.

I was an average student in School but after I started reciting this Mantra, my skills and intelligence sharpened. And I believe its Gayathri Mata blessing each time and writing knowledge on my tongue just like Goddess wrote Knowledge for Kalidasa. Ofcourse I am not Kalidasa but whatever I am today is because of reciting Gayatri Mantra and because of my Parents prayers.


Significance and Meaning of Gayatri Mantra:


Gayatri Mantra is one the holiest and powerful mantras from Vedas.

Gayatri (Sanskrit: गायत्री, gāyatrī) is the feminine form of gāyatra, a Sanskrit word for a song or a hymn. Originally the personification of the Gayatri mantra, revered by both Buddhists and Hindus worldwide, the goddess Gāyatrī is considered the veda mata, the mother of all Vedas and also the personification of the all-pervading Parabrahman, the ultimate unchanging reality that lies behind all phenomena. Gayatri Veda Mata is seen by many Hindus to be not just a Goddess, but a portrayal of Brahman himself, in the feminine form. Essentially, the Goddess is seen to combine all the phenomenal attributes of Brahman, including Past, Present and Future as well as the three realms of existence.[citation needed] Goddess Gāyatrī is also worshipped as the Hindu Trimurti combined as one. In Hinduism, there is only one creation who can withstand the brilliance of Aditya and that is Gāyatrī. Some also consider her to be the mother of all Gods and the culmination of Lakshmi, Parvati and Sarasvati.[citation needed]
Gāyatrī is typically portrayed as seated on a red lotus, signifying wealth. She appears in either of these forms:
Having five heads with the ten eyes looking in the eight directions plus the earth and sky, and ten arms holding all the weapons of Vishnu, symbolizing all her reincarnations.[citation needed]
Accompanied by a white swan, holding a book to portray knowledge in one hand and a cure in the other, as the goddess of Education.[citation needed]