Can anyone tell me the meaning of gaytri mantra?

Question

Can anyone tell me the meaning of gaytri mantra?

Answer 1

Gayatri Mantra is supposed to provide immense energy. Gayatri mantra has been bestowed the greatest importance in Vedic dharma. This mantra has also been termed as Savitri and Veda-Mata, the mother of the Vedas. The literal meaning of the mantra is:

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.

Answer 2

Gayatri Mantra (the mother of the vedas), the foremost mantra in hinduism and hindu beliefs, inspires wisdom. Its meaning is that "May the Almighty God illuminate our intellect to lead us along the righteous path". The mantra is also a prayer to the "giver of light and life" - the sun (savitur).

Answer 3

The Gâyatrî Mantra is first recorded in the Rig Veda (iii, 62, 10) which was written in Sanskrit about 2500 to 3500 years ago, and by some reports, the mantra may have been chanted for many generations before that.

Answer 4

The meaning of the Gayatri mantra is:

We contemplate the glory of Light illuminating the three worlds: gross, subtle, and causal.

I am that vivifying power, love, radiant illumination, and divine grace of universal intelligence.

We pray for the divine light to illumine our minds.

Answer 5

Gayatrimantra is whispered into the ears of the boy during the upanayanam ceremony and is treasured as a personal gift for his own future. This mantra is not normally recited in open. Here goes the meaning of the Great Gayatri mantra:

Oh God! Thou art the Giver of Life,

Remover of pain and sorrow,

The Bestower of happiness,

Oh! Creator of the Universe,

May we receive thy supreme sin-destroying light,

May Thou guide our intellect in the right direction.