Talk:Gayatri Mantra/Archive 2

Archive 1

Archive 2

Edit request from Sunnyrays, 19 April 2011

Whole Gayatri Mantra with its vedic description: OM BHUR, OM BHUVAHA, OM SWAHA, OM MAHAHA, OM JANAHA, OM TAPAHA, OM SATYAM, OM TAT SAVITUR VARENYAM BHARGHO DEVASYA DHIMAHI DHIYO YONAHA PRACHODAYAT *

The Entire Mantra says, "I invoke the Earth Plane, The Astral Plane, The Celestial Plane, The Plane of Spiritual Balance, The Plane of Human Spiritual Knowledge, The Plane of Spiritual Austerites, and The Plane of Ultimate Truth. Oh, great Spiritual Light which is the brilliance of all Divinity, we meditate upon You. Please illumine our minds."

By chanting this mantra, Divine spiritual light and power is infused in each of the seven chakras and connects them to the Spiritual Realms. The last part infuses our minds, hearts and souls with the power of the spiritual light that created the Universe.

Sunnyrays (talk) 17:43, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

Not done: please be more specific about what needs to be changed. — Bility (talk) 19:34, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

Well whatever you are referring is incomplete - Gayatri with Seven Mahavyahratis is called as Shirsa Gayatri, Devta Para Brahma, Rishi Brahma, Meter Gayatri; and it has one more pada - Aapo jyoti rasomratam, brahm Bhurbhuvah swarom|; used as a Pranayaam Mantra, Thus not be mingled with Tripada Gayatri. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Saarleya (talk • contribs) 13:18, 1 January 2012 (UTC)

Battle Star Galactica

Speaking of..."modern reception": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZclLpczKhJg :) Bigshotnews 14:43, 12 June 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bigshotnews (talk • contribs)

Good grief. I suppose it's a saving grace, making room for complete disavowal, that they thoroughly butchered the pronunciation. rudra (talk) 17:33, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

Devanāgarī Mantra

Why are there underbars on some of the syllables: वः॒ भ॒ यो॒ चो॒? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.28.126.134 (talk) 07:26, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

Grammatical Translation of the Gayatri Mantra

om bhUr bhuvaha svaha Om, hey, the earth, the air, Heaven ('bhUr' is the vocative of 'bhU', the earth. 'bhuvaha' is the vocative of 'bhavas', the air. 'svaha' is the vocative of 'svar', heaven. Vocative is a form used in calling somebody.)

tat savitur varenyam bhargo devasya dhiimahi

And hey, the splendor of the god, ('tat' is 'tad', which usually means that. However, 'tat' does not decline here, so in this context, 'tat' is an indeclinable meaning then, thus, and, now... 'bhargo' is the sandhi form of 'bhargaha', and 'bhargaha' is the vocative of 'bhargas', splendor, radiance. 'devasya' is the genitive of 'deva', god.)

We would seize the excellence of the sun. ('dhiimahi' is the first person plural optative mood of 'dhA', to put...,seize,make... 'savitur' is the sandhi form of 'savituha', and 'savituha' is the ablative and genitive of 'savitR', the sun before rising. In this context, genitive makes better sense. 'vareNya' is derived from the root 'vR', to choose. 'vareNya' means excellence. ). I should think that dhīmahi derives from dhī/dhyā, to think, s. Whitney´s Primary Roots and Derivates — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.173.27.12 (talk) 09:00, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

dhiyo yo naha pracodayaat The one who is wisdom would urge us. ('dhiyo' is the sandhi form of 'dhiyaha', and 'dhiyaha' is the singular nominative of 'dhiya', thought, wisdom. 'yo' is the sandhi form of 'yaha', the relative pronoun who in nominative. 'naha' is the accusative, dative, and genitive of we; therefore, 'naha' can be us, to us, and our. In this context, us makes better sense. 'pracodayaat' is the 3rd person singlar optative mood of 'pracud', to urge, impell.)MUrkhAsmi (talk) 04:38, 25 October 2010 (UTC)MUrkhAsmi (talk) 04:36, 25 October 2010 (UTC)MUrkhAsmi (talk) 04:19, 25 October 2010 (UTC)MUrkhAsmi (talk) 04:17, 25 October 2010 (UTC)MUrkhAsmi (talk) 04:15, 25 October 2010 (UTC)MUrkhAsmi (talk) 01:49, 25 October 2010 (UTC)MUrkhAsmi (talk) 01:47, 25 October 2010 (UTC)

70.57.175.102 (talk) 19:37, 24 October 2010 

(UTC)MUrkhAsmi (talk) 17:34, 24 October 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by MUrkhAsmi (talk • contribs) 05:42, 24 October 2010 (UTC) Ann Lee Hsieh (talk) 23:21, 20 November 2010 (UTC)

Battlestar Galactica

The version in Battlestar Galactica is not a new age version. What has new age to do with it? Must every modern use of Hindu material be new age? It is just a version made by some modern composer and film music maker, namely Bear McCreary 93.103.74.8 (talk) 19:13, 16 June 2013 (UTC).

== AUDIO FILE == December, 17th 2013

The text contained in the audio file does not correspond to the one written in the wiki page, which has to be considered as the correct one. The singer in fact has added and additional "om" at the beginning of the second line but this thing has to be considered as a free interpretation of this singer, not corresponding to the original mantra. I post here for your soon reference an example of the correct interpretation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxa7Z6NCgqg Therefore the audio file should be removed as substituted with a correct one. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.64.244.159 (talk) 21:59, 17 December 2013 (UTC)

Comparison to Fatiha

Without a citation or - better still - argument with a citation, this section doesn't help. You could just as easily say that the two prayers are interestingly different in that the Gayatri Mantra emphasises understanding whereas the Sura Al-Fatiha emphasises obedience.Fewfew (talk) 05:25, 13 September 2014 (UTC)

Ralph T. H. Griffith

Ralph T. H. Griffith's translation seems completely incorrect. biased and concocted one, why it is mentioned?

Keep the older meaning/s than these biased so called modern ones, anyone can give such modern biased meaning to things that are already there for over 2000 years and have "meaning" since then. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.193.4.107 (talk) 12:47, 11 March 2015 (UTC)

Translation(s) of dhimahi

One problem with archiving is that significant discussions are lost to all but determined researchers. Please review this discussion about the proper treatment of the word "dhimahi". rudra (talk) 19:54, 28 March 2015 (UTC)

Cites

Removing a cite to

• Staal, Frits (June 1986). "The sound of religion". Numen. 33 (Fasc. 1): 33–64. doi:10.1163/156852786X00084. JSTOR 3270126.

and replacing it with

• yajurveda taittirIya samhitA.

is not a good idea. The latter is an archive that works irregularly (it keeps throwing up 404s) and is the actual text of the Yajurveda. The first cite is a secondary source, which is also preferable. We use secondary sources, not primary ones. Ogress _smash! 03:37, 28 July 2015 (UTC)