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गायत्री मन्त्रम्
ॐ भूर्भुवः सुवः तत्सवितुर्वरेण्यम् । भर्गो देवस्य धीमहि धियो यो नः प्रचोदयात् ॥
Meaning
ॐ - Om. symbol of the Para Brahman; भू:- Bhu-Lok (Physical Plane); भुवः Antariksha-Lok (Astral Plane); स्व: Svarga-Lok; तत् That, Transcendent Reality i.e. Paramatman; fag:- Sun i.e. Pratyaksha Narayan, Isvara or Creator (as we cannot see God with our mortal eyes); वरेण्यम् - worthy of choosing for worship and adoration; भर्ग: - remover of sins and ignorance; bestower of glory and effulgence; - resplendent (Jnana-Svarupa) shining; धीमहि we meditate (with intelligence); धियः - totality of Buddhi and understanding; य: - which (who); न: - our (to entire Universe); प्रचोदयात् - enlighten, guide, impel (forceful existence of darkness in its totality)
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We meditate on that Isvara's (i.e. Pratyaksha Narayan's Symbol i.e. Sun) glory who has created the Universe; who is fit to be worshipped; who is the embodiment of Knowledge and Light, who is the remover of all sins and ignorance. May He illuminate (enlighten) our (entire universe's) intellects.
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