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Prayer to Prithvi i.e. earth. All regions of Loka are covered by You, Prithvi Namaka Daivi, You are decorated by Vishnu vakya Paramaatma. Hey, Prithivi, You authorise me by purifying the seat where I am sitting. Prithivi, You also purify me. You are very special and I am bowing You. By uttering this, touch the seat and bow to it.
Paramaatma is called as OM; He has got the form of Brahma and Agni devataa. Like the same Brahma is Rishi, Gayatri chhanddassu and in the form of OM.
'Ayaatu' verse is to welcome Gayatri. For this verse Vasudevaka Paramaathma is Rishi, Gayatri Pratipadya Narayana is devataa and it is in anushhTup Channd assu.
"Hey, Wealth bestowing devat aa, bless us with Brahma verse (Gayatri) which is immortal and is considered to be the mother of all Vedas (Gayatri); Please bless me Para Brahma (Gayatri verse). By uttering this Gayatri verse all the sins committed by me in my daily life will be destroyed (extinguishd),"
"I am praying to Paramaathma, who is in the form of Saraswathi who is also Sandhyaa devataa and knowledge devataa. Please extinguish, through the night related devat aa who is none other than Sri Hari, all my sins committed in the night."
This is a prayer to Paramaatma who is in the form of Gayatri. "Hey, Paramaatma - You are instrumental for everythig, You have all the patience, You have all the powers, You have the vision, for devataas You are Sharanya (protecting them), You are ominipresent, You have complete form, You are controlling everything, You are instrumental for everybody's life-activities and enemies are being defeated by Your single word 'OM'. By all the above things You are being called Paramat ma by the name Gayatri, the same Gayatri I am inviting in my mind (aahvaana), I am welcoming Savitri, I am welcoming Saraswati, I am inviting Chhanddassu, R'shis, Parabrahma, I am inviting Lakshmi and Vayu who is well known for His powers."
For Gayatri verse, Gayatri is Channdassu, Vishwamitra is Rishi and Paramaatma who is called very sacred (savit Rinamaka). This Paramaatma is in the following form: His appearance is like fire in His body, His face is like four headed Brahma, He has got the heart which is covered by the whole universe, He appears like Rudra, He has the Sankarshana's hair, He is the earth, He has yoni sthana, He has five vital airs like praNa, apAna, vyAna, udana and samana and He has upa prana like devadatta, kurma, kRikara, dhananjaya and naaga, His colour appears like blood and He belongs to sankhyasana gotra. He has been called in 24 keshava namas, His presence is there in all three places i.e.. earth, vaikuntha and paataala, He has covered in all four regions (i.e. North, South, East and West), He has five heads like vyakarana, shiksha, kalpa, nirukta and jyotishha this Gayatri I am praying and worshipping.]
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