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Aathreya - SARVADHAARI Samvatsaraadi

In Western Hemisphere April 06 , 2008 , Sunday ,
In Eastern Hemisphere April 07 , 2008 , Monday.

Lunar New Year Vasantha Ruthu , Chaithra Maasam ,
Suddha ( Shukla ) Paksha , Paadyami aka Pratthama
Or Prathipath , Ashwini Nakshathram ( Star ) .

( Explanation : Thithi occurs earlier in the west
than in
the east. Thithi is determined by the relative
positions
of Sun , Moon and Earth to each other. As the
Earth is
rotating towards east , Sun appears to move from
east
to west and Thithi changes earlier as we move
towards
west.

PhaalguNa Amaavaasya ( New Moon ) happens
to occur on Saturday , 05 April 2008 in the west
and
hence New Chaandramaana Year is on Sunday ,
06 April 2008 in the Western Hemosphere.

Even in India New Moon ( Amaavaasya ) is only
upto about 9.25 am on Sunday 06 April 2008 ,
but since at the the time of Sunrise in India
still it is
only Amaavaasya ,the next day Monday ,
April 07 , 2008 is considered as Samvatsaraadi;
but by Tuesday 08 April 2008 , it is already
Thadiya
aka Thrutheeya (3rd day)since on Monday ,
07 April 2008 both Paadyami (Pratthama )
and Vidiya ( Dwitheeya ) – 2 thitthis are over
.)

In Andhra Pradesh , India , PhaalguNa Amaavaasya
is
Known as Kottha (New ) Amaavaasya since it
heralds
the dawn of Kottha ( New ) Year. Om Shaanthi .
Amaavaasya – antha Chaandramaanam =
Lunar Calendar ending with New Moon Day
and Beginning of New Lunar Year SARVADHAARI.

Just ended year is Sarvajith = all conquering
year.


New Year SARVADHAARI = Omnipresent Supreme
ParaaBrahma
Supporting Whole Universe with AadiSesha bearing
Earth.
06 April 2008 , Sunday = First Day of the Week.
Ashwini = First Nakshathram ( Star )
Chaithram = First Chaandramaana Maasam ( Lunar
Month ).
Vasantha Ruthu = Spring - Maddhu , Maadhava
maasams.
First Day of Vasantha Nava Raathris ( 9 days
&
nights of Spring
from 06 April 2008 to 14 April 2008 –Sree Raama
Navami )

HAPPY NEW UGAADI – SARVADHAARI SAMVATSARAADI.
Chandra is The King – Rulers will be kind and
considerate.
Soorya is The Prime Minister as well as commander
in chief –
Wars will continue . Om
Shaanthi.
Budha is Purohith and Raaja Guru – very wise
and well wisher.
Kuja is in charge of crops , mostly Red grains
and red soil will
be more fertile.
Mostly the most important affairs are under the
Administrative
Control of friendly Grahas.
We Humans can look forward to A Better and
Prosperous Year.
Akoona Mataata , Be Happy , Think Positive , Let
us be Optimisyic.
OM SHAANTHI – Let Wiser Counsels Prevail.
Aano Bhadraaha Krathavo Yanthu Visvathaha = Let
Noble Thoughts
Come To All Of Us From All Corners Of The Globe.
Thatha Asthu.

LOOK FORWARD TO SREE RAAMA NAVAMI , SUNDAY , 13
APRIL 2008
Aathreya – Dr.Balakrishna Murthy Ramaraju of
Guntur
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A while back I got a article in mail which had the scientific meaning of Gayatri Mantra. Gayatri Mantra is supposed to provide immense energy. Women were not supposed to enchant this since they were already considered an epitome of energy. But in Kaliyug soul has no gender and hence women can enchant this mantra. To download the audio for Gayatri Mantra (37122 KB) click here.


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.

The mantra, however, has a great scientific import too, which somehow got lost in the literary tradition. The modern astrophysics and astronomy tell us that our Galaxy called Milky Way or Akash-Ganga contains approximately 100,000 million of stars. Each star is like our sun having its own planet system. We know that the moon moves round the earth and the earth moves round the sun along with the moon. All planets round the sun.

Each of the above bodies revolves round at its own axis as well. Our sun along with its family takes one round of the galactic centre in 22.5 crore years. All galaxies including ours are moving away at a terrific velocity of 20,000 miles per second. And now the alternative scientific meaning of the mantra step-by-step:

Om bhur bhuvah swah:
Bhur the earth, bhuvah the planets (solar family), swah the Galaxy. We observe that when an ordinary fan with a speed of 900 RPM (rotations Per minute) moves, it makes noise. Then, one can imagine, what great noise would be created when the galaxies move with a speed of 20,000 miles per second.
This is what this portion of the mantra explains that the sound produced due to the fast-moving earth, planets and galaxies is Om. The sound was heard during meditation by Rishi Vishvamitra, who mentioned it too their colleagues. All of them, then unanimously decided to call this sound Om the name of God, because this sound is available in all the three periods of time, hence it is set (permanent). Therefore, it was the first ever-revolutionary idea to identify formless God with a specific title (form) called upadhi. Until that time, everybody recognized God as formless and nobody was prepared to accept this new idea. In the Gita also, it is said, "Omiti ekaksharam Brahma", meaning that the name of the Supreme is Om, which contains only one syllable (8/12). This sound Om heard during samadhi was called by all the seers nada-Brahma a very great noise), but not a noise that is normally beyond a specific amplitude and limits of decibels suited to human hearing. Hence the rishis called this sound Udgith musical sound of the above, i.e., heaven. They also noticed that the infinite mass of galaxies moving with a velocity of 20,000 miles/second was generating a kinetic energy= 1/2MV2 and this was balancing the total energy consumption of the cosmos. Hence they named it Pranavah, which means the body (vapu) or storehouse of energy (prana).

Tat savitur varenyam:
Tat that (God), savitur the sun (star), varenyam worthy of bowing or respect. Once the form of a person along with the name is known to us, we may locate the specific person. Hence the two titles (upadhi) provide the solid ground to identify the formless God, Vishvamitra suggested. He told us that we could know (realize) the unknowable formless God through the known factors, viz., sound Om and light of suns (stars).
A mathematician can solve an equation x2+y2=4; if x=2; then y can be known and so on. An engineer can measure the width of a river even by standing at the riverbank just by drawing a triangle. So was the scientific method suggested by Vishvamitra in the mantra in the next portion as under

Bhargo devasya dheemahi:
Bhargo the light, devasya of the deity, dheemahi we should meditate. The Rishi instructs us to meditate upon the available form (light of suns) to discover the formless Creator (God). Also he wants us to do Japam of the word Om (this is understood in the Mantra) . This is how the sage wants us to proceed, but there is a great problem to realize it, as the human mind is so shaky and restless that without the grace of the Supreme (Brahma) it cannot be controlled. Hence Vishvamitra suggests the way to pray Him as under.

Dhiyo yo nah prachodayat:
Dhiyo (intellect), yo (who), nah (we all), prachodayat (guide to right Direction). O God! Deploy our intellect on the right path.

Full scientific interpretation of the Mantra:
The earth (bhur), the planets (bhuvah), and the galaxies (swah) are moving at a very great velocity, the sound produced is Om, (the name of formless God.) That God (tat), who manifests Himself in the form of light of suns (savitur) is worthy of bowing / respect (varenyam). We all, therefore, should meditate (dheemahi) upon the light (bhargo) of that deity (devasya) and also do chanting of Om. May He (yo) guide in right direction (prachodayat) our (nah) intellect dhiyo

So we notice that the important points hinted in the mantra are:-

1) The total kinetic energy generated by the movement galaxies acts as an umbrella and balances the total energy consumption of the cosmos. Hence it was named as the Pranavah (body of energy). This is equal to 1/2 mv2 (Mass of galaxies x velocity)

2) Realizing the great importance of the syllable OM, the other later date religions adopted this word with a slight change in accent, viz., amen and Ameen.

3) The God could be realized through the saguna (gross), upasana (method), i.e.,
(a) by chanting the name of the supreme as OM and
(b) by meditating upon the light emitted by stars (suns).

Hi mam,

I envy you most of the times for having such vast knowledge about all the subjects..

Earlier people used to say that women were not supposed to chant the gayathri mantra. But nowadays all of us chant as its good for the family.

Originally Posted by sharadha

Hi mam,

I envy you most of the times for having such vast knowledge about all the subjects..

Earlier people used to say that women were not supposed to chant the gayathri mantra. But nowadays all of us chant as its good for the family.

dear sharadha,
it is yugams that bring in these changes, previously women were wearing poonal and saying gayathri and they were allowed to be equally pious, later when men felt they were being denied their power they brought about the change that woman should not do any pooja...later again now woman want to do and emphasise in doing all the kriyas, we have many purohits in maharashtra who follow all the rituals even wedding is being conducted with all full mantras, it is a phase..sunkan

Sunkan,
thanks for posting this ...got many information....we were taught the Gayathri Mantra in our college days, to which day I chant....

the meaning in the scientific way is excellent...we need 'explanation' in a scientific way as a proof of anything.....this holds good rather excellent explanation in that matter...
Om is Amen and Ameen is a great news added to explanation...

sriniketan

Hi Sunkan,

Gayatri Mantra is a wonderful mantra for all of us. By chanting this mantra every day with the right spirit and by chanting after understanding the significance we all can be greatly benefitted.

The scientific explanation is very nice.

Thanks for the post. All should read this.

Cheers,
Lakshmi.

Originally Posted by Sriniketan

Sunkan,
thanks for posting this ...got many information....we were taught the Gayathri Mantra in our college days, to which day I chant....

the meaning in the scientific way is excellent...we need 'explanation' in a scientific way as a proof of anything.....this holds good rather excellent explanation in that matter...
Om is Amen and Ameen is a great news added to explanation...

sriniketan

thank u srini,
even i got a jolt with those very lines, how interconnected is all still y this diversity, may be peace is this way in earth, happy u enjoyed this thread as much as i did..sunkan

Originally Posted by lakshmi05

Hi Sunkan,

Gayatri Mantra is a wonderful mantra for all of us. By chanting this mantra every day with the right spirit and by chanting after understanding the significance we all can be greatly benefitted.

The scientific explanation is very nice.

Thanks for the post. All should read this.

Cheers,
Lakshmi.

actually lakshmi,
i was searching for the mp3 to be played or rather the gayathri manthra like a hymn but then when i read this along i thought many among us have not had the exposure needed over the period of time man lost to dip into his culture to find the meaning of simple daily rituals do, when asked he comes up with i dont know the elders followed so when i bring these here, i feel the young mothers here would update their children as to what these are all about...happy u liked it ..sunkan

Hi,

I am planning to teach Gayathri mantra to my daughter, can anyone please guide me about when to say and the no. of times.

Thanks,

Sudha