CONFIDENTIAL
NOT TO BE DISTRIBUTED TO ANYONE
EXCEPT INITIATED DISCIPLES AND TO THEM ONLY BY HIS DIVINE GRACE, THE INITIATING
SPIRITUAL MASTER PERSONALLY.
GAYATRI MANTRAS
1. om bhur bhuvah svah tat savtur varenyam
bhargo devasya dhimahi dhiyo yo nah pracodayat
om - O Lord; bhuh
- the planetary system; bhuvah - the next higher planetary
system; svah - the heavenly planets; tat - that; savituh - of the sun; varenyam
- worshipable; bhargah -effulgence; devasya - of the divine; dhimahi
- let us meditate; dhiyah - meditation; yah - who; nah - us;
pracodayat - enthuses.
ORIGINAL S.P. Trans.
"Let us meditate on tha worshipable effulgence of the divine sun who
enthuses our meditation".
2. aim
gurave namah
aim - ( the word 'aim' is the
seed-sound vibration of this mantra); gurave - unto my spiritual master; namah
- respectful obeisances.
ORIGINAL S.P. Trans. "I
make my respectful obeisances unto my spiritual master".
3. aim gurudevaya vidmahe krsnanandaya dhimahi
tan no guroh pracodayat
gurudevaya - unto the
spiritual master; vidmahe - try to know; krsna anandaya - who is always in
blissful Krsna consciousness; dhimahi - let us meditate; tat - that; nah - us;
guroh - the spiritual master; pracodayat - enthuses.
ORIGINAL S.P. Trans.
"Let us try to understand my spiritual master who is always in blissful
Krsna consciousness, let us meditate on him being enthused as he enthused
us".
4. klim gauraya namah
klim - (the word 'klim'
is the seed-sound vibration of this mantra); gauraya - unto Lord
Caitanya; namah - respectful obeisances.
ORIGINAL S.P. Trans. "I
make my respectful obeisances unto Lord
Caitanya".
5. klim
caitanyaya vidmahe visvambharaya dhimahi tan no gaurah pracodayat
caitanyaya - unto Lord
Caitanya; vidmahe - try to know; visvambharaya - who is the
maintainer of the universe; dhimahi - let us meditate; tat -
that;
nah - us; gaurah - Lord Caitanya; pracodayat - enthuses.
ORIGINAL S.P. Trans.
"Let us meditate on Lord Caitanya, Who is understood as the Maintainer of
the universe, and Who has enthused us to do so".
6. klim
krsnaya govindaya gopijana-vallabhaya svaha
krsna - unto Lord
Krsna; govindaya - unto Govinda; gopijana - of the gopis;
vallabhaya - unto the lover of the gopis; svaha - offering of
oblations.
ORIGINAL S.P. Trans. "I
make offering of oblations unto Lord Krsna, Who is Govinda, the Lover of the
gopis".
7. klim
kamadevaya vidmahe puspabanaya dhimahi tan no'nangah pracodayat
kamadevaya - unto the master
of the senses; vidmahe - try to know; puspabanaya - carrying arrows of
flowers; dhimahi - let us meditate; tat - that; nah
- us;
anangah - the transcendental Cupid; pracodayat - enthuses.
ORIGINAL S.P. Trans.
"Let us meditate on the Master of the senses, Who carries the arrows of
flowers.Let us meditate on Him being thus enthused by the transcendental
Cupid".