Gāyatrī-Gītikā (गायत्री-गीतिका)

Gāyatrī-Gītikā (Song for Gāyatrī )
Sanskrit Lyrics and Tuning by : Dr. Harekrishna Meher
(Extracted from Sanskrit Kāvya ‘Mātrigītikāñjalih’)
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[ The famous Mantra of Savitŗ appears in the Ŗg-Veda.
“ Tat Savitur vareņyam bhargo devasya dhīmahi, Dhiyo yo nah prachodayāt.”
Prefixed with Mahā Vyāhŗtis Bhuh, Bhuvah, Svah and Praņava Om, this forms Gāyatrī Mantra.

ॐ भूर्भुवः स्वः
तत्‍सवितु-र्वरेण्यं भर्गो देवस्य धीमहि,
धियो यो नः प्रचोदयात् ।
It means :
“We meditate on the adorable excellence of God Savitr who would stimulate our intellect.”

Gāyatrī is the power of God Savitŗ (Sun). She is worshipped in three forms in spiritual perspective. Rays of Sun are the givers of life and well-being to the worldly creatures, also are described as the panacea for all diseases from scientific point-of-view. A synthesis of spiritual and scientific conceptions is presented in this song.]
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गायत्री-गीतिका
गीत-रचना तथा स्वर-संयोजना : डॉ. हरेकृष्ण-मेहेरः
(‘मातृगीतिकाञ्जलिः’ - काव्यतः)

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ॐ भूर्भुवः स्वः ।
ध्येया धियो नः प्रचोदयित्री,
सुनुता धरण्या
शक्तिः सुपुण्या
सवितु-र्वरेण्या,
गायत्री सरस्वती सावित्री ।
गायत्री सरस्वती सावित्री ॥ (ध्रुवम्)
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तामिस्रहा दीप्त-सहस्र-हस्ता, प्रज्ञावती ;
यस्यां समस्ता जड़ता निरस्ता, सा भारती ।
ज्योतिः-स्वरूपा प्रकाशयित्री,
निगमाग्रगण्या
शक्तिः सुपुण्या
सवितु-र्वरेण्या,
गायत्री सरस्वती सावित्री ।
गायत्री सरस्वती सावित्री ॥ (१)
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शोभामयी शुभ्र-विशुद्ध-सत्त्वा, हंसासना ;
संसार-शमनी शिव-शर्म-तत्त्वा, सोपासना ।
सा वेद-माता प्रमोदयित्री,
श्रुति-नाद-गुण्या
शक्तिः सुपुण्या
सवितु-र्वरेण्या,
गायत्री सरस्वती सावित्री ।
गायत्री सरस्वती सावित्री ॥ (२)
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नित्य-स्तुता सत्य-पथानुकूला, सा मङ्गला ;
विश्‍व-प्रसूति-स्थिति-नाश-मूला, साऽनर्गला ।

त्रैश्‍वर्य-मूर्त्तेः प्रवर्त्तयित्री,

महतां शरण्या
शक्तिः सुपुण्या
सवितु-र्वरेण्या,
गायत्री सरस्वती सावित्री ।
गायत्री सरस्वती सावित्री ॥ (३)
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भर्गात्मिका सा सुभगा नमस्या, पद्मानना ;
शुभदावकाशा भक्त्या हि यस्या, नीराजना ।
धर्मस्य धात्री विकासयित्री,

प्रणवैक-वर्ण्या
शक्तिः सुपुण्या
सवितु-र्वरेण्या,
गायत्री सरस्वती सावित्री ।
गायत्री सरस्वती सावित्री ॥ (४)
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आरोग्यदा लोक-रुजापहन्त्री, सञ्जीवनी ;
ध्वस्ताशिवा स्वस्तिमती नियन्त्री, सन्दीपनी ।
सर्वत्र दिव्या पवित्रयित्री,

वरदा हिरण्या
शक्तिः सुपुण्या
सवितु-र्वरेण्या
गायत्री सरस्वती सावित्री ।
गायत्री सरस्वती सावित्री ॥ (५)

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Gāyatrī-Gītikā

(English Translation by the Author)
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Om Auspicious Bhūh, Bhuvah, Svah.
We meditate on the Goddess who stimulates our intellect. She is the adorable power of God Savitr well-worshipped by the world. She is known as Gāyatrī, Sarasvatī and Sāvitrī. (0)

She is the Goddess of Speech eradicating all the gloom. She has thousand-rayed illustrious hands. She is the form of auspicious wisdom. In her, all ignorance is subdued. She is the illuminating splendour and the predominant power enumerated in the scriptures. (1)

She is the beauteous goddess endowed with pure and fair Sattva guņa. She has swan as her conveyance. Destroyer of all mundane sufferings, she is the form of auspiciousness and bliss. She is verily meditated upon and worshipped by the people. She is the bestower of beatitude, is celebrated as the mother of the Vedas and is attributed with utterance of the Śruti. (2)

She is eternally praised and is conducive to the path of truth. Conferring weal, she is the root-cause of creation, sustenance and dissolution of the world. She is beyond mundane hindrances. She enjoins the forms of Trinity, i.e. Brahmā, Vishņu and Śiva. She is the resort of the noble ones. (3)

She is the quintessence of auspiciousness and divine excellence. She is the revered goddess, lotus-faced. Devotional worship to her gives all the well-being. She is the sustainer and enhancer
of righteousness. She is the unique letter OM. (4)

She cures all diseases and annihilates all mundane pains. She is the life-giving energy. She destroys all evils. She is replete with all purity and holiness. She is the controller of the world, is the stimulator of our thoughts and is the divine purifier everywhere. She is bestower of boon and is golden-figured. She is the adorable energy of God Savitŗ well-praised in her trio. (5)

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