Gayatri Mantra of Sri Aurobindo

Gayatri Mantra of Sri Aurobindo तत्सवितुर्वरं रूपं ज्योतिः परस्य धीमहि | यन्नः सत्येन दीपयेत् || Om Tat Savitur Varam Rūpam Jyotiḥ Parasya Dhīmahi Yannaḥ Satyena Dīpayet Tat = That Savitur = Sun-god who is the Creator Varam = most auspicious Rūpam = form Jyotiḥ = Light Parasya = of the Supreme (since para = Transcendental) Dhīmahi = meditate on (since Dhi = Intellect) Yannaḥ = by which Satyena = Truth Dīpayet = shall illumine (dipa = light) Let us meditate on the most auspicious form of Savitri, on the Light of the Supreme which shall illumine us with the Truth. — Sri Aurobindo . . . “As when the mantra sinks in Yoga’s ear, Its message enters stirring the blind brain And keeps in the dim ignorant cells its sound; The hearer understands a form of words And, musing on the index thought it holds, He strives to read it with the labouring mind, But finds bright hints, not the embodied truth: Then, falling silent in himself to know He meets the deeper listening of his soul: The Word repeats itself in rhythmic strains: Thought, vision, feeling, sense, the body’s self Are seized unutterably and he endures An ecstasy and an immortal change; He feels a Wideness and becomes a Power, All knowledge rushes on him like a sea: Transmuted by the white spiritual ray He walks in naked heavens of joy and calm, Sees the God-face and hears transcendent speech: An equal greatness in her life was sown.“ — Sri Aurobindo . Savitri . Book 4: The Book of Birth and Quest . Canto 3: The Call to the Quest . Lines 220-238 . . . Mantra chanting by Shruti Nada Poddar . . .