Friday 17 February 2017

Sri Gayathri Sthothram by Sage Vashishta/Vashishta Samhitha – Lyrics and meanings



|| Jai Sriman Narayana ||












I shall prostrate before supreme Goddess Gayathri who is personified as Savithri,  she symbolize three meter/divisions, she is Ajara/unaffected by aging/ she is youthful, she is immortal/Amara, Oh! Matha, kindly protects us from the world of Samsara.  I shall prostrate before supreme Goddess Gayathri who has the brilliance of Lord Surya, she is Suryasavithrika/female force who is the cause of effulgence of Lord Surya, she is Amala/pure, she symbolizes Bhramavidhya/knowledge about absolute Bhramam and  Mahavidhya/supreme knowledge, she is Vedamatha who is the Mother of sacred Veda.  I shall prostrate before supreme Goddess Gayathri who is all pervading in the endless Bhramanda, she is Bhramacharini/who follows strict austerities and chastity, she is eternal bliss, she is Mahamaya/great illusionist, she is Pareshani/supreme Goddess.  I shall prostrate before supreme Goddess Gayathri who respresnts Lord Bhrama, Lord Hari and Rudra, Lord Indhra, Lord Mithra, Lord Varuna, Lord Agni, Lord Bhaga, Pusha and Aryaman, Maruthgana, Rishis and Sages, Pithrus/ancestors, Naga/serpents, Yaksha, Gandharva and Apsaras/celestial singers and dancers, and Ganas, Oh! Parameshvari kindly protects us from the evil spirits.    She is the essence of Rig, Yajur, Sama Veda, Atharva and Angiras, she is wielded in various powerful weapons, and she represents Sarvasamhitha/Samhitha, Purana, Thanthra, and Agama, she represents Panchabhoothas such as Air, Water, Fire, Earth and Ether, she represents philosophies, she is Jagadheeshvari who is the supreme Goddess of the Universe.  She is Bhrami, Saraswathi and  Sandhya, she is Maheshvari who is Thureeya.  She is absolute Bhramam, she is eternal and omnipresent, she is Parathpareshi, I shall prostrate before  Matharambika/who is the Mother of Universe and its living beings who is personified as Gayathri.  She is lustrous, she represents all kinds of art forms, she is permanent, she is Kalarathri, she is Swadha who receives oblations from fire sacrifices, she represents musical notes,  I shall prostrate before Jagadheeshvari  who represents Swaha/utterance of swaha, her face has the effulgence of Agni.  I shall repeatedly prostrate before Goddess Gayathri and  Savithri, I shall prostrate before Goddess Saraswathi who symbolizes  Bhramaroopa.  Oh! Deveshi, I have committed thousands of unforgivable mistakes, and hundreds of good deeds, hence kindly forgive me every day.



 Namasthe Devi Gayathri Savithri  Thripadheshvari | Ajare Amare  Matha Thrahi Mam Bhavasagarath ||

Namasthe  Suryasamkasho Suryavavithrikemale | Bhramavidhye Mahavidhye  Vedamatha Namosthuthe ||

Ananthakodi Bhramanda Vyapini Bhramacharini | Nithyanandhe  Mahamaye  Pareshani Namosthuthe ||

Thvam Bhrama  Thvam Hari: Sakshadh  Rudra Sthavam Indhra Devatha | Mithrasthvam  Varunasthvam Cha  Thvam Agnir Ashvinau Bhagah: ||

Pusha Aryama Maruthvamshcha  Rishayopi Muneeshvara: | Pitharo Naga Yakshamshcha Gandharva Apsaram Gana: ||

Raksho  Bhootha  Pishachashcha  Thvam Parameshvari | Rig Yajur Sama Vidhyashcha  Adharva Angirasani Cha ||

Thvameva  Sarvashasthrani Thvameva  Sarva Samhitha: | Puranani Cha  Thanthrani Mahagamamathani Cha ||

Thvameva Panchabhoothani Thathvani  Jagadheeshvari | Bhrami Saraswathi Sandhya  Thuriya  Thvam Maheshvari ||

Thath Sadh Bhramasvaroopa  Thvam  Kinchith  Sadhsadhathmika | Parathpareshi Gayathri  Namasthe  Matharambike ||

Chandrakalathmike  Nithye  Kalarathri Svadhe  Svare | Svahakaro Agnivakthre  Thvam Namami Jagadheeshvari ||

Namo Namasthe  Gayathri Savithri  Thvam  Namamyaham | Sarasvathi  Namasthubhyam  Thureeye  Bhramaroopini||

Aparadha Sahasrani Thva Sathkarmashathani Cha  | Matho Jathani Deveshi  Thvam  Kshamasva Dhine Dhine ||



|| Jai Sriman Narayana ||