The Gayatri Mantra (Part 1 of 2)

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Learn and chant the Gayatri Mantra

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[BeautyEnhancements4U]

I love this mantra. I made a beautiful crystal Mala three years ago and I use it for my Gayatri practise. The gayatri is a Mantra I have practised in many lifetimes. X

[avanwell]

@shantimayi

This is only before a pause. In this case the visarga is before a p-sound. So the visarga of nah (नः ) is a so-called upadhmaniyam. Take care that यो is accented (udaatta), so नः is svarita (circumflex accent). This is only the case if the following syllable is un-accented. Like pra (प्र )in this case.

[ujjwalsaha1980]

thank you very much mother

[actingup2]

Namaste, Thanks for this video. I really needed a way to learn the correct pronunciation. This is perfect.

[AzathothianBrew]

Well done.

[shantimayi]

to Argintiniximo again

Perhaps it would be a good thing for you to post your video chanting the mantra. That would be a good thing.

Please let me know when you do and I will click in and listen your pronunciation. Again thank you for your comment...Blessings ShantiMayi

[shantimayi]

whoops that's 'neXt' post...

I am confident of my pronunciation. I have explained very clearly about naha. I repeat... When the : follows the vowel sound at the end of a Sanskrit consonant, it echos the vowel sound. यो नः <(yonaha) Note, that : is after the nah sound written in Sanskrit...I do not know who you learned from but...yona and yonaha are both correct...I have just checked with the Brahmin again...

Pundit Ram Shiromani Tripathiji says this (nah and naha) are in fact both right.

[shantimayi]

to Argintiniximo

I have chanted this mantra with many pundits. All agree that I am pronouncing the mantra correctly. I have lived in a Vedic Ashram for 20 going on 21 years. check nect post to continue message

[shantimayi]

YOGUMY

I have been with the Gayarti Mantra for well over two decades.

I have spoken with many Pundits here in Northern India and feel confident that what I am offering is true. That is very important to me.

There are many Indian teachers as are there Western teachers that are totally incompetent. Being Indian does not a Great Teacher make...although in my view, there are many wonderful Indian and Western Teachers that give their lives to the student in the truest sense.

[shantimayi]

YOGUMY

In Sanskrit there is an a that follows (the natural vowel) sound of a consonant. Such as, in Sanskrit 'yoga' is not spelled with an a

at the end. It is spelled 'yog' and every

consonant has an inherent vowel sound at the end which is spoken softly. YOGa

When the : follows the vowel sound at the end of a Sanskrit consonant, it echos the vowel sound. यो नः <(yonaha) Note, that : is after the n ah sound written in Sanskrit here. It is right to echo it, though many Pundits do not.