

He is a one who burns bodies in a Cremation ground). SMRUTHI RATHNAM: Any one charges who money and teaches Gayathri will become a Chandaala immediately (Chandaala is the lowest of castes known to exist. VASISHTA: Any type of sins will be washed away by doing Gayathri Japam or Gayathri Thila homam. YAAGNAVALKYA: Gayathri Thila homam will relieve all sins. It will also give long life.ĬHATHURVIMSHATHI MATHAM: 1 crore Gayathri Japam will relieve Brahma Hathya 80 lakhs Gayathri Japam will relieve sin of having drunk alcohol 70 lakhs Gayathri Japam will relieve the sin of having stolen gold 60 lakhs Gayathri Japam will relieve the sin of having slept with Guru's wife 80,000 Gayathri Japam done in the morning will relieve all sins. MAARKANDEYA: Even if one happens to do all types of sins known to exist, chanting 10,000 Gayathri will dissolve all those sins.

Doing Gayathri Thila Homam (homam with Gingely seeds) along with ghee will relieve one from all sins. Taking bath after chanting 100 Gayathri, Chanting 100 Gayathri submersed in water, drinking water after chanting 100 Gayathris will all relieve one from all sins. If one chants Gayathri regularly one will not have to bear the sin of having taken Paapa Daanam (in shardham, kaaryam, chaaya daanam etc). YOGA YAAGNAVALKYA: Observing fasting the previous day and chanting 1000 Gayathris the next day will relieve all sins except Brahma-Hathya. Leave what you may but do not leave the Gayathri. Vedam, Yaagam, Daanam, Thapas etc., will not match to even one in a hundredth of Gayathri's greatness. There is no Manthram than can match the Gayathri in all four Vedas put together. VISHWAMITHRA: There shall be no fear in the mind of the one who chants Gayathri. One who has had inacceptable food (eating food made by anybody other than a Brahmin, meat etc,) will become pure only if he chants 100 times Gayathri. Doing 1 lakh Gayathri Japam will relieve one from all sins. It will give benefit only if discipline is consumption of food and Acharam is followed strictly. SAMVARTHA : The most suitable Manthram that is capable of washing away all sins is Gayathri. 1 crore times Gayathri Japam will result in achieving anything one ever wanted. 1000 times Gayathri Japam will relieve all Upa-Paathakas. 100 times Gayathri japam will relieve all the sins ever made. VYAASA: Chanting Gayathri 10 times will relieve sins made for 3 days. There is no object more suitable for Dhyanam than Gayathri. There is no Homa Manthram better than Gayathri. There is no better penance than Gayathri. SHRI SHANKARA: Among Snaana Manthrams, Aghamarshanam is the greatest among Homa Manthrams, Vyaahruthi is the greatest and among Mantra Japam Gayathri is the greatest.īRAHMA: There is no Japam Manthram better than Gayathri. So, chanting Gayathri is equal to chanting the Vedas. YAMA: Once, Brahma placed Samhithai, Shaakhai, Padam, Kramam, Jatam and Ghanam (the various units/phases in studying the Vedas) along with the four Vedas on one side of the weighing instrument and Gayathri on the other side and found that both match exactly equal. Since, there is 'OM' karam this itself is Dhyanam, Samadhi etc. If you skip Gayathri Japam on the 'Gayathri Japam' day i.e., next day of Avani Avittam, god save you).Gayathri is greater than SAMADHI which paves way for Moksham.

The sin of having skipped any type of Nithya Karma will be washed away if one chants 1000 Gayathris (now we know why we SHOULD do 1000 Gayathris on the next day of Avani Avittam. To receive instruction in it, you must have a second upanayana).Īnybody who chants the Gayathri will get the benefit of having chanted the Vedas. It is the Thureeya Gayathri that I had mentioned earlier in the write-up. Bhagavan created the Gayathri by selecting three Padams from each of the three Vedas (Rigveda, Yajurveda and Sama Veda. It means that each pada of Gayathri is taken from one of the three Vedas. MANU: "Tribhya eva thu Vedebyhah padam padamaduduham".

GAYATHRI MAHIMA AND AIHIKA PHALAM (as told by Maharshis and some texts):
