Meaning of Sri Aurobindo's Gayatri Mantra
Om = Om
Tat = That
Savitur = Sun-god who is the Creator
Varam = most auspicious
Rupam = form
Jyotih = Light
Parasya = of the Supreme, since para = Transcendental
Dhimahi = meditate on (since Dhi = Intellect)
Yannah = by which
Satyena = Truth
Dipayet = shall illumine (dipa = light)
Sri Aurobindo's translation of Gayatri Mantra
( CWSA, Vol.35, p.831, in The Mother's handwriting )
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Let us meditate on the most
auspicious (best) form of Savitri,
on the Light of the Supreme
which shall illumine us with
the Truth.

