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Orissa Review * September-October - 2007
which common people pray to God. For, if one's eleven. His family considered this blind boy a
mind moves on the right path, all blessings will useless burden on them. He went to Haradwar
come to him in natural course. Mind can make a and recited the Gayatri Mantra standing in the ice
heaven of life, mind full of sinful ideas can make a cold water of Ganga. His penance was rewarded.
hell of this life, if the mind is dark or full of wrong The king of alwar took him as his Raj Guru. Later
thoughts man would take wine or drug or follow he became the teacher of the ruler of Bharatpur.
other harmful pleasure which would ruin his health. Finally, he opened the Grammer School at
If in day to day life we pray to God to give us a Mathura where Dayanand became his pupil. A
bright, noble, truthful and sinless mind all blessings blind useless boy became revered Guru due to
would come by themselves. his Jaap of Gayatri Mantra.
It is to be noted that the whole magic lies in A millionaire had only a son. The boy was
the words of the Gayatri Mantra. If you change talented but at school he failed in Mathematics'
the words the magic goes. Its translation can never every times. The father was much worried. Once
serve the same purpose. This mantra is the special the father's Guru came to there house. The father
word of God. It is the close secret of Gayatri told about his son. The Guru told the boy to recite
Mantra. the Gayatri Mantra everyday. The boy did so.
Now let's discuss something about some His mind became bright by repeating God's name
noble minded men having galvanic personality. and prayer. Later on the boy began to stand first
Swami Dayanand always recites the Gayatri in Mathematics , a subject in which he used to fail
mantra. That is one of the secrets of his greatness. earlier. He rose to be one of the great
If a person recites Gayatri Mantra every day, he Mathematicians of the land. That was the miracle
will surely have good luck, bright future, health, of Gayatri Mantra.
wealth, happiness and all good thing of life. All the Vedas and Upanishads sing the
Swamiji advice:- You recite Gayatri Mantra and praises of the Gayatri Mantra. Even Superhuman
do its Jaap (repeat it) daily and leave the rest to like Ram and Krishna recited Gayatri Mantra.
God. All would be well in your life".
We have seen how Guru Virjanand
became world famous with the magical Gayatri Amulya Kumari Swain is working as PS to
Mantra. He became blind through small-pox at Commissioner-cum-Secretary in the Public Relations
the age of five and lost his parents at the age of Department, Bhubaneswar.
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